[Therapeutic efficacy and general tolerability of 4-carbomethoxythiazolidine chlorohydrate in patients with exacerbated chronic bronchitis].

4-carbomethoxythiazolidine HCl has been administered to 24 patients (aged between 64 and 86) suffering from new acute stages of chronic bronchitis. The patients have been submitted to a double-blind test and have been subdivided into four groups; each of them was administered a placebo or the a.m. product. Dosage: 200, 400 and 600 mg/d. The following symptoms have been evaluated: cough; dyspnea; bronchial breathings; expectoration; expectorate's viscosity; expectorate's volume. The data have been submitted to a statistic analyses, this research leads to the followings considerations. A dosage of 200 mg/d. is not significantly active on any on the considered parameters. The 400 mg dosage turns out to be noticeably more effective than the placebo on all parameters (except the difficulty in expectoration). A dosage of 600 mg/d. has a significant effect on all the measurable parameters. Finally, a 200 mg dosage of 4-carbomethoxythiazolidine three times a day results to be the best posology in the symptomatic treatment of the respiratory manifestations of chronic bronchitis.