A pharmacoeconomic analysis of severe psoriasis therapy: a review of treatment choices and cost efficiency.

abstract：:This article reviews the evidence supporting different somatic treatment strategies in the acute and maintenance treatment phases of bipolar disorder. Bipolar affective disorder is a chronic disorder with a life time incidence of 0.3 - 1.5/100 [1]. Severe affective disorder is associated with a risk of completed suici...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Watson S,Young AH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Women are more vulnerable to the development of major depressive disorder (MDD) than men. Although several epidemiological studies have investigated the association between antidepressants and the risk of developing cancer, different methodologies were applied and as a result most of the results were incon...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Pae CU

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTARCT Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be an essential cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus infection (PLWH). Since the bulk of cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors are shared between PLWH and the general population, prevention and treatment stra...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Corbacho N,Mur I,Molas ME,Vidal F,Domingo P

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal ring delivery systems are a highly promising approach to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The vagina is an excellent route for steroid absorption. Menopausal vaginal rings can be designed to allow very low dose local delivery of oestrogen to the vagina for the large percentage of postmenopausal women experie...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Dezarnaulds G,Fraser IS

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic dysreflexia is a potentially life-threatening hypertensive medical emergency that occurs most often in spinal cord-injured individuals with spinal lesions at or above the mid-thoracic spinal cord level. It is a condition that remains poorly recognised outside of spinal cord injury centres, which may result i...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Khastgir J,Drake MJ,Abrams P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Radioiodine [RAI]-resistant advanced and progressive differentiated thyroid cancer [DTC], although rare, constitutes a real challenge as its prognosis is poor and available therapeutic options, until now, have been limited. Discovery of a crucial role of distinct tyrosine kinases in DTC pathogenesis opened...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Krajewska J,Kukulska A,Jarzab B

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive, life-threatening condition. Sitaxsentan, a selective endothelin-A receptor antagonist, is an effective, safe and well-tolerated endothelin receptor antagonist for the treatment of PAH in adult patients. Multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Barst RJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seborrhoeic dermatitis (SD) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disorder, affecting areas of the head and body where sebaceous glands are most prominent and active. The disorder commonly affects hair-bearing areas of the head, including the scalp. Involvement on the face is usually limited to the hairline, eyebrows, nasol...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Faergemann J,Borgers M,Degreef H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tamoxifen among women with breast cancer or at high risk of the disease has greatly expanded over the past several decades. Tamoxifen has a complex effect on the female reproductive tract and several tamoxifen-associated changes have been described among tamoxifen users. These include endometrial thickening...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Eltabbakh GH,Mount SL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gout is a common disease responsible for recurrent flares triggered by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals secondary to longstanding hyperuricaemia. The management of gout implies both the treatment of flares and the treatment of hyperuricaemia itself. Recent improvement in the understanding of the...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Pascart T,Richette P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of IDegLira and IGlarLixi treatment and to perform a comparison between two strategies. METHODS:The registration number is CRD42017053952. Randomized controlled trials of IGlarLixi treatment or IDegLira treatment compared with placebo or active hypoglycemic agents in ty...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Cai X,Gao X,Yang W,Ji L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) contributes largely to the burden of heart failure and is associated with a poorer prognosis. Although numerous clinical trials evaluated the benefit of newer medications for ADHF, most of them were not successful. Areas covered: This review focusses on the updates ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Yandrapalli S,Tariq S,Aronow WS

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of the literature comparing the efficacy and safety of drug-eluting stents (DES) versus bare-metal stents (BMS) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). The present article reviews whether DES are beneficial in the setting of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and this has bee...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Yeter E,Kurt M,Silay Y,Anderson HV,Denktas AE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peglyated liposomal doxorubicin was developed to maintain or enhance the demonstrated antineoplastic effects of doxorubicin, while improving the toxicity profile associated with this important cytotoxic agent. Accumulating clinical data have confirmed the activity of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in cancers of the b...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Markman M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oseltamivir is the ethyl ester prodrug of the antiviral molecule, oseltamivir carboxylate, a potent and selective inhibitor of influenza A and B neuraminidase (NA) (sialidase). It is highly bioavailable in capsule and suspension formulations and, after conversion to the active metabolite in the liver, distributes thro...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Doucette KE,Aoki FY

