Acitretin. A review of its pharmacology and therapeutic use.

abstract：:The antihypertensive effects of the regular immediate release formulation of verapamil (verapamil IR) and the newer sustained release formulation of verapamil (verapamil SR) were compared in Hispanic patients with untreated essential hypertension. Verapamil IR was given in 3 divided doses (80 or 160mg 3 times daily) a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fuenmayor NT,Faggin BM,Cubeddu LX

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, parallel-group randomised trial of 3 months' duration, the efficacy of cyclandelate 800 mg twice daily in migraine prophylaxis was compared with that of flunarizine 5mg daily in 40 patients. In comparison with placebo and baseline values, both drugs significantly relieved symptoms of migraine as ass...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Nappi G,Sandrini G,Savoini G,Cavallini A,de Rysky C,Micieli G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azacitidine (Vidaza) is a pyrimidine nucleoside analogue of cytidine. Subcutaneous azacitidine was recently approved in the EU for the treatment of adults who are not eligible for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and who have intermediate-2-risk or high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) [according to Intern...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma is a rare yet well defined subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The correct histological diagnosis of this lymphoma subtype is of the utmost importance; however, it is also a very difficult diagnosis. Clinical management is often complex, and despite the successful introduction of monoclonal ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Weigert O,Unterhalt M,Hiddemann W,Dreyling M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nadroparin calcium is a low molecular weight heparin with a mean molecular weight of 4.5 kD. Compared with unfractionated heparin, nadroparin calcium has a greater ratio of anti-factor Xa/anti-factor IIa activity. Nadroparin calcium has a longer half-life and greater bioavailability than unfractionated heparin and can...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Barradell LB,Buckley MM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drotrecogin alfa (activated), recombinant human activated protein C, inhibits coagulation and inflammation and promotes fibrinolysis in patients with severe sepsis. 850 patients with severe sepsis treated with intravenous drotrecogin alfa (activated) 24 microg/kg/h for 96 hours had a significantly greater reduction in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lyseng-Williamson KA,Perry CM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Janus kinase/signal transduction and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Many cytokines involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and inflammator...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Banerjee S,Biehl A,Gadina M,Hasni S,Schwartz DM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost half a century, the first-line treatment for ovulation induction in cases of anovulation, unexplained infertility, or mild male factor has been clomifene (clomiphene citrate). Clomifene is an effective and safely used oral agent, but is known to have relatively common antiestrogenic endometrial and cervical...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mitwally MF,Casper RF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisoprolol is a beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist with no partial agonist (intrinsic sympathomimetic) activity or membrane stabilising (local anaesthetic) activity. The oral bioavailability of bisoprolol is high (90%) and the drug has a long elimination half-life which allows once-daily administration; in addition, it is...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lancaster SG,Sorkin EM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of new agents for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at different stages of development, including several inhaled long-acting antimuscarinics (LAMA). Long-acting bronchodilators are considered to be central to the management of COPD due to the evidence supporting their efficac...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pleasants RA,Wang T,Gao J,Tang H,Donohue JF

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vemurafenib is the first molecularly targeted therapy to be licensed in the US and Europe for treatment of advanced melanoma. Its mechanism of action involves selective inhibition of the mutated BRAF V600E kinase that leads to reduced signalling through the aberrant mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Its...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sharma A,Shah SR,Illum H,Dowell J

更新日期：2012-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nabumetone is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the 2,6-disubstituted naphthylalkanone class. It is a prodrug metabolised to an active metabolite, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid (6-MNA), which preferentially inhibits cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) and has both anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Davies NM,McLachlan AJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of drugs to proteins is an important pharmacokinetic parameter. Many methods are available for the study of drug protein binding phenomena and there are also many ways to interpret the binding data. Although much emphasis has been placed on the binding of drugs in the plasma, binding also takes place in th...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McElnay JC,D'Arcy PF

