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Into the Bladder. As for the eye changes reported in animals, Cornell University's Ophthalmologist Dan M. Gordon reports that he used DMSO to treat swollen, waterlogged corneas, conjunctivitis and inflammation of other eye-related tissues. In many cases, results were excellent; in none could DMSO be blamed for any lens changes. One of the most distressing conditions that DMSO seemed to help was Hunner's ulcer, an inflammation of the bladder causing painful urination as often as every ten minutes. No other generally effective medical treatment is known. But any urologist now giving DMSO directly into the bladder is liable to FDA punitive action.
Says the University of California's Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, one of the deans of U.S. pharmacology: "Rarely has a new drug come so quickly to the judgment of the members of the health professions with so much verifiable data from so many parts of the world, from both animals and man, as to its safety and efficacy." Only in the last few weeks, since some members of Congress began to complain about DMSO as "the persecuted drug," has the FDA hinted that it may soon permit a genuine resumption of the investigation.