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GASTROINTESTINAL BLOOD LOSS ON PHENYLBUTAZONE AND FEPRAZONE
Guy's Arthritis Research Unit, Guy's Hospital Medical School London SE1 9RT
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Feprazone, a new anti-inflammatory drug, is a useful antirheumatic preparation which causes little gastrointestinal upset. This short cross-over study shows no significant gastrointestinal blood loss with either feprazone or phenylbutazone by the red-cell chromium-51 labelling method.