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A Double-Blind Study

WALLACE W. TOURTELLOTTE, MD; ARMIN F. HAERER, MD

Arch Neurol. 1965;12(5):536-545.

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THE PURPOSE of this report is to present the results of a double-blind drug trial in which an oral corticosteroid, methylprednisolone (Medrol), was compared to oral cyanocobalamin (vitamin B₁₂) in patients with multiple sclerosis.

This pair of drugs was chosen for comparison for several reasons. If multiple sclerosis is a peculiar auto-immune disease related to the myelin of the brain, then it might be reasonable to expect that corticosteroids may favorably alter the course of the disease.¹ A number of reports in the recent literature have dealt with clinical trials of corticosteroids and corticotropin (ACTH) in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis. Studies by Alexander et al on corticotropin,^2,3 which did not include modern statistical designs such as randomization of administration of placebo and corticotropin and a double-blind technique, have indicated a favorable response. Miller et al,⁴ utilizing a modern statistical design, also concluded that corticotropin . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH

From the Department of Neurology, University of Michigan.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 5, 1964; accepted Jan 22, 1965.

Present address (Dr. Haerer): 5803A Billhymer, Fort Knox, Ky.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich 48104 (Dr. Tourtellotte).

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