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To: Bradpalm1 who wrote (4898)1/22/1998 12:50:00 AM
From: Tunica Albuginea  Read Replies (2) of 23519
 
Braddy,Persantine is used for testing in the Thallium stress test, ie it does stress the heart under closely monitored conditions of a stress test; obviously stressing the heart as therapy is not advised. I left the stress issue out of my post because testing is not considered therapy. Intravenous iodine is also used extensively for
catheterization purposes but nobody takes it for therapy . As far as therapy is concerned, the ONLY approved indication as per PDR is as an antiplatelet factor, anti-clotting. Rest assured that bringing up the stress cardiac factor is not going to ingratiate you to any prospective ED patients. As mentioned, most enlightened MDs don't use Persantine therapeutically; perhaps it is still used in marginal medical practice settings.
Again, you are confusing the issues.The issue here is THERAPY. That is what we are talkng about, not diagnostics.

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