Review article: the treatment of fatty liver disease associated with the metabolic syndrome.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triple therapy (proton pump inhibitor, clarithromycin and amoxicillin or an imidazole) is the first-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection. However, the effectiveness of triple therapy is decreasing due to the increase in antibiotic resistance. Quadruple therapy (proton pump inhibitor, tetracycline...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gené E,Calvet X,Azagra R,Gisbert JP

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cannabinoid (CB) receptors have been located in brain areas involved in the triggering of TLESRs as well as in the nodose ganglion from which vagal afferents emanate. The distribution of CB(1) receptors has been investigated in the human gastrointestinal mucosa, as expression of inflammatory process. AIM:To...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Calabrese C,Spisni E,Liguori G,Lazzarini G,Valerii MC,Strillacci A,Gionchetti P,Pagotto U,Campieri M,Rizzello F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is an invasive, but important diagnostic and prognostic marker in cirrhosis with portal hypertension (PHT). During cirrhosis, remodelling of fibrotic tissue by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is a permanent process generating small fragments of degraded extracellu...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Leeming DJ,Karsdal MA,Byrjalsen I,Bendtsen F,Trebicka J,Nielsen MJ,Christiansen C,Møller S,Krag A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 45% of all deaths are associated with chronic fibroproliferative diseases, of which the primary characteristic is altered remodelling of the extracellular matrix. A major difficulty in developing anti-fibrotic therapies is the lack of accurate and established techniques to estimate dynamics of fibrosi...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Karsdal MA,Krarup H,Sand JM,Christensen PB,Gerstoft J,Leeming DJ,Weis N,Schaffalitzky de Muckadell OB,Krag A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Sweden, the most common causes of liver cirrhosis are alcohol overconsumption and hepatitis C. However, recent data on the clinical characteristics of Swedish patients with cirrhosis are scarce. AIMS:To determine the incidence, clinical presentation, aetiological spectrum and survival rates of liver cirr...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Nilsson E,Anderson H,Sargenti K,Lindgren S,Prytz H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral tacrolimus, approved for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in liver or kidney transplants, has been reported to be effective in anecdotal cases of refractory inflammatory bowel disease. AIM:To evaluate the usefulness of low-dose oral tacrolimus in refractory inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS:Thirty...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Baumgart DC,Wiedenmann B,Dignass AU

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haemorrhage from ruptured oesophageal varices is a common cause of death in people with cirrhosis. Guidelines recommend screening for varices at time of cirrhosis diagnosis and throughout the course of the disease. Conventional gastroscopy is the criterion standard for variceal screening; however, is invasiv...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wickremeratne T,Turner S,O'Beirne J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH), the usual recommended strategy for management of variceal bleeding is the same as that in cirrhosis. However, this policy has been challenged by the different natural history between INCPH and cirrhosis. AIM:To compare outcomes after tra...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Lv Y,Li K,He C,Luo B,Zhang B,Liu H,Wang Z,Guo W,Wang Q,Chen H,Bai W,Yuan X,Yu T,Li X,Yuan J,Han N,Zhu Y,Niu J,Xie H,Wang J,Chen L,Yin Z,Fan D,Li Z,Han G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated the effects of rabeprazole on low-dose aspirin (LDA)-induced gastroduodenal injuries. AIM:To conduct a randomised, double-blind, triple-dummy, active-controlled, multicentre trial, named the PLANETARIUM study, to assess the efficacy, dose-response relationship and safety of rabepr...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Iwakiri R,Higuchi K,Kato M,Fujishiro M,Kinoshita Y,Watanabe T,Takeuchi T,Yamauchi M,Sanomura M,Nakagawa H,Sugisaki N,Okada Y,Ogawa H,Arakawa T,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies report a high prevalence of lactose intolerance in patients with functional, gastrointestinal disease. AIM:To evaluate the role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in condition of lactose intolerance and the mechanism by which SIBO may impact lactose tolerance in affected patients. ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Zhao J,Fox M,Cong Y,Chu H,Shang Y,Fried M,Dai N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) prolongs transplantation-free survival in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). However, the optimal therapeutic dose has not been established. AIM:To compare the effects of UDCA administered in daily doses of 10 vs. 20 mg/kg on symptoms, liver biochemistry and biliary UDCA enrichment...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Van Hoogstraten HJ,De Smet MB,Renooij W,Breed JG,Engels LG,Den Ouden-Muller JW,Rijk MC,Smit AM,Zwertbroek R,Hop WC,van Berge Henegouwen GP,Schalm SW,van Buuren HR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were investigated: 8 without, and 5 with, previous gastric surgery. After 7-34 months of treatment with famotidine, 8 out of 13 patients were resistant to this drug. Omeprazole 60 mg/day was administered to these 8 patients; after one month, the dose was reduced to 40 ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Corleto V,Annibale B,D'Ambra G,Saggioro A,Ferrua B,Cassetta MR,Delle Fave G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restriction of dietary FODMAP intake can alleviate symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Because many FODMAPs have prebiotic actions, there is concern that their dietary restriction leads to dysbiosis with health consequences, and their intake is being encouraged by addition to foods and via su...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gibson PR,Halmos EP,Muir JG

