Management of vasodilatory shock: defining the role of arginine vasopressin.

abstract：:Ascletis has developed danoprevir (Ganovo®), an orally-administered hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitor, as a treatment for hepatitis C. Based on positive results in phase II and phase III trials in patients with hepatitis C, danoprevir, in combination with ritonavir, peginterferon alfa and ribavirin was recently...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Markham A,Keam SJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzbromarone1 is a benzofuran derivative which lowers serum urate and increases urinary urate excretion in normal, hyperuricaemic and gouty subjects. In open short- and long-term studies benzbromarone reduced serum uric acid levels by one-third to one-half and maintained its effectiveness for periods of up to 8 years...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Heel RC,Brogden RN,Speight TM,Avery GS

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acamprosate (Campral(®), Aotal(®), Regtect(®)) is one of a limited number of pharmacological treatment options approved as an adjunct to psychosocial interventions to facilitate the maintenance of abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients. It has been used in Europe, the USA and other countries for many years and was r...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Plosker GL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anidulafungin is an antifungal drug belonging to the echinocandin class with a potent in vitro fungicidal activity against a wide range of Candida species, including C. glabrata and C. krusei. Anidulafungin is also active in vitro against moulds belonging to the genus Aspergillus and some dematiaceous genera. Furtherm...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Morace G,Borghi E,Iatta R,Montagna MT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness characterised by abnormalities of thought and perception that affects 1-2% of the population. Patients who experience a first episode of schizophrenia should be treated early and optimally with antipsychotic agents to lessen the morbidity of the initial episode and possibly imp...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bradford DW,Perkins DO,Lieberman JA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of medications that target specific proinflammatory cytokines has revolutionized the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The agents that antagonize the effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha -- infliximab, etanercept and adalimumab -- have consistently shown very good efficacy for...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lutt JR,Deodhar A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite well known complications, oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) remain the most commonly prescribed medications in the US for musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis. Although there has been a recent focus on the cardiovascular and renal complications associated with these agents, NSAID g...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Roth SH

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) programmes are effective, well tolerated and economically advantageous in carefully selected patient populations. Inclusion criteria for patient selection for OPAT include good clinical appearance and uncomplicated infection. By virtue of their favourable microbiological...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Esposito S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isradipine, a dihydropyridine derivative, inhibits the inward calcium flux through 'slow' channels of cardiac and vascular tissue, thereby eliciting potent coronary, cerebral and peripheral vasodilatation. In comparison with other calcium channel blockers the drug offers the advantages of minimal cardiodepressant acti...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fitton A,Benfield P

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of use of long-term systemic glucocorticoid therapy in the general adult population is 1 %. This figure increases to up to 3 % in elderly women. Metabolic (i.e. diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, weight gain, lipodystrophy) and cardiovascular (i.e. hypertension, cardiovascular events) adverse events are c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fardet L,Fève B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of thrombolytic therapy was a major advance in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The administration of fibrinolytic reperfusion therapy can reduce mortality rates by as much as 30%, with the greatest benefit observed if therapy is administered soon after symptom onset. Out...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Morse MA,Todd JW,Stouffer GA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind study, 128 patients with essential hypertension, refractory to beta-blocker monotherapy, were randomised to 1 of 4 treatment groups. Felodipine 2.5 mg twice daily, 5mg twice daily, 10mg twice daily or matched placebo twice daily were administered in addition to the beta-blocker for 4 weeks. Mean supi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sluiter HE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial asthma is an inflammatory disease. The characteristic pathological features of epithelial cell loss, goblet cell hyperplasia, increased deposition of collagen beneath the basement membrane, mast cell degranulation, and inflammatory cell infiltration of the mucosa are not limited to fatal asthma. Similar infl...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Beasley R,Roche W,Holgate ST

