Compassionate use of a 5-HT3-receptor antagonist, tropisetron, in patients refractory to standard antiemetic treatment.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Authorization of orphan medicinal products (OMPs) is often based on studies with several methodological shortcomings. Hence, data are difficult to interpret and efficacy does not always correspond to real-world effectiveness. We investigated to what extent an efficacy-effectiveness gap exists for OMPs for ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schuller Y,Hollak CEM,Gispen-de Wied CC,Stoyanova-Beninska V,Biegstraaten M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clascoterone (Winlevi®) is an androgen receptor inhibitor being developed as a topical cream and solution by Cassiopea (a spin-out company of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of androgen-dependent skin disorders, including androgenetic alopecia and acne vulgaris. Although the exact mechanism of action of clasc...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of antibiotic resistance is primarily due to excessive and often unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans and animals. Risk factors for the spread of resistant bacteria in hospitals and the community can be summarised as over-crowding, lapses in hygiene or poor infection control practices. Increasing ant...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rao GG

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by low bone mass and bone mineral density, and deterioration of the underlying structure of bone tissue. These changes lead to an increase in bone fragility and an increased risk for fracture, which are the clinical consequences of osteoporosis. The classical triad...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Reginster JY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral fidaxomicin (Dificid(®); Dificlir(®)) is a first-in-class macrocyclic antibacterial that is approved in several countries for the treatment of adult patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea. Fidaxomicin 200 mg twice daily for 10 days was an effective and generally well tolerated treatment in adult...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is the seventh and oesophageal cancer the ninth most common cancer in the UK, and >50% of patients present with locally advanced or metastatic disease. The incidence of oesophageal and oesophagogastric junctional tumours is increasing, making these important disease entities to understand and research. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Jackson C,Starling N,Chua YJ,Cunningham D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumasiran (Oxlumo™) is a subcutaneously administered small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting the mRNA for hydroxyacid oxidase 1 gene (HAO1; encodes glycolate oxidase) and was developed by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). By silencing the gene encoding glycolate oxidase, ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ,Keam SJ

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Slowing of nerve conduction, a hallmark of both experimental and human diabetic neuropathy, is improved or corrected by aldose reductase inhibitors such as sorbinil. Animal experiments suggest that a myo-inositol-related defect in nerve sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is responsible for the acute re...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greene DA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic efficacy of the new beta-lactam antibiotic, temocillin, was studied in 30 critically ill patients with peritonitis, abscesses, bronchopneumonia, and serious soft tissue infections. Patients were treated with temocillin Ig intravenously twice daily. The isolated pathogens comprised mainly Escherichia co...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pfeiffer M,Fock RR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccines form the mainstay of public health and personal protection against infection with seasonal influenza viruses. These vaccines are designed to protect people against infection with the currently circulating influenza viruses. Since the late 1970s, this has required the use of a trivalent vaccine consi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Barr IG,Jelley LL

更新日期：2012-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial occlusive disease is a common condition with possible serious consequences. It is usually diagnosed at the intermittent claudication stage. There are 2 objectives of treatment: to prevent ischaemic attacks and to improve quality of life. Treatment efficacy is, however, usually evaluated only in ter...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Marquis P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alprazolam is a triazolobenzodiazepine which is related to diazepam and other 1,4-benzodiazepines, and has a similar pharmacological profile. Relative to the newer benzodiazepines, alprazolam has an intermediate half-life of 10 to 12 hours in healthy young subjects. In placebo-controlled and double-blind comparative t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dawson GW,Jue SG,Brogden RN

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of digitalis in congestive heart failure with normal sinus rhythm is still debated. While older uncontrolled, withdrawal studies from 1969 to 1983 provided incomplete data, with poorly documented clinical status and poor haemodynamic and exercise data, some patients did improve clinically when digitalis treatm...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Riaz K,Forker AD

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Eight patients about to have the whole or part of a lung resected were given a 2g bolus dose of temocillin. A series of serum samples and a piece of peripheral lung tissue were collected and assayed for temocillin concentration. 30 minutes after drug administration, the mean serum and tissue concentrations were 172 mg...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Cowan W,Baird A,Sleigh JD,Gray JM,Leiper JM,Lawson DH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the structure, function and distribution of the components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAS) and the integrated physiological role of this hormonal system is rapidly increasing, although many questions remain unanswered. The primary structure and localisation of RAS such as renin, prorenin...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnston CI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Torasemide (torsemide) is a high-ceiling loop diuretic which acts on the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle to promote rapid and marked excretion of water, sodium and chloride. Like furosemide (frusemide), its major site of action is from the luminal side of the cell. Torasemide is at least twice as potent as f...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Friedel HA,Buckley MM

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:This paper reviews the theoretical concepts and methods utilised with isolated tissues to characterise drugs and drug receptors. Specifically the impact, on the in vitro measurement of agonist affinity and relative efficacy, of the idea that receptors bind to transduction proteins in the lipid bilayer of the cell memb...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kenakin T

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temocillin is a novel injectable beta-lactam antibiotic designed for parenteral use. It is active against the majority of Gram-negative bacteria and is stable to a wide range of beta-lactamases. Disposition and metabolic studies on temocillin in animals and man demonstrate that the drug is well distributed throughout ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Cockburn A,Mellows G,Jackson D,White DJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the European Multicentre Study (EMS), the safety and efficacy of a single 30U intravenous injection of anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC) was studied in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The present study discusses the Belgian data on safety and tolerance from the EMS study. 87...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bossaert LL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam (Keppra®, E Keppra®) is an established second-generation antiepileptic drug (AED). Worldwide, levetiracetam is most commonly approved as adjunctive treatment of partial onset seizures with or without secondary generalization; other approved indications include monotherapy treatment of partial onset seizu...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lyseng-Williamson KA

更新日期：2011-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between bodyweight and arterial pressure was first discovered early this century. More recently, epidemiological studies have confirmed the correlation between bodyweight and blood pressure in both adults and children. Serum cholesterol levels, blood glucose levels, uric acid levels and blood pressure...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Martínez FJ,Sancho-Rof JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the US. Primary prevention of stroke can be achieved by control of risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, elevated cholesterol levels and smoking. Approximately one-third of all ischaemic strokes occur in patients with a history of stroke or transient ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Weinberger J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxatomide is an orally active H1-histamine receptor antagonist which, as appears to occur with some other antihistamines, also inhibits mast cell degranulation. Oxatomide has demonstrated response rates similar to those with other more established members of its drug class in a few studies of chronic urticaria and all...

journal_title：Drugs

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

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avapritinib (AYVAKIT™) is a potent and selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) and KIT activation loop mutants. It is being developed by Blueprint Medicines for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), solid tumours and systemic mastocytosis. Avapr...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are used for a variety of illnesses. One of their major complications is suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, rendering a patient unable to respond to stress. The risk of this suppression may be minimised by the use of short-acting glucocorticoid preparations, administration of the e...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Helfer EL,Rose LI

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has made considerable progress in recent years, and new emerging strategies are being developed. On the basis of the results of two randomised studies in the early 2000s, nephrectomy has now become the standard as cytoreductive surgery before embarking on systemic treatment wit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Escudier B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When used to treat patients with Parkinson's disease pergolide acts at dopamine receptors in the corpus striatum to improve locomotor activity, reducing the tremor, gait disturbances, bradykinesia or akinesia and rigidity experienced by such patients. Treatment with pergolide often allows substantial reductions in con...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Langtry HD,Clissold SP

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00