Chlorine - Miracles in Modern Medicine

Today, about 85 percent of all pharmaceuticals-prescription and over-the-counter-contain or are manufactured using chlorine. These drugs include medicines that treat:

AIDS
Allergies
Arthritis
Cancer
Common cold
Depression
Diabetes
Ear infections
Fungal diseases
Glaucoma
Headaches
Heart disease
Hypertension
Inflammation
Leukemia
Malaria
Meningitis
Nausea
Osteoporosis
Pneumonia
Psoriasis
Seizures
Ulcers
Whooping cough

Chlorinated compounds are essential to the development of potent new drug therapies for many illnesses and diseases, including hypertension and Alzheimer's disease. Of the nearly 400 new drugs approved for therapeutic use in humans since 1984, more than 60 are chlorinated compounds, and many others use chlorine's unique chemical properties in their production.