Monitoring self-medication.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evolocumab is an injectable, fully human monoclonal antibody and a member of the newest class of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering agents called proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors. The PCSK9 inhibitors are the most significant advance in lipid therapy since ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Roth EM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Literature regarding acute human toxicity of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) is limited. OBJECTIVES:Our objectives were to describe all cases of overdose with MMF or EC-MPS reported to the Swiss Toxicological Information Centre (STIC) or in the literature between...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Ceschi A,Gregoriano C,Rauber-Lüthy C,Kupferschmidt H,Banner NR,Krähenbühl S,Taegtmeyer AB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are rare non-Hodgkin lymphomas of skin-homing T-cells that initially or mainly manifest cutaneously. Treatment of CTCL is challenging given the disease states' varying presentation and prognosis. Systemic treatment options often lack comparative evidence and have relativ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Afifi S,Mohamed S,Zhao J,Foss F

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is estimated that over three-quarters of a million people are injured or die in hospitals each year from adverse drug events (ADEs). The majority of medical errors result from poorly designed healthcare systems rather than from negligence on the part of healthcare providers. In general, healthcare systems rely on v...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Anderson JG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa/Cimicifuga racemosa) is a North American perennial plant that has been used for traditional medicinal purposes by the native Indian population. Its modern day application is the treatment of menopausal symptoms. Unlike conventional non-herbal medications, herbal preparations have not been...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Huntley A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Regulatory authorities have a legal mandate to implement and maintain a Pharmacovigilance System designed to monitor the safety of authorised medicinal products and detect any change to their risk-benefit balance. Areas covered: This review maps the implementation of pharmacovigilance activities in Malta s...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Tanti A,Micallef B,Serracino-Inglott A,Borg JJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been extensively studied since the discovery of agents within bone that could induce bone formation at ectopic sites by Urist in the 1960s. Extensive preclinical research has been carried out showing the efficacy of these products in promoting bone healing. Clinical trials are e...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Harwood PJ,Giannoudis PV

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) do not have epilepsy. There are a number of compelling reasons to take these patients off antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), including drug toxicity and teratogenicity, as well as possibly poorer outcome of PNES and increased risk of iatrogenic harm when...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Duncan R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Niacin is one of the oldest drugs used in the treatment of dyslipidemia. Previously its use has been limited because of excessive flushing. Now an agent laropiprant (LRP) has been developed, which blocks the flushing pathway. Therefore, it is time to collate available information to assess the safety and t...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Yadav R,Kwok S,Ammori BJ,Issa B,Soran H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oral and maxillofacial surgeries might induce anxiety and pain to the patients. Sedative agents are one of the best ways for eliminating such consequences. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is a recent sedative agent which presents higher sedative quality with greater specificity than other drugs. The aim of present p...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Davoudi A,Movahedian Attar B,Shadmehr E

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oral antidiabetic medications are important in many type 2 diabetes care plans. AREAS COVERED:The article summarizes the cardiovascular and renal safety data for DPP-4 inhibitors and SGLT-2 inhibitors and specific safety data particular to each class. EXPERT OPINION:DPP-4 and SGLT-2 inhibitors provide un...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Lamos EM,Hedrington M,Davis SN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A growing number of children globally are being treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The second-line injectable antituberculosis medications amikacin, kanamycin and capreomycin, traditionally a mainstay of MDR-TB treatment, cause important adverse effects including permanent sensorineural...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Garcia-Prats AJ,Schaaf HS,Hesseling AC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:ACE-inhibitors (ACEI) and diuretics are the typical first-line antihypertensive drugs with complementary mechanisms of action. The present paper is summarizing the evidence supporting the efficacy of their combination in a broad range of hypertensive patients. AREAS COVERED:This source of data is differen...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Borghi C,Soldati M,Bragagni A,Cicero AFG

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thionamides, selective inhibitors of thyroid peroxidase-mediated iodination by tyrosine residues in thyroglobulin, have been effectively used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. The choices for initial treatment of patients with Graves' disease differ in various countries, and many physicians around the world prefer ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Azizi F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies focus the majority of their pharmacovigilance on safety signal identification in large databases. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has > 100 drugs marketed worldwide. In order to determine which database has the highest statistical power to detect safety signals in three larg...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Hammond IW,Gibbs TG,Seifert HA,Rich DS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of depression in pregnancy is over 10% and a significant proportion of pregnant women use antidepressant medication. The safety of antidepressants in pregnancy is controversial, partly due to methodological challenges. The conflicting results in the literature may, however, also be due to di...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Pedersen LH

