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UROTROPIN (hexamethylenetetramine)
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See also:UROTROPIN (hexamethylenetetramine) , known also in the See also:United States under the name Uritone, a medicinal preparation due to the See also:action of See also:ammonia on formaldehyde. It consists of colourless granular crystals freely soluble in See also:water and having an alkaline reaction. Urotropin is among the most powerful of urinary See also:antiseptics. It was formerly thought that its action was due to the setting See also:free of formaldehyde in the urine, but it is now known by the researches of P. Cammidge that this is not so. It is used to render the urine See also:acid in cases where it is alkaline, loaded with See also:phosphates or purulent, and is thus useful in cases of cystitis. It is slightly diuretic. Experimentally it has been shown to have a solvent action on uric acid, but its action in this direction in the See also:body requires See also:confirmation. Urotropin is very valuable in sterilizing the urine of patients who have suffered from typhoid See also:fever and thus preventing the spread of the disease by what are known as " typhoid See also:carriers." Analogous See also:xxv11. 26preparations are cystamine, helmitol and hetralin. Chinotropin is urotropin quinate, and borovertin is urotropin triborate. End of Article: UROTROPIN (hexamethylenetetramine)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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