Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency - what are the treatment options?

abstract：:An increasing need for economic evaluations of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) treatments exists. We performed a literature review on the currently available NHL economic evaluations, using PubMed and the Cochrane database. English and Dutch language papers on treatment in adults were selected. A total of 88 publications...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： van Agthoven M,Uyl-de Groot CA,Sonneveld P,Hagenbeek A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system involving inflammation, chronic demyelination and axonal loss. MS affects more than 2 million people worldwide. AREAS COVERED:This article aims to summarize the findings from two pivotal 2-year, randomized, do...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Havrdova E,Hutchinson M,Kurukulasuriya NC,Raghupathi K,Sweetser MT,Dawson KT,Gold R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast cancer is a common, life-threatening disease among women. Contemporary hormonal therapy with third-generation aromatase inhibitors for estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women is still facing the challenge of interpatient variability in therapeutic response and intensity of ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Turkistani A,Marsh S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite its frequency, recognition and therapy of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) remain suboptimal. Wet mount microscopy, or vaginal pH as a proxy, allows VVA diagnosis in menopause, but also in young contraception users, after breast cancer, or postpartum. Intravaginal low dose estrogen product is the main th...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Donders GGG,Ruban K,Bellen G,Grinceviciene S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of nucleoside analogue-related lactic acidosis has been estimated in 0.57 - 8.5 cases/1000 person years of antiretroviral therapy. The onset of lactic acidosis is usually insidious and patients complain of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss. When lactate levels are high enough, a c...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Falcó V,Crespo M,Ribera E

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amifostine (Ethyoltrade mark, Alza Pharmaceuticals) is an inorganic thiophosphate cytoprotective agent known chemically as ethanethiol, 2-[3- aminopropyl)amino]dihydrogen phosphate. It is a prodrug of free thiol (WR-1065) that may act as a scavenger of free radicals generated in tissues exposed to cytotoxic drugs and ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Santini V

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lacosamide is a novel antiepileptic drug licensed in the US and Europe as adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures in adults. The efficacy, safety, tolerability and favorable pharmacokinetic profile in the adult population suggest that lacosamide could be of benefit for patients with partial-onset sei...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Verrotti A,Loiacono G,Olivieri C,Zulli E,Zaccara G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Everolimus is a novel immunosuppressive agent related to sirolimus. It is a proliferation signal inhibitor with an improved pharmacokinetic profile and bioavailability compared with sirolimus. Everolimus has been shown to be as effective as mycophenolate mofetil in reducing acute rejection in renal transplantation. In...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Patel JK,Kobashigawa JA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetic foot ulceration is a serious secondary complication of diabetes mellitus and the most common cause of hospitalization in diabetic patients. The etiology of diabetic foot ulcerations is complex due to their multifactorial nature. Thus, addressing all of the factors involved remains instrumental in ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Tecilazich F,Dinh T,Veves A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) represents a paradigm of therapeutic success in clinical hematology. Since the introduction of all-trans-retinoic-acid in the early 1980s, complete remission rates exceed 90% and the cure rate is > 70%. Notwithstanding, various questions concerning the manageme...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Ferrara F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) has not been shown to reduce mortality or cardiovascular events when given as a single agent. In fact, HCTZ increased cardiovascular death and coronary artery disease (CAD) compared to placebo and usual care in 2 randomized trials, yet it is the most prescribed diuretic in the Un...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： DiNicolantonio JJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is accumulating evidence that tumour necrosis factor (TNF) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recent biotechnological advances have allowed for the development of agents that directly target TNF, a pro-inflammatory cytokine. In the last 2 years, the US FDA and the EU's Commissio...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Mikuls TR,Moreland LW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The disturbing, foul-smelling discharge of bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a nuisance to women. Treatment possibilities for BV are limited and only achieve complete cure in 65 to 85% of cases. In most women, the condition relapses within weeks to months after treatment. AREAS COVERED:In search of new therapeu...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Donders GG,Zodzika J,Rezeberga D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Silodosin is a new uroselective alpha-blocker with high pharmacological selectivity for the (1A) adrenoceptor. It is an effective and well-tolerated treatment in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), due to presumed bladder outlet obstruction secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The eff...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Osman NI,Chapple CR,Cruz F,Desgrandchamps F,Llorente C,Montorsi F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) is the gold standard initial diagnostic intervention for bladder cancer and provides diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic benefit in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). However, TURBT alone is inadequate for optimal management of NMIBC, as patients...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Patel SG,Cohen A,Weiner AB,Steinberg GD

