An evaluation of pharmacological strategies for the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure.

abstract：:Dapoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is the first oral pharmacological agent indicated for the treatment of men aged 18-64 years with premature ejaculation. In four randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre studies of 12-24 weeks' duration, oral dapoxetine 30 or 60 mg (administered as ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hoy SM,Scott LJ

更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Letermovir (Prevymis™) is an orally or intravenously administered cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA terminase complex inhibitor being developed by Merck & Co., Inc., under a global license from AiCuris Anti-infective Cures GmbH. Letermovir has been approved in Canada and the USA for the prophylaxis of CMV infection and diseas...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kim ES

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma, a group of progressive optic neuropathies with similar patterns of tissue loss, is primarily treated with medical therapy, followed by laser therapy and, later, incisional surgery. Aside from the introduction of prostaglandin analogs, topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and topical alpha-agonists in the 1...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schehlein EM,Robin AL

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL), the most common subtype of indolent lymphoma, is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage (III-IV), although patients are often asymptomatic. Traditionally, a palliative approach to management has been taken, cycling through watchful waiting, radiotherapy, oral alkylating agents and, eventually...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pettengell R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telavancin is the first available lipoglycopeptide antibacterial agent. It is active against Gram-positive bacteria, including meticillin/oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains associated with complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSIs). In randomized, double-blind trials, intravenous tel...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lyseng-Williamson KA,Blick SK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acamprosate (calcium acetylhomotaurinate), a synthetic compound with a similar chemical structure to that of gamma-aminobutyric acid, is thought to act via several mechanisms affecting multiple neurotransmitter systems; inhibition of neuronal hyperexcitability by antagonism of excitatory amino acid activity and reduct...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wilde MI,Wagstaff AJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum concentrations and pharmacokinetic parameters of ofloxacin were measured in 10 patients on haemodialysis treatment. Serum half-life during the interdialytic interval was 48 hours, and during haemodialysis treatment 10 hours. The decrease in serum concentrations during a 4-hour haemodialysis was 25%. After severa...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dörfler A,Schulz W,Burkhardt F,Zichner M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rationale for the use of nifedipine in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) is based on the various cardiovascular actions of the compound: reduction of myocardial oxygen consumption by attenuation of cardiac and vascular smooth muscle tension; augmentation of oxygen and substrate supply after increased ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rafflenbeul W,Ebner F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing incidence of systemic fungal infections and rising medical costs have highlighted the need for an economic appraisal of antifungal agents to determine the most cost-effective therapeutic option. Cost savings derived from the prophylactic or empirical use of antifungal agents have been difficult to estim...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： van Gool R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbs are often administered in combination with therapeutic drugs, raising the potential of herb-drug interactions. An extensive review of the literature identified reported herb-drug interactions with clinical significance, many of which are from case reports and limited clinical observations. Cases have been publis...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hu Z,Yang X,Ho PC,Chan SY,Heng PW,Chan E,Duan W,Koh HL,Zhou S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZD1839 ('Iressa') is an orally active, selective epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor which blocks signal transduction pathways implicated in the proliferation and survival of cancer cells and other host-dependent processes promoting cancer growth. In preclinical studies, ZD1839 produced reversib...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Baselga J,Averbuch SD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide: A Review in HIV-1 Infection, written by Emma D. Deeks, was originally published Online First without open access. After publication in volume 78, issue 17, pages 1817-1828 Gilead Sciences requested that the article be Open Choice to make the article an open ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Deeks ED

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes the tolerability profile of nimesulide as documented in a global assessment of the clinical data available to Helsinn for this drug. Data from 151 trials were considered and the relevant case report forms and study reports were used as source information. The analysis was conducted using between-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fusetti G,Magni E,Armandola MC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitors are widely used agents in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory and granulomatous diseases. It has long been appreciated that these agents confer an increased risk of tuberculosis; however, more recently it has been recognized that patients being treated with TNFalpha...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Smith JA,Kauffman CA

