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Definition of Penicillamine

1. Noun. A drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis.

Definition of Penicillamine

1. Noun. (chemistry) a breakdown product of penicillin used as a chelating drug to treat poisoning by heavy metals etc ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Penicillamine

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Medical Definition of Penicillamine

1. Product of acid hydrolysis of penicillin that chelates heavy metals (lead, copper, mercury) and assists in their excretion in cases of poisoning. Also used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis although its mode of action as an antirheumatic drug is not clear. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Penicillamine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1993)
"D-penicillamine The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved D-penicillamine for the treatment of Wilson's disease, cystinuria, and severe, ..."

2. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age PagesMedica (1993)
"penicillamine (Depen and Cuprimine) is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. ... People taking gold compounds or penicillamine should be checked ..."

3. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Oral penicillamine therapy for chronic lead poisoning in children. ... Experience with D-penicillamine in treating lead poisoning. Vet Hum Toxicol 1982:24: ..."

4. Recognition & Management of Pesticide Poisoning by Donald P. Morgan (1989)
"Dosage of D-penicillamine: Adults and children over 12 years: 0.5 gm every 6 hours, given 30-60 minutes before meals and at bedtime for about 5 days. ..."

5. Environmental Issues in Primary Careedited by Barbara S. Murdock edited by Barbara S. Murdock (1994)
"... í ion Treatments for mercury poisoning include: D-penicillamine, BAL, ... -penicillamine, which increase mercury excretion. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... AM Prince and K. Burke 593 Cystinosis: Selective Induction of Vacuolation in Fibroblasts by L-Cysteine-D- penicillamine Disulfide: }. ..."

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