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor, exhibits a poor prognosis with little therapeutic progress in the last decade. Novel treatment strategies beyond the established standard of care with temozolomide-based radiotherapy are urgently needed. AREAS COVERED:We reviewed the literature on gliob...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Seystahl K,Gramatzki D,Roth P,Weller M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of anti-TNFalpha therapy into the field of rheumatology has led to dramatic improvements in patient care, perhaps the most remarkable being in the management of ankylosing spondylitis. As experience with these compounds grows, their place in therapeutic strategy is becoming clearer, and it has been po...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Zochling J,Braun J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vertigo and dizziness are common chief complaints of vestibular and ocular motor disorders (lifetime prevalence 30%). Treatment relies on physical, pharmacological, psychological and rarely surgical approaches. Eight groups of drugs are currently used in vestibular and ocular motor disorders, namely anti-v...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Zwergal A,Strupp M,Brandt T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors are the major mediators of glutamate-mediated excitatory neurotransmission, and are critical for synchronization and spread of epileptic activity. Areas covered: AMPA receptor antagonists have been also developed as antiepilepti...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Di Bonaventura C,Labate A,Maschio M,Meletti S,Russo E

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Allergic rhinitis (AR) can be challenging to treat. For many patients, current therapies (including multiple therapies) provide insufficient symptom relief. There is, therefore, a clear unmet medical need for a new and more effective AR treatment option. MP29-02 ( Dymista ) is a novel intranasal formulatio...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Bernstein JA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The administration of chemotherapy before (neoadjuvant), rather than after surgery (adjuvant) in early breast cancer has been considered an optional strategy for patients with operable breast cancer. We reviewed this concept considering recent results in the field. AREAS COVERED:Herein, the authors cover ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Montemurro F,Nuzzolese I,Ponzone R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most frequent primary cancer of bone. When treated by surgery alone, it is almost invariably followed by metastatic dissemination and death. This dismal prognosis can be improved dramatically by including chemotherapy in an interdisciplinary regimen. Today, two-thirds of patients with localised ext...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Bielack SS,Machatschek JN,Flege S,Jürgens H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways in which inflammation causes bronchial hyper-reactivity and attacks of wheezing, dyspnea and chest tightness that are triggered by various agents. It requires both acute treatment of the paroxistical respiratory symptoms with reliever medications and maintenance treatment, wh...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Antoniu SA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic, relapsing, debilitating disorder, associated with markedly impaired social and occupational functioning. Pharmacological treatment is considered standard care and several drug classes are now FDA approved for the treatment of GAD. While there are clear data ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Reinhold JA,Mandos LA,Rickels K,Lohoff FW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymomas and thymic carcinoma are rare neoplasms. Surgical resection is the cornerstone of effective therapy. Stage I disease is effectively treated by complete surgical resection. The role of radiation therapy in completely resected stage II disease remains controversial. Adjuvant radiation therapy is useful for loca...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Papadopoulos KP,Thomas CR Jr

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) often has an extended disease course. With a median age at diagnosis of 72 years, newer treatment options with less toxicity than standard nucleoside analogue-based regimens are needed. Historically, few therapy options are available once CLL has become refractory to nucl...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Chang JE,Kahl BS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of nosocomial infections, mainly in patients in intensive care units. This microorganism, although with slight differences depending on the country, presents resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents, occasionally including resistance to colistin: hence, it can be consid...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Vila J,Pachón J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes (GD) develops because pregnancy increases requirements for insulin secretion while increasing insulin resistance. Women with GD often have impaired pancreatic beta-cell compensation for insulin resistance. The nature of GD is currently contentious, with debate about its existence, diagnosis and ra...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Glueck CJ,Goldenberg N,Streicher P,Wang P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overactive bladder has been successfully treated with oral anticholinergic drugs such as oxybutynin chloride. Although oral oxybutynin has been effective in controlling urinary urge incontinence and in decreasing incontinence episodes, adverse events, particularly dry mouth, often cause patients to discontinue oral th...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Davila GW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systemic and endemic emerging mycosis in Latin America, paracoccidioidomycosis, is characterised by its chronicity and by the severity of the disseminated form in healthy individuals, as well as in immunocompromised individuals co-infected with HIV, resulting, in the latter, in a mortality rate in the range of 30 - ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy

authors： Yasuda MA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00