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R Roncucci

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Effects of long-term treatment with suloctidil on blood viscosity, erythrocyte deformability and total fibrinogen plasma levels in diabetic patients.

1-(4-Isopropylthiophenyl)-2-n-octylaminopropanol (suloctidil, Sulocton), a drug introduced into clinical practice for the treatment of cerebral and peripheral vascular insufficiency and its complications, has been shown to decrease blood hyperviscosity after long-term treatment in diabetic patients. Suloctidil was particularly effective in lowering measured blood viscosity at high shear rate (230 s-1). At low shear rate (0.77 s-1) a decreasing effect was also observed but reached a statistically significant level only after one month. Since neither total plasma fibrinogen levels nor red blood cell deformability were modified by suloctidil treatment, its lowering effect on blood hyperviscosity could be due to a hitherto unrecognized mechansim of action.

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Effects of suloctidil on lipid metabolism in experimental animals.

A novel potent vasoactive agent, 1-(4-isopropyl-thiophenyl)-2-n-octylaminopropanol (suloctidil, Sulocton), lowers excess of plasma cholesterol and tends to normalize the plasma hyperbetalipoproteinemia of Rhesus monkeys fed a high-cholesterol, high-fat diet. The drug shows an inhibitory effect on the cholesterol biosynthesis in rat liver homogenates.

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