THE DIAS ROUNDS is a discussion of requests for information received by various drug information centers and is edited by the Drug Information Analysis Service at the University of California, San Francisco. This issue features three requests: Indications and Safety of Canthaxanthine, Naloxone in the Treatment of Meperidine- Induced Seizures, and Fluorouracil in Condyloma Acuminatum.
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