Draft:StalinonTest
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The Stalinon is an ancient medicine against infections staphylococci, based on diiododiethyltin, withdrawn from the market when its toxicity was noticed.
History
[edit]Design and distribution
[edit]Stalinon was designed in the early 1950s as a treatment for furunculosis. Stannomaltine, a pharmaceutical specialty based on tin and tin oxide[1], then fell into disuse, but the effectiveness of tin in the treatment of conditions staphylococci has been known for a long time[2]. A pharmacist from Saint-mandéGeorges Feuillet then decided to create a drug based on diiododiethyltin, the experimental effectiveness of which against staphylococcus had been demonstrated a few years earlier[3], and oflinoleic acid[4] ("vitamin F", known to be good for the skin). He calls it "Stalinon" (of stannum, the Latin name fortin, and -linon to evoke linoleic acid extracted from flax), and argues its marketing by presenting it as a derivative of Stannomaltine, although it differs significantly. [5]
THEauthorization was granted in 1953, it was put on the market in November of the same year, sold without prescription. Anomalies appear quickly : the medicine is sold in the form of pearls (capsules) transparent, but ultimately tinted to hide the appearance of a precipitated which the distributor does not worry about, nor does it take into account the alerts it receives from doctors and pharmacists from mai 1954[6]. Faced with doctors' alerts, Feuillet wants to be reassuring, responding to them : {{citation}}: Empty citation (help) and limits himself to ordering, discreetly, to reduce the quantity of diiododiethyltin in future preparations[7]. The victims are suffering from disorders neurological : {{citation}}: Empty citation (help), as well as serious psychological disorders Template:Incise. The cases ofintoxication then accumulate, until the now undeniable toxicity of Stalinon is made public in juin 1954. Delivery of the product is suspended in juillet 1954[8]. The Stalinon then caused several hundred victims, 102 of whom died, many others suffering serious after-effects : loss of visual acuity, headaches chronic, motor disorders up to paralysis of the lower limbs[9] · [10].
Trial
[edit]The ensuing trial highlights several serious flaws in the marketing procedure[4] :
- the authorization was based on a modification of the formula of Stannomaltine, even though the two drugs have almost nothing in common[11] ;
- toxicity tests were carried out by mistake with capsules containing 3 mg instead of 50 mg of active ingredient (the marketed version being supposedly dosed at 15 mg per capsule) ;
- the toxicity of organic tin compounds can manifest slowly - the tests used were therefore insufficient to demonstrate this toxicity ;
- due to verification defects on the part of the manufacturer and distributor, the medicine placed on the market was contaminated with triethyltin iodide[3], more toxic ;
- the tin compounds were able to react with degradation products of linoleic acid[4].
The trial which ends in décembre 1957sentences the responsible pharmacist to two years in prison and a heavy fine.
Repercussions
[edit]Regulation
[edit]The investigation which took place during the Stalinon trial ended in the spring of 1957[1]. At the same time thebirth certificate of the European Union. This birth translates into a need for France to show that its laws meet international challenges : the Stalinon affair becomes an opportunity to be exemplary through a reassuring reform[2]. The regulation of medicines in France is amended in février 1959 after several years of debate to ensure greater control[12].
It is undoubtedly partly due to the Stalinon scandal that the marketing authorization of thalidomide, marketed from octobre 1957 in Germany, was pushed back to France[1] · [10].
Culture
[edit]The Stalinon affair inspired the novel Market withdrawal, by Clement Caliari[13].
References
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- ^ a b Lalo, Corinne; Solal, Patrick (2011-11-10). Le livre noir du médicament (in French). Place des éditeurs. ISBN 978-2-259-21646-3. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
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[edit]Références (Pasted, later, as plain text from the french)
- Bonah Christian et Gaudillière Jean-Paul, « Faute, accident ou risque iatrogène ? La régulation des événements indésirables du médicament à l'aune des affaires Stalinon et Distilbène », Revue française des affaires sociales, 2007, p. 123-151 (DOI 10.3917/rfas.073.0123)
- Corinne Lalo et Patrick Solal, Le livre noir du médicament, Place des éditeurs, 10 novembre 2011, 351 p. (ISBN 978-2-259-21646-3, lire en ligne [archive])
- Jean-Pierre Anger, « L'étain et les organoétains dans l'environnement », Annales de toxicologie analytique, 2001 (lire en ligne [archive])
- (en) British Medical Journal Publishing Group, « “Stalinon”: a Therapeutic Disaster », Br Med J, vol. 1, no 5069, 1er mars 1958, p. 515–515 (ISSN 0007-1447 et 1468-5833, DOI 10.1136/bmj.1.5069.515, lire en ligne [archive], consulté le 21 novembre 2018)
- Marc Cramer, « L'affaire du Stalinon et le contrôle des médicaments en Suisse », La Croix-Rouge suisse, 1959 (lire en ligne [archive])
- Christian Bonah, « L’affaire du Stalinon et ses conséquences réglementaires, 1954-1959 », La revue du praticien, 15 septembre 2007 (lire en ligne [archive])
- B. Poirot-Delpech, « " M. Feuillet n'est pas un imprudent, c'est un criminel " plaide Me Floriot, avocat des victimes », Le Monde, 8 novembre 1957 (lire en ligne [archive]).
- Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, « L'inventeur du produit ne contrôlait pas les livraisons de ses fournisseurs. Les médecins-experts sont d'accord sur les méfaits de la drogue », Le Monde, 30 octobre 1957 (lire en ligne [archive]).
- « La délivrance du médicament "Stalinon" est suspendue », Le Monde, 6 juillet 1954 (lire en ligne [archive]).
- Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, « La plupart des victimes sont des enfants », Le Monde, 9 novembre 1957.
- Soline Roy, « Une fabrication «abracadabrantesque» : Georges Feuillet, le pharmacien qui a tué 102 personnes en soignant leurs furoncles », Le Figaro, 29 juillet 2026 (lire en ligne [archive]).
- « Pourquoi certaines molécules sont-elles retirées du marché ? », sante.lefigaro.fr, 14 novembre 2010 (lire en ligne [archive], consulté le 25 novembre 2018)
- Laure-Marine Chemin, « L’évolution du rôle du pharmacien d’officine français en tant qu’acteur de santé [archive] », 2014
- Anne Crignon, « Un scandale sanitaire », Bibliobs, 23 mai 2011 (lire en ligne [archive], consulté le 21 novembre 2018)
