Talk:Clioquinol

still on market?
Could someone please add if this drug has been pulled from the market in various countries (including the U.S.)? The article implies that the drug is still on the market everywhere despite the SMON scare... Is this true? Is it still being used? --98.70.63.179 (talk) 21:30, 25 August 2011 (UTC) --> Yes, it's still being used. For example in The Netherlands. At the moment I use it against an infection with the intestinal parasite Blastocystis hominus. (4 September 2014) About the SMON issue: as Clioquinol contains a high dose of iodiune, could that be related to the issue in Japan? As the Japanese food contains a high amount of iodiune, could cummulation lead to these SMON problems? Does anyone know? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.241.116.213 (talk) 11:43, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Biased and inconsistent
The whole section on 'Clioquinol and SMON' needs rewriting. The article is very biased, or deliberately misleading. It's inconsistent with the article on SMON, which quotes the manufacturer admitting it caused the disease and other doctors from outside Japan who notified Ciba-Geigy of the side-effects. It mentions the Inoue-Melnick virus hypothesis despite the fact that it was created by virus hunter after it was very well established that clioquinol was the cause. The most absurd is to quote an article from 1975 to sustain the argument that "as yet" no evidence exists linking the clioquinol to SMON.

Use in Neurodegenerative diseases
Is there a second source on that McGill item that doesn't require a login? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.28.53.144 (talk) 09:22, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Why does "cortin" redirect here?
Not mentioned in article. Is it a trade name? 86.159.197.174 (talk) 04:35, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It's a trade name. I added it to the infobox.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Moved from article
An anonymous editor added to the article a request that some missing informaiton be added. I think the request is better handled here. The request was: "Inventor / Producer Ciba, discovery (as early as 1920), tradenames (like Vioform)". -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:08, 28 October 2018 (UTC)