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lefamulin is a novel oral and intravenous (IV) pleuromutilin developed as a twice-daily treatment for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). It is a semi-synthetic pleuromutilin with a chemical structure that contains a tricyclic core of five-, six-, and eight-membered rings and a 2-(4-amino-2-hydroxycyclohexy...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Zhanel GG,Deng C,Zelenitsky S,Lawrence CK,Adam HJ,Golden A,Berry L,Schweizer F,Zhanel MA,Irfan N,Bay D,Lagacé-Wiens P,Walkty A,Mandell L,Lynch JP 3rd,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the different aspects of the role played by alpha-adrenoceptors in the control of renin secretion from the juxtaglomerular apparatus and renal sodium and water reabsorption, and the effects of alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists on systemic haemodynamics, will be investigated. Animal experiments suggest that ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Leonetti G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brodalumab (Lumicef(®)) is a human monoclonal immunoglobulin G antibody that is being developed by Kyowa Hakko Kirin in Japan, where it has been approved for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris, psoriatic arthritis, pustular psoriasis and psoriatic erythroderma. Brodalumab binds with high affinity to interleukin (IL)-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greig SL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid pharmacotherapies play an important role in the treatment of opioid-dependent women; however, very little is known about the safety of naltrexone in pregnant patients. OBJECTIVE:This study examined the obstetric health of opioid-dependent women who were treated with implant naltrexone during pregnanc...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kelty E,Hulse G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flecainide is a Class I antiarrhythmic drug of the local anaesthetic type. It can be given either intravenously or orally and its pharmacokinetic properties allow relatively long (12 hours) dosing intervals with oral administration. In several open and a few controlled therapeutic trials, orally administered flecainid...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Holmes B,Heel RC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Zolpidem is an imidazopyridine agent that is indicated for the short term (< or = 4 weeks) treatment of insomnia (recommended dosage 10 mg/day in adults and 5 or 10 mg/day in the elderly or patients with hepatic impairment). Data have shown that the hypnotic efficacy of zolpidem is generally comparable to th...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Holm KJ,Goa KL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal pharyngitis is a common infection in children and adolescents. The great majority of these infections are caused by group A beta-haemolytic streptococci. Although the use of penicillins for group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis has reduced the incidence of rheumatic fever, in the past decade ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scaglione F,Demartini G,Arcidiacono MM,Pintucci JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aliskiren/hydrochlorothiazide is a single-pill combination of the first in the new class of non-peptide direct renin inhibitors (aliskiren) and a thiazide diuretic (hydrochlorothiazide [HCTZ]) that achieves blood pressure (BP) reductions greater than those seen with either component alone. In double-blind, 8-week clin...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Baldwin CM,Plosker GL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most successful class of drugs that have been introduced for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) because of their profound and consistent effect on gastric acid secretion. The PPIs have demonstrated an excellent adverse effect profile after approximately ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dekel R,Morse C,Fass R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entecavir (Baraclude) is a novel nucleoside analogue of 2'-deoxyguanosine whose intracellular triphosphate form inhibits replication of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). In large, randomised, double-blind, phase III clinical trials in patients with chronic HBV infection, oral entecavir 0.5 or 1.0mg once daily for up to 96 ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Robinson DM,Scott LJ,Plosker GL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trifluridine/tipiracil (Lonsurf(®)) is a novel, orally active, antimetabolite agent comprised of trifluridine, a thymidine-based nucleoside analogue, and tipiracil, a potent thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor. Trifluridine is incorporated into DNA via phosphorylation, ultimately inhibiting cell proliferation. Tipiracil...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Burness CB,Duggan ST

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is associated with a risk of suicide 13 to 30 times greater than in the general population, and antidepressants are among the drugs most frequently implicated in fatal overdose, resulting in a dilemma for the clinician. Suicidal thoughts are a core symptom of depression, and there is evidence that the selec...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Montgomery SA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buflomedil hydrochloride is a vasoactive drug with a variety of pharmacodynamic properties. Importantly, it seems to improve nutritional blood flow in ischaemic tissue of patients with peripheral and/or cerebral vascular disease by a combination of pharmacological effects: inhibition of alpha-adrenoceptors, inhibition...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Clissold SP,Lynch S,Sorkin EM

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four medicinal cancer biological blockbusters will end their patent lifespan by 2020. It is estimated that the total market for cancer biologicals will reach approximately US$68 billion at that time. Approximately 20 biosimilars have entered the European market since the launch of the original approval guidelines in 2...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Camacho LH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind study, the efficacy and tolerability of nimesulide (100mg twice daily) were compared with those of diclofenac (50mg twice daily) when administered orally to 50 patients with acute superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower limbs. Pain relief and amelioration of inflammation were apparent in patients t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ferrari E,Pratesi C,Scaricabarozzi I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Page 9, Fig. 2, which originally appeared as. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mathieson S,Maher CG,Ferreira GE,Hamilton M,Jansen J,McLachlan AJ,Underwood M,Lin CC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogenic compounds are the most important group of drugs that can induce hypertension. Studies have shown an incidence of significant hypertension amounting to less than 1% after 1 year of taking oral contraceptives and about 2% after 5 years. The ratio of the incidence of hypertension among ''takers'' to that of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Stokes GS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00