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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “Meladrazine”
Meladrazine is a drug used in urology as an antispasmodic.[source retracted]
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The source
Anticholinergics for urinary symptoms in multiple sclerosis (Pub 2)
Richard S Nicholas, Tim Friede, Sally Hollis, Carolyn A Young
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · published January 2009 · cited 33 times by other papers
Retracted Jun 5, 2015
Concerns/Issues about Third Party InvolvementConflict of InterestWithdrawn as Out of Date
Where Wikipedia cites it
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