更新日期：2009-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nateglinide is a novel D-phenylalanine derivative that inhibits ATP-sensitive K+ channels in pancreatic beta-cells in the presence of glucose and thereby stimulates the prandial release of insulin. Nateglinide reduces fasting and mealtime blood glucose levels in animals, healthy volunteers, and patients with type 2 (n...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunn CJ,Faulds D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinupristin-dalfopristin (RP 59500) is an injectable streptogramin antibiotic. It possesses a wide spectrum of activity against Gram-positive bacteria including methicillin-resistant staphylococci, glycopeptide-resistant. Enterococcus faecium and penicillin-resistant pneumococci. Quinupristin-dalfopristin has activit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bryson HM,Spencer CM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anagrelide (Agrylin, Xagrid) is an oral imidazoquinazoline agent which is indicated in Europe for the reduction of elevated platelet counts in at-risk patients with essential thrombocythaemia who are intolerant of or refractory to their current therapy, and in the US for the reduction of elevated platelet counts and t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ,Keating GM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas has risen steadily over the past 4 decades. Since pancreatic cancer is diagnosed at an advanced stage, and because of the lack of effective therapies, the prognosis of such patients is extremely poor. Despite advances in our understanding of the molecular biology of panc...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rosenberg L

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the reproductive period, women generally have lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and higher high-density lipoprotein cholesterol than age- and diet-matched men. However, these possibly antiatherogenic characteristics of lipoproteins are changed to a potentially atherogenic profile after menopause. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Moghadasian MH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapeutic approaches have been, and continue to be, aggressively investigated in the treatment of infiltrating gliomas. While the results of late-phase clinical studies have been disappointing in this disease space thus far, the success of immunotherapies in other malignancies as well as the incremental gains ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lukas RV,Wainwright DA,Horbinski CM,Iwamoto FM,Sonabend AM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid is normally stored in membrane-bound phospholipids and released by the action of phospholipases. Enzymatic conversion of released arachidonic acid into biologically active derivatives proceeds through one of several routes. Cyclo-oxygenase converts arachidonic acid to unstable cyclic endoperoxides fro...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Samuelsson B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy is based on a 'symptomatic' therapy that includes ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and on an 'aetiological' therapy aimed at modulating underlying immunological mechanisms. The role of the latter is still debated given the usually indolent course of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Quaglia M,Stratta P

更新日期：2009-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Many drugs have a site of action within the inner ear. The list includes therapeutic, diagnostic and ototoxic agents. Therapeutic agents are most useful in cases of infections, endolymphatic hydrops, vascular insufficiency, vertigo of peripheral origin, autoimmune disease, otosclerosis (otospongiosis), sudden hearing ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Norris CH

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health behaviors such as retention in HIV medical care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) pose major challenges to reducing new HIV infections, addressing health disparities, and improving health outcomes. Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Service Use provides a conceptual framework for understanding ho...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Holtzman CW,Brady KA,Yehia BR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cephalosporins have a role in the treatment of gonorrhoea, and especially infections caused by strains that are penicillin-resistant, either because they produce plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase or they have chromosomally mediated diminished permeability or modified penicillin-binding proteins. Although none of the ora...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Phillips I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide is a fixed-dose (valsartan 80, 160 or 320mg plus hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 or 25mg) angiotensin II receptor blocker/diuretic drug combination indicated for the treatment of patients with essential hypertension not adequately controlled by monotherapy.There is ample evidence that valsartan/...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comprehensive treatment of schizophrenia requires the full resources of a clinical team that is able to offer treatment for the acute psychotic state in a hospital environment, and appropriate rehabilitation following resolution of the florid symptoms. Following a second or subsequent relapse, maintenance therapy ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnson DA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brexpiprazole (Rexulti®) is an atypical antipsychotic that has been developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd and H. Lundbeck A/S as an oral treatment for several psychiatric disorders. Brexpiprazole is a novel serotonin-dopamine activity modulator that acts as a partial agonist of serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) and dopamine ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greig SL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levocetirizine (Xyzal) is a selective, potent, oral histamine H(1) receptor antagonist of the latest generation that is licensed for the symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis (including persistent allergic rhinitis [PER]) and chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). Large, well designed trials indicate that levocetiri...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hair PI,Scott LJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of late side effects of long term levodopa therapy (fluctuations in motor performance, abnormal movements, and symptoms unresponsive to dihydroxyphenylalanine) led to the search for novel anti-Parkinsonian drugs. Dopamine agonists are one of the newer families of anti-Parkinsonian agents, and they inclu...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Montastruc JL,Rascol O,Senard JM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00