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology, natural history and efficacy of treatment for chronic hepatitis C in children are presented. An increase in the number of vertical infections of this etiology is suggested. In children, especially in those vertically infected, spontaneous elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is observed more often ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Pawlowska M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Bullous pemphigoid, an autoimmune dermatological disease, may be associated with the use of a relatively new anti-cancer drug class, PD-1 inhibitors, which includes pembrolizumab and nivolumab. This paper analyzes the signals between PD-1 inhibitors and bullous pemphigoid based upon the reported real-world...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Aggarwal P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cardiovascular disease remains the major contributor to morbidity and mortality in diabetes. From the need to reduce cardiovascular risk in diabetes and to ensure that such risk is not exacerbated by drug treatments, governmental regulators and drug manufacturers have focused on clinical trials evaluating ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Younk LM,Lamos EM,Davis SN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical data on the long-term safety and efficacy of infliximab on psoriatic patients who are older than 65 years are limited. OBJECTIVES:The aim is to report the long-term efficacy, safety and tolerance of infliximab in geriatric patients. METHODS:This was a retrospective study conducted at the Departmen...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Chiricozzi A,Pavlidis A,Dattola A,Bianchi L,Chimenti MS,Fida M,Saraceno R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fingolimod (Gilenya®, FTY720) is an oral sphingosine-1-phosphate analogue that was approved by the FDA in 2010 for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Fingolimod's mechanism of action is primarily related to lymphocyte sequestration in primary and secondary lymphoid tissues. Phase ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Ward MD,Jones DE,Goldman MD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objetive: This study evaluated the results of treatment adherence scales in two cohorts of patients with diabetes mellitus treated either with human or analogue insulins. METHODS:A cohort study was conducted in diabetes mellitus patients older than 18 that were being treated with human or analogue insulins. Two instr...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Machado-Alba JE,Medina-Morales DA,Echeverri-Cataño LF

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pain management has become a widely discussed topic throughout all medical subspecialties. Although pediatric pain management has evolved significantly in its recent history, there is continued interest in the adequacy of pain treatment, both in the acute inpatient setting as well as the postoperative and ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Martin DP,Bhalla T,Beltran R,Veneziano G,Tobias JD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Trabectedin gained the approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in 2007 for the treatment of patients affected by soft-tissue sarcomas (STS). Its safety and activity profiles have been assessed in many clinical trials as well as in standard clinical practice for > 10 years. AREAS COVERED:This artic...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Martin-Liberal J,Judson I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This meta-analysis has been conducted to determine the risk of elevated transaminases associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors use in patients with cancer. METHODS:Studies eligible for our analysis included randomized Phase II and III trials of patients with cancer on ipilimumab, nivolumab, pembrolizuma...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Abdel-Rahman O,ElHalawani H,Fouad M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Guselkumab is a fully human monoclonal IgG1λ antibody for the treatment of plaque psoriasis that inhibits interleukin (IL)-23p19 subunit, reducing the proliferation of type 17 helper T (Th-17) cells and thus production of Th-17-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines, especially IL-17 and IL-22. Areas covered: ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Galluzzo M,D'Adamio S,Campione E,Bianchi L,Talamonti M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating bipolar disorder in women during reproduction presents a significant challenge to the physician. The pharmaceutical agents most commonly used for treating bipolar disorder have been associated with adverse effects when used during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Of particular concern has been the association of ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Dodd S,Berk M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To examine the signals of bullous pemphigoid (BP) with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) in VigiBase® and the potential role of their pharmacodynamic/pharmacokinetic parameters in the occurrence of BP. Methods: Case/non-case analyses were performed in VigiBase® to examine the signal of BP [reporti...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Carnovale C,Mazhar F,Arzenton E,Moretti U,Pozzi M,Mosini G,Leoni O,Scatigna M,Clementi E,Radice S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD) refers to hepatic dysfunction that results from prolonged parenteral nutrition (PN) use. IFALD is multifactorial in origin and remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Prior to 2004, IFALD was associated with mortality as high as 90% in infants...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： Secor JD,Yu L,Tsikis S,Fligor S,Puder M,Gura KM

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) is the second most common cause of parkinsonism after idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD). Initially reported as a complication of antipsychotics, it was later recognized as a common complication of antidepressants, calcium channel antagonists, gastrointestinal prokinetics,...

journal_title：Expert opinion on drug safety

authors： López-Sendón J,Mena MA,de Yébenes JG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00