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next drug of choice.
Pencillamine or tiopronin
Cystine-binding drugs:Tiopronin,penicillamine, Captopril
D-penicillamine forms a penicillamine-cysteine disulfide that is 50 times more soluble than cystine
Tiopronin: is often preferred because of a lower incidence of side effects
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