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe and severe/complicated Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can result in ICU admission, sepsis, toxic megacolon and death. In this setting, colectomy is the standard of care but it is associated with a 50% mortality. AIM:To evaluate safety and efficacy of a sequential faecal microbiota transplantat...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fischer M,Sipe BW,Rogers NA,Cook GK,Robb BW,Vuppalanchi R,Rex DK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Swedish double-blind multicentre study, omeprazole (30 mg o.m.) was compared with the H2-receptor antagonist cimetidine (400 mg b.d.) in 152 patients. Clinical assessments and laboratory investigations were carried out at 2 and 4 weeks, and again at 6 weeks in unhealed patients. Endoscopy was performed at 2 weeks...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Dahlgren S,Domellöf L,Hradsky M,Norryd C,Brunkwall J,Svensson G,Svensson JO,Karlsson J,Knutson U,Gasslander T

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop general rules on how to pursue a therapeutic goal of interventional endoscopy without getting lost in abundant details. METHODS:The influences of various medical interventions on the survival of a patient with gastrointestinal haemorrhage are modelled by an influence diagram. Survival is the focal point...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sonnenberg A,Gavin MW

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiotherapy is an established treatment modality for prostate cancer; however, up to a third of patients develops a radiation-induced proctopathy. AIM:To assess the effect of topical beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) in the prevention of radiation-induced proctopathy in patients undergoing radiotherapy for...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fuccio L,Guido A,Laterza L,Eusebi LH,Busutti L,Bunkheila F,Barbieri E,Bazzoli F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not known whether hypoxia, associated with upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures when midazolam sedation is used without narcotics, persists into the post-procedure recovery period. Thirty consecutive patients aged over 60 years, undergoing ERCP using midazolam sedation alone, were monitored clinically an...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Haines DJ,Bibbey D,Green JR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-cardiac chest pain is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders. By recognising that gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), oesophageal dysmotility and oesophageal hypersensitivity are the main underlying mechanisms of NCCP, a more directed therapeutic approach has been developed. ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： George N,Abdallah J,Maradey-Romero C,Gerson L,Fass R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures historically used in inflammatory bowel disease have been considered inadequate to support future drug labelling claims by regulatory agencies. AIMS:To develop PRO tools for use in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) following guidance issued by the US FD...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Dulai PS,Jairath V,Khanna R,Ma C,McCarrier KP,Martin ML,Parker CE,Morris J,Feagan BG,Sandborn WJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a nitroimidazole-containing regimen for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection is decreased by nitroimidazole resistance. Nitroimidazoles are meta- bolized by H. pylori by several nitro-reductases of which an oxygen-insensitive NADPH nitroreductase encoded by the rdxA gene is the most important...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Van Der Wouden EJ,Thijs JC,Van Zwet AA,Kleibeuker JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Furazolidone-based regimens for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori are low cost and effective. Unfortunately, the usual dose of furazolidone is not tolerable in many patients. Lower doses of furazolidone are expected to cause fewer adverse effects. AIM:To investigate the efficacy of low-dose furazolidon...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fakheri H,Merat S,Hosseini V,Malekzadeh R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in serotonergic (5-HT) metabolism and/or intestinal integrity have been associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). AIMS:To assess the effects of the precursor of 5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), on mucosal 5-HT availability and intestinal integrity, and to assess potential differences bet...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Keszthelyi D,Troost FJ,Jonkers DM,van Eijk HM,Lindsey PJ,Dekker J,Buurman WA,Masclee AA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is a motor disorder principally caused by defective function of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs alleviate symptoms, heal oesophagitis and improve quality of life but do not address the underlying motor disorder, and prolonged treatment is often neede...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Palmer K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of Crohn's disease is unknown and therefore no curative treatments are available for the disease. The natural history of Crohn's disease is characterized by recurrent flare-ups of symptoms. Several drug treatments are effective in inducing clinical remission. However, no drug treatments are available in ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Biancone L,Tosti C,Fina D,Fantini M,De Nigris F,Geremia A,Pallone F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional interferon monotherapy fails to achieve virological clearance in most hepatitis C-infected patients. The use of high-dose induction regimens may improve the initial clearance of virus, while the addition of ribavirin appears to improve the rates of sustained response once clearance is achieved. ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Malik AH,Kumar KS,Malet PF,Ostapowicz G,Adams G,Wood M,Yarbrough K,Jones A,Lee WM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of any of the vitamins and minerals essential for normal erythropoiesis (haematinics), including iron, copper, cobalt, vitamins A, B12, B6, C, E, folic acid, riboflavin and nicotinic acid, may be associated with defective erythropoiesis and anaemia. Iron, vitamin B12 and folate are the haematinics for which...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pawson R,Mehta A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of hepatitis C (HCV) infection is mostly found in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where HCV genotypes 4, 5 and 6 are common. The literature on these genotypes is sparse and this synopsis will review characteristics of patients infected with these genotypes. AIM:To review characteristics ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wantuck JM,Ahmed A,Nguyen MH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies from the Western hemisphere have established the efficacy and safety of tegaserod in women with irritable bowel syndrome and constipation. This review summarizes the results of recent studies from around the world that confirm the efficacy and safety of tegaserod, and expand our understanding of the role of th...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Chey WD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The threshold plasma paracetamol concentration at which N-acetylcysteine (NAC) treatment is recommended to treat paracetamol poisoning in a patient with induced liver enzymes (for example, with chronic liver disease or taking anticonvulsant drugs) is 50% lower than in a patient without induced liver enzymes....

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Jones AL,Jarvie DR,Simpson D,Hayes PC,Prescott LF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00