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To: rnf@sp*.tb*.co*
Subject: Drugs for treatment of DCS
From: <Christina_Young@Wa*.Me*.co*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 16:13:21 EST

Rick Fincher (rnf@sp*.tb*.co*) writes:

> I don't have specifics, but I understand that research has show a dramatic 
> reduction in long term paralysis in patients who are given large doses of 
> ani-inflamatory steroid drugs as soon as possible after the injury.
>
> Evidently the bodys response to the nerve tissue damage (swelling, etc) was 
> causing even more damage to the nerve tissue. The drugs supress that response.

What about other anti-inflamatory drugs, such as aspirin?  I know we had a
thread about aspirin's DCS prevention abilities a while back, but what
about using it for DCS treatment?

Christina

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