更新日期：1983-05-01 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：:Bipolar disorder is a common and severe condition, and has a clinical outcome that is frequently sub-optimal. Only a small number of therapeutic options are currently available for the disorder. A growing range of novel therapeutic options for the treatment of bipolar disorder are under investigation. These include th...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Berk M,Segal J,Janet L,Vorster M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in cancer diagnosis have tremendous negative impacts on patients and their families, and major societal and economic costs. The beneficial effect of chemotherapeutic agents on tumor suppression comes with major unwanted side effects such as weight and hair loss, nausea and vomiting, and neuropathic pain. Che...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Blanton HL,Brelsfoard J,DeTurk N,Pruitt K,Narasimhan M,Morgan DJ,Guindon J

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:In human lung tissue in vitro, nedocromil sodium inhibited the release of histamine and leukotrienes induced by anti-IgE, as well as the contraction of isolated bronchi which followed this challenge. In the hamster cheek pouch in vivo, nedocromil sodium inhibited the inflammatory response induced by challenge with eit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dahlén SE,Björck T,Kumlin M,Sydbom A,Raud J,Palmertz U,Franzén L,Grönneberg R,Hedqvist P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BTX-A) weakens voluntary muscle strength and is an effective therapy for focal dystonia, including cervical dystonia (CD) and benign essential blepharospasm (BEB). It is also known to relieve hemifacial spasm and focal spasticity in children and adults. In addition, BTX-A has been shown to...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Jost WH,Blümel J,Grafe S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This review focuses on the biochemical and clinical aspects of methylation in neuropsychiatric disorders and the clinical potential of their treatment with ademetionine (S-adenosylmethionine; SAMe). SAMe is required in numerous transmethylation reactions involving nucleic acids, proteins, phospholipids, amines and oth...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bottiglieri T,Hyland K,Reynolds EH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and tolerability of nimesulide were compared with those of paracetamol in a nonblind randomised study that recruited 110 children (64 males, 46 females; aged 3 to 6 years) with inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and fever. Nimesulide suspension (1.5 mg/kg 3 times daily) or paracetamol syrup (10 m...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Polidori G,Titti G,Pieragostini P,Comito A,Scaricabarozzi I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important aspect of modern management of acute diarrhoeal illness in children is that of oral rehydration therapy, and drug therapy is very rarely indicated. Despite the dramatic decline in mortality and morbidity in recent years, there is still the need for continuing education in the appropriate use of oral...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Davies A,Jenkins HR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenoxicam is a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic agent of the oxicam class, and therefore closely related to piroxicam. It possesses a long half-life which enables it to be administered once daily. Clinical trials in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout and n...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gonzalez JP,Todd PA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of patients with chronic pain is a common clinical challenge. Indeed, chronic pain is often inadequately controlled in patients with cancer and in those with non-cancer chronic pain. Because of the complex nature of chronic pain, successful long-term treatment is more difficult than for acute pain. Most...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Nicholson B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis, a grave and debilitating disease of socioeconomic importance, is increasing in incidence despite concerted efforts to control and contain the disease in all the endemic areas. While a multipronged method of control using health education, sanitation and snail control has been used, chemotherapy and ch...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Shekhar KC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of rectally administered nimesulide 200mg and paracetamol 500mg were assessed in a double-blind study. The study was conducted in 39 elderly inpatients with infections of the upper or lower respiratory tract associated with fever; 18 patients received nimesulide and 21 received paracetamol. Bot...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Cunietti E,Monti M,Viganò A,D'Aprile E,Saligari A,Scafuro E,Scaricabarozzi I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is clinically defined as an acute peripheral neuropathy causing limb weakness that progresses over a time period of days or, at the most, up to 4 weeks. GBS occurs throughout the world with a median annual incidence of 1.3 cases per population of 100 000, with men being more frequently af...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kuwabara S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid solutions have been developed and used over the past 70 years as expanders of the intravascular space, based on an understanding of Starling's law. Increasing osmotic pressure with colloidal products has remained an attractive theoretical premise for volume resuscitation. Indeed, colloids have been shown to in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Roberts JS,Bratton SL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this article is to review data on the efficacy and safety of montelukast in the treatment of children with asthma. METHODOLOGY:Available published literature, including published abstracts, is reviewed. RESULTS:In patients aged 6 to 14 years with asthma (n = 27), montelukast 5mg demonstrated a si...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Becker A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00