====== Sodium aurothiomalate ======

Sodium aurothiomalate (a.k.a. gold sodium thiomalate, and sold under the brand names //Myocrisin, Myochrysine, Aurolate// and others) is a gold compound, first tested in 1929, that is currently used to reduce the symptoms of[[content:medicine:diseases:r-z:rheumatoid_arthritis]]

It has a wide range of unpleasant side-effects, and is generally regraded as a 'last resort' medicine.

Its precise 'mechanism of action' is unknown, though it has been shown to inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins (hormone-like lipid compounds), and several important enzymes.

See: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_aurothiomalate#Pharmacology|Wikipedia]]