Ways to increase adherence to allergen immunotherapy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating diseases in the United Arab Emirates. Oral antipsychotics (OA) are commonly used in terms of pharmacotherapy; however, these treatments can be rendered ineffective by poor patient adherence. Paliperidone palmitate once monthly (PP1M) is a long acting antipsychotic...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Nuhoho S,Saad A,Saumell G,Ribes D,El Khoury AC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who do not adhere to treatment may experience suboptimal outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between adherence with imatinib and direct healthcare costs and resource utilization in a large group of privately insured CML patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Wu EQ,Johnson S,Beaulieu N,Arana M,Bollu V,Guo A,Coombs J,Feng W,Cortes J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of spironolactone in the alleviation of the symptoms of the premenstrual syndrome was compared with placebo in a double-blind, parallel group controlled study. One tablet daily of 100 mg spironolactone or placebo was given to 63 women from Day 12 of the menstrual cycle until the first day of the next menstr...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Vellacott ID,Shroff NE,Pearce MY,Stratford ME,Akbar FA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the construct validity of the EQ-5D in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). METHODS:All ACS-diagnosed patients discharged from a university-affiliated hospital during a 3-year period were mailed a questionnaire that included the EQ-5D and the SF-8. The EQ-5D includes a visual analogue sca...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ellis JJ,Eagle KA,Kline-Rogers EM,Erickson SR

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of the cholesterol absorption inhibitor ezetimibe in patients with refractory familial hyperlipidaemia or intolerant to statin therapy. METHODS:This prospective study assessed the safety and efficacy of ezetimibe in 200 patients with refractory familial hyperlipidaemias not achiev...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Wierzbicki AS,Doherty E,Lumb PJ,Chik G,Crook MA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite a plethora of published data on levocetirizine, no meta-analyses exist on the effect of study design, and covariates like age, gender, and baseline symptom severity on treatment response. The objective of this study was the efficacy of levocetirizine 5  mg tablets and matching placebo at reducing alle...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Boev R,Song D,Bedenbaugh A,Haeusler JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the positive predictive value of claims-based V85 codes for identifying individuals with varying degrees of BMI relative to their measured BMI obtained from medical record abstraction. METHODS:This was a retrospective validation study utilizing administrative claims and medical chart data from 1 ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Caplan EO,Kamble PS,Harvey RA,Smolarz BG,Renda A,Bouchard JR,Huang JC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of pantoprazole 20 mg once daily (o.d.) in relieving epigastric pain associated with ulcer-like functional dyspepsia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study, patients experiencing ulcer-like functional dyspepsia, with epigastric pai...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： van Rensburg C,Berghöfer P,Enns R,Dattani ID,Maritz JF,Gonzalez Carro P,Fischer R,Schwan T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zolmitriptan is a 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonist for the acute treatment of migraine. This study examined the efficacy of a second dose of zolmitriptan for the treatment of persistent or recurrent headache. Part 1 was a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind evaluation of 2.5 mg and 5 mg zolmitriptan for the treatme...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Mauskop A,Farkkila M,Hering-Hanit R,Rapoport A,Warner J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over a century, there has been considerable interest in the management of regional lymph node metastasis in patients with primary breast cancer. Since the advent of sentinel lymph node biopsies, there has been renewed interest in the management of patients with metastasis to the internal mammary nodes. The appropr...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Jatoi I

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The safety and efficacy of exenatide BID (exenatide) and insulin glargine (glargine) have been studied in clinical trials with few elderly patients. This study examined the clinical effectiveness of exenatide compared to glargine in patients 65 years and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS:A retro...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Pawaskar M,Li Q,Reynolds MW

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epidural analgesia, synthetic opioids increase the potency of amide local anesthetics by modifying their analgesic properties. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare the efficacy and safety of bupivacaine with ropivacaine and levobupivacaine in combination with sufentanil (B...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Lv BS,Wang W,Wang ZQ,Wang XW,Wang JH,Fang F,Mi WD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eight patients who had been taking phenytoin for a year or more, either alone or in combination with other drugs, were examined for gum hypertrophy by three observers independently. Approximately 90% of the patients showed either mild or no gum hypertrophy and severe swelling occurred in only 1%. The o...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Grant RH,Parsonage MJ,Barot MH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of nebivolol, a third generation beta-blocker, on blood pressure (BP) reduction and polysomnographic parameters in hypertensive patients with mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). METHODS:In this double-blind, parallel group study, patients were randomized to nebivolol 5...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Heitmann J,Greulich T,Reinke C,Koehler U,Vogelmeier C,Becker HF,Schmidt AC,Canisius S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Reduction in total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) forms one of the principal objectives of most cardiovascular secondary prevention strategies. Many patients being treated with statins, however, have significant residual dyslipidaemia, with many having suboptimal HDL-cholesterol ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Belsey J,de Lusignan S,van Vlymen J,Chan T,Hague N

