Quinacrine is an old drug that was once widely used to treat malaria and is still used to treat giardiasis, a common parasitic infection.
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Four years ago, two Indian researchers, Dr . Anita Sabbarwal and Dr . Maya Sood, reportedly found quinacrine sterilization to be safe.
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The drug, quinacrine, was widely used during World War II to treat malarial infections of the brain, but was replaced by newer drugs.
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On Monday, India apparently became the first country to ban quinacrine, opposed by health activists because of its possible dangers, which include cancer.
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Vipor has received queries from abroad _ including the United States _ asking about the possible supply of quinacrine pellets, Patel told Dow Jones Newswires.
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Researchers at Family Health International, a firm founded to find contraception methods for Third World cultures, helped develop quinacrine sterilizations in the 1970s and 1980s.
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He said it indicates that quinacrine sterilization is safe, despite other findings that quinacrine causes cells to mutate, possible circumstantial evidence that it may cause cancer.
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He said it indicates that quinacrine sterilization is safe, despite other findings that quinacrine causes cells to mutate, possible circumstantial evidence that it may cause cancer.
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Indian women's groups Tuesday celebrated the ban on quinacrine, a chemical used for sterilization, but criticized the government for delaying action for so long.
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While not as surefire as surgery, quinacrine is effective and so cheap even some of the world's poorest women can afford it, supporters say.
