Pyramidon, the deadly drug that had a hospital name and is the “father” of Nolotil

2023-04-21 13:54:34

He dangerous drug Nolotil has as active principle the metamizol, also known as dipyrone or novalgine. It is a substance that belongs to the family of pyrazolones, whose prototype is “Pyramidon”, as it was nicknamed, since it intended to reach the top of the health system. It was so popular.

Initially, the drug made with aminophenazone was marketed in Germany in 1897 by the Hoechst company as Pyramidon and later in Spain as Piramidón.

We are talking about a medicine that in the 50s, 60s and 70s of the last 20th century was very popular in our country, at the level of the Aspirinand used as an analgesic, as an anti-inflammatory and especially for lower the fever.

Well, from the top he went to the scaffold. In 1977, the newspaper El País already warned that it was entering the black list of possible carcinogenic products.

The Pyramidon was withdrawn at that time in many countries, Spain included, due to cases of agranulocitosisprocess of death of white blood cells in the immune system with the consequent loss of effectiveness to fight infections.

As he withdrew in Spain, the Nolotil…which, obviously, causes the same serious damage and deaths. Paradoxically, there was a Piramidón Hospital in Madrid, which it was renamed Hospital Ramón y Cajal in 1977.

Well, that medicine that had the name of a hospital and that was withdrawn from the market due to its serious damage is the “father” of the most consumed drug in Spain, the aforementioned Nolotil. And if that Pyramidon caused agranulocitosisthe Nolotil too.

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