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hyperphosphataemia is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in the late stages and is associated with secondary hyperparathyroidism, abnormal bone mineralisation and increased cardiovascular morbidity/mortality. At present, there is a range of phosphate binders designed to keep serum phospha...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Locatelli F,Dimkovic N,Spasovski G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin and its long-acting analogues have been introduced for the treatment of endocrine tumours of the gastrointestinal tract as they have been shown to effectively control symptoms resulting from excessive hormone release in patients with carcinoid, Verner-Morrison and glucagonoma syndromes. This beneficial ef...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Arnold R,Wied M,Behr TH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of thyroid cancer is difficult because the tumors comprise a wide range of biologic behaviors, from small papillary thyroid microcarcinomas that pose little or no threat to survival for the patient, to anaplastic thyroid cancers that are arguably the most lethal tumor. Although it may be diffi...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Sipos JA,Mazzaferri EL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tamoxifen is the established adjuvant treatment for postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole should replace tamoxifen as the adjuvant treatment in this cancer. METHODS:Two recent trials of anastrozole and tamoxifen as adju...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Doggrell SA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of antihypertensive therapy is an evolving paradigm. Although blood pressure (BP) control rates remain low, there have been improvements that may be attributable in part to a recent shift in clinical guidelines that recognizes that most patients will require multiple drugs to reach BP goals and encourages clin...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Calhoun DA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The late effects of cancer treatment have recently gained a worldwide ubiquitous interest among reproductive endocrinologists, oncologists, and all health care providers. Despite many publications on this subject, there are many equivocal issues necessitating summary. The case for and against using GnRH-ag...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Blumenfeld Z,Evron A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus (DM) include pregestational DM and gestational DM, defined as carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity first detected during pregnancy. DM leads to poor pregnancy outcome. The aim of treatment is to control maternal hyperglycaemia and to imitate postprandial insulin re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： González C,Santoro S,Salzberg S,Di Girolamo G,Alvariñas J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The pharmacotherapeutic management of depression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is a matter of debate that cannot be decided from the evidence available in the current literature. Therefore, its management essentially relies on the clinical experience of the prescribing clinician rather than on e...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Carta MG,Paribello P,Anastasia A,De Berardis D,Nardi AE,Fornaro M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colesevelam HCl (WelChol, Sankyo Pharmaceuticals Inc.) is a bile acid sequestrant polymer, which has been shown to significantly lower low density lipoprotein cholesterol and favourably affect high-density lipoprotein cholesterol blood levels in monotherapy and in combination with statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Bays H,Dujovne C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sorafenib is a novel oral bis-aryl urea compound that has proven survival benefit in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), for which several therapies are currently available with unsatisfactory results. Sorafenib is the first compound to demonstrate a significant effect on survival in HCC...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Guan YS,He Q

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A residual risk of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular (CV) disease remains despite statin therapy. This situation has generated an interest in finding novel approaches of combining statins with other lipid-lowering agents, or finding new lipid and non-lipid targets, such as triglycerides, high-den...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Serban MC,Banach M,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Ventricular arrhythmias are often seen in association with structural heart disease. However, approximately a tenth of affected patients have apparently normal hearts, where such arrhythmias typically occur in young patients, are sometimes inherited and can occasionally lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD)...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Ortmans S,Daval C,Aguilar M,Compagno P,Cadrin-Tourigny J,Dyrda K,Rivard L,Tadros R

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiodermatitis in its acute and chronic presentations represents a set of specific adverse effects resulting from ionizing radiations. Skin-field cancerization is another condition associated to or independent of clinically recognizable radiodermatitis. This condition leads to the risk of later occurrence o...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Piérard GE,Piérard-Franchimont C,Paquet P,Quatresooz P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least two factors relating to pain management using oral analgesics suggest that combination strategies merit consideration: many pains arise from more than one physiological cause and current analgesics have adverse effect profiles that might be reduced by combination with another agent in smaller doses or with le...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Raffa RB,Clark-Vetri R,Tallarida RJ,Wertheimer AI

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple approaches to enhancing antidepressant treatment response in bipolar depression are available and should, in many instances, be explored despite a lack of definitive controlled trial literature supporting their efficacy. Given that the morbidity of depression is three times greater than mania in bipolar illne...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Post RM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00