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APPENDIX 3
U.S. House of Representatives
Select Committee on Aging
Washington, B.C. 20515
TELEPHONE: (202) 225-9375
To Heads of Veterinary Schools:
Your assistance in a matter of importance to the House Select
Committee on Aging would be appreciated.
Our Committee is in the process of evaluating the experience
which veterinarians have had with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) --
an industrial solvent which is prescriptive in animals and which
has been touted as an effective new drug that might reduce inflam-
mation and pain of arthritis in humans.
Will you please answer the following questions and return this
questionnaire to me at your earliest convenience to the address
below?
·
1. Have you or your staff had any experience with DMSO?
No
Yes
For what types of symptoms or illnesses have you used the drug?
Please specify:
3. In your opinion, is the drug effective in reducing inflammation,
pain or other symptoms of arthritis?
Yes
No
