European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 6,1986canada oks new remedy for baldness Kalamazoo much. Up Upjohn co. Thurs Day said he Canadian government has approved the company s patented remedy for male pattern baldness and the drug will be introduced on the Market there yearly next month. Upjohn has a new drug application for Romaine top ical solution formerly called regain pending before the . Food and drug administration As weft As before regulatory agencies in More than a dozen foreign nations company spokesman . Reid said. The approval by Canada is the first for Romaine and obviously we re pleased by that Reid said. He Noti d thai.  the drug was approved for im1 in Guatemala earlier this year the Canadian action i considered the first major approval for the compound. He said Romaine would not be introduced for Sale in Guatemala before its debut in Canada. Reid said up John officials consider it unlikely that the  s approval will influence of her govern ments being asked to approve the drug. Regulatory agencies in various countries Are Independent bodies he said. We think the Fra has been Cipe. Dilious in their review of Romaine to this Point and we re hopeful they la continue to perform in thai  he said company officials Are hopeful the Fra i a Acton the Romaine application by the Middle of next year. Reid said Romaine which is applied externally Wilt be available in Canada Only with a prescription and should a used Only under a doctor s supervision. He declined to speculate How much the product will Post in sales but Industry analysts have predicted to Gaine could represent up to ii billion in annual sales on a worldwide basis. Upjohn Stock opened thursday at 195 on the Newyork Stock Exchange up $2.50 from wednesday s Price. Upjohn earlier this year signed an agreement with Tai Sho pharmaceutical co. Ltd. For delusive rights for the manufacture and Sale of the hair growth stimulant i Japan. The firm also is expanding its manufacturing facility in Pui irs Belgium for Romaine production. Upjohn has spent nearly $26 million to upgrade its Michigan bottling Plant in Kalamazoo to produce and package the drug and renovations Are under Way Ai the puerto Rico plan where Romaine also will be manufactured. The drug will be made available in a variety of products including hair gel and mousses officials have said. Upjohn holds a a tort on the minoxidil based Solu Tion. Minoxidil has been approved by the Fra for Usein Lonelen the Brand name under which Upjohn markets tablets to treat High blood pressure. The compound s apparent capacity to stimulate hair growth was discovered As a Side effect in people using the blood pressure medication. Upjohn research in 1983 and 1984 into the treat ment of male pattern baldness with Romaine revealed that 76 percent of 619 patients in a group thai received a 2 percent solution of the drug experienced hair growth Dun no the yearlong study. Of those who experienced hair growth 40 percent de scribed it As moderate and 8 percent said it was dense. Boxcar blues a Railroad Boxcar rests on its Kite with one end inside House in bands my after id cats of � 134 car train derailed wednesday. The owners of the Bouse june and Trachte Gnann were asleep in in upstairs bedroom when the Boscu in tuned into their Home. Although they were rudely imly cd and damage to the building my extent it do Tot was injured in the derailment doctors warn against having wife Girlfriend at the same time Chicago up contemplating taking a second wife while still married to the first can cause physical damage to the heart two doctors said thursday. Multiple spouses or Fiancee May present such severe psychological stress As to accelerate the course of coronary artery disease thereby qualifying As a new risk Factor not previously identified in the literature drs. Martin Gizzi and Bernard Ciller of the new Rochelle Hospital medical Center in new York said in Aletter to the journal of the american medical association in which they presented two Case studies of the phenomenon. In the first Case a 53-year-old Man who had a by pass operation 11 Yean before checked into the Hospi Tal suffering from angina. On the morning after admission he was visited by his wife in the coronary care unit they wrote shortly after her departure he was visited by Nis Fiancee. The patient died shortly afterwards from severe coronary  the second patient was 34 years old and previously healthy when he went to the Hospital complaining of Chest pain. He had a heart attack while in the Hospital bul was revived. The morning after he was stabilized he was visited by his Fiancee. The doctors wrote. That tame afternoon he was visited by a second woman who Tso claimed to be Bis Fiancee. That patient underwent blood vessel surgery and a doing Well Ciller reported in a Telephone interview. He said he did not know if the Young Man s social situation bed resolved itself. The letter was Semi Tongue in Cheek Ciller said of the letter. It s Jusi that these two cases both appeared at our Hospital within a two week period and i struck us How similar they were. This was not a rigorous study or anything but it should serve As a warning to people who Are prone 10 heart disease that stress can exacerbate the problem he said. And these two men were obviously under a lot of stress Gregg Allman faces drunk driving charge bellev1ew. Fla. A Rock musician Gregg Allman was jailed thursday after being arrested on a drunk driving charge authorities said. He pleaded innocent at a morning arraignment in the Marion county court House in Ocala. Ahman s 1983 Pontiac trans am was going Between 65 and 75 Mph on . 441 South of this Central Florida town and was weaving Back and Forth across Lilje Road according to Belleview police officer Kevin Jones. After failing a Roadside sobriety test Allman 38, was booked into the Marion county jail in Ocala said sgt. Sherwin Scott. He would have been released on his own recognizance on the driving under the influence change but was held be cause he was unable to Post Bond of 1169 on a warrant issued in Bradenton on an unsettled charge of driving without a License Scott said. The Allman Brothers band was one Crock n Roll most successful groups in the 1970s. Its hits included rambling Man and states bom  Allman the band which broke up several limes reunited in july1986. Allman who lives in Bradenton is thee husband of actress Singer Cher with whom he has one son. Santo Barbara modifies its Public sleeping ban Safta Barbara Calif. A the City Council has Given final approval to its revised sleeping ban Al lowing the homeless to sleep in Road Side shrubbery culverts and Stream Beds for the first time since 1979. The vote tuesday met with Little opposition since spokesmen for the homeless already said they approved of the measure when the Council to kits preliminary Vole aug. 19. The ordinance which goes into effect in 30 Days prohibits sleeping in Public Parks and parking lots out homeless representatives said that s Fine because they Don t want to sleep there anyway. The previous ban in Public sleep ing passed in 1979 after two College students were slain at their Beach campsite Drew criticism from some of the homeless who accused the City of being callous to their needs. The ban was satirized recently in the comic strip  in 1984, indigent accused police of brutality in in forded the Law and � group at homeless marched on presi Dent Reagan s nearby ranch in protest the aug. 19 vote headed off a planned March and sleep in by 1,000 protesters threatened by homeless activist Mitch Snyder of Washington . Snyder called Santa Barbara a Model of How not to Deal with. Homeless but officials claimed he targeted the Beach Community be cause of its proximity to Reagan s ranch