Treatment of Non-Gonococcal Urethritis with Demethylchlortetracycline ("Ledermycin")

Oral tetracycline phosphate complex (Tetrex) in the treatment of non-specific urethritis.

“…compares well with results reported after the use of other tetracycline preparations (Willcox, 1953(Willcox, , 1955Morton and Read, 1957;Doyle, Gill, and Laird, 1957;Csonka and Rosedale, 1962).…”

“…The one known case of failure was associated with a feature noted as being of common occurrence in patients failing to respond (Csonka and Rosedale, 1962), i.e. a previous history of NSU and previous failure to respond to treatment.…”

Methacycline in non-gonococcal urethritis.

“…One of our failures showed the features noted as common in those failing to respond (Csonka and Rosedale, 1962), i.e. previous history of NGU and previous failure to respond to treatment.…”

“…There is little doubt, however, that some antibiotics do favourably modify the disease both strikingly and promptly. It is widely agreed that the tetracycline group falls into this category (Willcox, 1953(Willcox, , 1955Morton and Read, 1957;Doyle, Gill, and Laird, 1957;Csonka and Rosedale, 1962). In these circumstances we have felt it permissible to dispense with a comparable number of untreated controls.…”