# E-DRUG: Re: valethamate bromide **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [January 27, 1997, 9:56pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-re-valethamate-bromide/370 "1997-01-27T21:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@lo1](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/lo1)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 1997, 9:56pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-re-valethamate-bromide/370/1 "1997-01-27T21:56:00Z")
Dear Georgina, Valethamate is an old anticholinergic from the German firm of Kali-Chemie; it seems to have disappeared from the European market (not mentioned in the European Drug Directory, and German trade names no longer in Rote Liste). Indication :"visceral spasms". A question of principle: Should the E-Drug system be used for queries which can easily be found in standard books like Martindale (XXXI-508) or the Merck Index? To my opinion it should be reserved for really difficult problems; we should not waste each other's precious time. All the best. Dr.L.Offerhaus Chopinstraat 9 NL-1077 GL Amsterdam Tel.0031 20 676 24 34 Fax 0031 20 675 65 90 E-mail: lo@euronet.nl; 71530.15@Compuserve.COM EJCP only: POB 75552, 1070 AN Amsterdam Netherlands ---Note from the moderator: If questions can be answered by looking it up in Martindale, I agree it should not be posted in E-drug. The moderator should have inter- cepted the message, and will do so next time. Sorry. On the other hand, posting an example of an old drug still being used might also help other countries to review these bad drug practices. And not all countries do have a Martindale at hand. More 'technical' drug information related questions can soon be posted in a new conference called INDICES (International Network of Drug Information Centres). Healthnet has agreed to host that conference. Interested E-druggers can submit their interest to Leesette Turner at email: hamis@iafrica.com There is also ANCHODD, an australian conference for drug researchers. Wilbert Bannenberg E-drug moderator 73377.3055@compuserve.com -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.