Abstract
A trial of Sustamycin, a sustained-release preparation of tetracycline hydrochloride, in uncomplicated gonorrhoea in sixty males is described, Each patient was given an initial dose of 500 mg. followed by 250 mg. twice daily for 5 days. Of the 57 patients who attended for follow-up 47 (82-5 per cent.) were cured. There were no adverse reactions.
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