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind trial in 26 patients with symptomatic gastro-oesophageal reflux, the alginate/effervescent/antacid compound 'Gaviscon' was compared with antacid containing placebo similarly formulated. Retrosternal pain after meals and at night was significantly reduced whilst patients were taking 'Gaviscon' and the...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Barnardo DE,Lancaster-Smith M,Strickland ID,Wright JT

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, parallel group trial of a 1 mg sodium cromoglycate metered dose inhaler, a 5 mg formulation and a placebo aerosol was undertaken in 139 asthmatic patients with extrinsic allergic asthma. None of the patients had previously been treated with sodium cromoglycate and few (15%) were familiar with the use o...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Carrasco E,Sepulveda R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind trial of methocarbamol versus placebo was carried out in 59 matched pairs of patients suffering from painful muscle spasm. Methocarbamol (1500 mg. q.d.s.) was found to be effective in approximately 60% of patients compared with 30% of patients receiving placebo (p less than 0.01). Side-effects were of a...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Valtonen EJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized four-way crossover study was carried out in 12 healthy volunteers to investigate the pharmacokinetics of a new oral combination of frusemide (40 mg) and amiloride (5 mg), formulated as a single tablet. The experimental design of this bioequivalence study used commercially-available 40 mg frusemide tablets...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Brooks SG,Christie RB,Roche J,Fairhead AP,Muirhead D,Townsend HA,Shaw HL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of mometasone furoate administered via a dry powder inhaler (MF-DPI) in Japanese patients with intermittent or mild persistent asthma who were not previously receiving inhaled corticosteroids. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:This was an 8-week open-label study conduct...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Tohda Y,Miyamoto T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this survey were to understand (1) the effects of overactive bladder (OAB) and urinary incontinence (UI) on women's lives and to understand (2) women's needs and expectations of health care providers and treatment related to these disorders. METHODS:Women (N = 1046) with self-reported sympt...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： MacDiarmid S,Rosenberg M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind controlled, cross-over trial was carried out in 70 depressed patients to compare the effectiveness and tolerability of amineptine with that of maprotiline. Patients were allocated at random to receive treatment with either 150 mg amineptine or 75 mg maprotiline daily for 6 weeks before being treated for...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Bornstein S

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxofylline (7-(1,3-dioxalan-2-ylmethyl) theophylline) is a novel xanthine bronchodilator which differs from theophylline in that it contains a dioxalane group in position 7. Similarly to theophylline, its mechanism of action is related to the inhibition of phosphodiesterase activities, but in contrast it appears to h...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Dini FL,Cogo R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we explored the analgesic and antihyperalgesic properties of a synthetic cannabinoid (nabilone) on experimental heat pain in men and women, as well as its effects on descending pain inhibitory systems. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:A double-blind, placebo controlled, crossover study of nabilone ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Redmond WJ,Goffaux P,Potvin S,Marchand S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether a new category of artificial tear product, carboxymethylcellulose 0.5% with compatible solutes (CMC-solutes) (Optive, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, California) improves clinical outcomes when used adjunctively with topical cyclosporine 0.05% (Restasis, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, California) for the ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Hardten DR,Brown MJ,Pham-Vang S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deriving preference scores for the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Sleep Scale would enable its use in cost-utility analyses. The objective of this study was to map scores of the MOS Sleep Scale to a preference-based health-state utility index (SF-6D) scored from the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36). RESEARCH DESIGN...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Yang M,Dubois D,Kosinski M,Sun X,Gajria K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, partial cross-over study of 141 patients with mild to moderate hypertension, chlorthalidone 50 mg was compared with chlorthalidone 50 mg/triamterene 50 mg combination treatment. The study assessed clinical efficacy in the reduction of blood pressure, and safety with regard to serum potassium concent...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Spiers DR,Wade RC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) vary considerably in their clinical presentation with regard to the severity and pattern of end-organ involvement. Clinical manifestations range from nonspecific symptoms to life-threatening, multisystem damage caused by eosinophil infiltration and local release...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Schwartz LB,Sheikh J,Singh A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The clinical relevance of pro- and hyperalgesic effects of opioids is still a matter of debate. Particularly for remifentanil, an increased postoperative need for analgesics has been demonstrated suggesting opioid-induced hyperalgesia as a possible cause. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate the ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ohnesorge H,Alpes A,Baron R,Gierthmühlen J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clinical trials were carried out in order to study adrenal suppression in 6 patients with psoriatic erythroderma and in 28 patients with psoriasis treated with topical glucocorticosteroids. Betamethasone-17-valerate (0.1%), betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate (0.05%) and budesonide (0.025%) ointments were studied in ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Salde L,Lassus A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00