The pocketbook: Pharmacoeconomic issues related to intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As tenofovir disoproxil fumarate substantially increases plasma concentrations of didanosine in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection, we sought to determine whether tenofovir and didanosine showed a similar intracellular interaction in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). DESIG...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Robbins BL,Wilcox CK,Fridland A,Rodman JH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine salary and selected fringe benefits of members of the Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, we developed a self-administered questionnaire that surveyed demographic information, schooling and training, academic appointments, yearly salary (as of Februa...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Anastasio GD,Shaughnessy AF

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET)-1 is an endothelium-derived peptide with potent vasoconstrictor and proliferative properties. The ET system is activated in several cardiovascular disease states associated with functional and structural vascular changes, including hypertension and heart failure. The two ET receptor subtypes are known ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Ergul A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levodopa is one of the principal agents administered to treat patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Several pharmacologic strategies can limit its side effects and enhance its activity. Although certain exceptions apply, dosage adjustments and drug changes should be instituted slowly. Levodopa is typically introduce...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Berchou RC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized medicine has been a mainstay and in practice in transplant pharmacotherapy since the advent of the field. Decisions pertaining to the diagnosis, selection, and monitoring of transplant pharmacotherapy are aimed toward the individual, the allograft, and the overall immunologic needs of the patient. Recent ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Maldonado AQ,West-Thielke P,Joyal K,Marks CR

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old man with a 19-year history of Crohn's disease experienced serum sickness with acute lobular panniculitis and vasculitis within 2 weeks of initiating 6-mercaptopurine therapy. He had no history of extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease or drug allergy. Symptoms included disabling joint pain, pr...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Andersen JM,Tiede JJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine is a highly potent and addictive drug that is abused in the United States and around the world. The drug is inexpensive and easily manufactured from simple chemicals such as pseudoephedrine. These features, coupled with its long half-life and highly addictive nature, contribute to the increasing proble...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Romanelli F,Smith KM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) values longitudinally in patients who newly started metformin, sulfonylurea, or thiazolidinedione monotherapy; in a subset of patients whose A1C values were 7% or greater before starting therapy (baseline) and who achieved A1C goal (A1C < 7%) during therapy, rat...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Riedel AA,Heien H,Wogen J,Plauschinat CA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced neutropenia and agranulocytosis are rare adverse events but can be fatal. Neutropenia can be induced by a myriad of drugs from almost every pharmacologic class. Octreotide is a somatostatin analog that has been used to treat variceal bleeding, acromegaly, and severe diarrhea associated with metastatic tum...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Tse SS,Kish T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin-oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) originally predominated in large medical centers; however, these isolates are now common in community hospitals and community clinics. No simple answer is available regarding control of antimicrobial-resistant bacte...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Smith DW

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of medication errors, as well as the severity of harm resulting from these errors, related to the prescription, transcription, preparation, and administration of parenteral nutrition formulations. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:471-bed, academic teaching ho...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Sacks GS,Rough S,Kudsk KA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections with adenoviruses (ADVs) can result in considerable mortality and morbidity in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Standard therapy for ADV infections in transplant recipients is not established. At our institution, intravenous cidofovir and immunoglobulin have been used to treat disseminated...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Permpalung N,Mahoney MV,Alonso CD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new combination product, enalapril-diltiazem ER, when administered over the long term. DESIGN:Open-label, titration to response, with treatment lasting 46 weeks after a 6-week, double-blind phase. SETTING:Medical clinics in the private and academic sectors. PA...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Applegate W,Cohen JD,Wolfson P,Davis A,Green S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clopidogrel decreases the morbidity and mortality associated with several cardiovascular diseases. However, clopidogrel is a prodrug that needs to be metabolized to the active thiol metabolite by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) system. This activation is a source of significant interindividual variability in clopidogrel res...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Momary KM,Dorsch MP,Bates ER

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether recommendations made by pharmacists and accepted by hospital physicians resulted in fewer postdischarge readmissions and urgent care visits compared with recommendations that were not implemented. DESIGN:Prospective substudy of pharmacist recommendations. SETTING:Tertiary care aca...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Anderegg SV,Demik DE,Carter BL,Dawson JD,Farris K,Shelsky C,Kaboli P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has grown to staggering numbers, and its incidence is expected to rise in the next 2 decades. The need for novel approaches to treat hyperglycemia cannot be ignored. Current agents have been shown to modestly improve glycemia and in some cases prevent complications of diabetes, but ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shah NK,Deeb WE,Choksi R,Epstein BJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and empagliflozin in reducing hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes is well documented. In addition, positive effects have been observed with these agents on nonglycemic variables, such as reductions in body we...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Trujillo JM,Nuffer WA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of valganciclovir 450 mg/day for 6 months for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in renal transplant recipients. DESIGN:Single-center, retrospective analysis. SETTING:Urban, academic medical center. PATIENTS:Fifty-eight patients who received de novo renal transplant...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gabardi S,Magee CC,Baroletti SA,Powelson JA,Cina JL,Chandraker AK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aztreonam is the first monobactam available for use in this country. A parenteral antibiotic, its antibacterial spectrum is limited to gram-negative aerobic pathogens. The drug's pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, and toxicologic properties are reviewed. Based on early experience in pediatric patients, certain recommenda...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Bosso JA,Black PG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction require immediate reperfusion therapy. Reperfusion therapy can be provided by either pharmacologic or mechanical means. Pharmacologic reperfusion therapy consists of administering fibrinolytics, whereas mechanical reperfusion consists of performing percuta...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Dobesh PP,Kasiar JB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet is an excellent source of drug and poison information. Despite the relative case and minimal costs associated with accessing the Internet, many pharmacists and other health care professionals have been slow to adopt this new technology. ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Marra CA,Lynd LD,McKerrow R,Carleton BC

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapacuronium is a new steroidal, nondepolarizing, neuromuscular blocking agent. It appears to be the least potent of all available nondepolarizing muscle relaxants. Its onset of action resembles that of succinylcholine, and its recovery times are shorter than those of other nondepolarizing agents. The clinical duratio...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Larijani GE,Zafeiridis A,Goldberg ME

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic characteristics of levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and gatifloxacin include excellent oral bioavailability (90-99%), extensive penetration into tissues and body fluids, and an elimination half-life (6-12 hrs) that allows for once-daily dosing in patients with normal renal function. Levofloxacin and gat...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Rodvold KA,Neuhauser M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two drugs commonly used in triple-drug therapy for treatment of a Helicobacter pylori infection, clarithromycin and omeprazole, have rarely been associated with hypoglycemia when given alone. No documented interactions between H. pylori treatment with clarithromycin, amoxicillin, and omeprazole and insulin detemir hav...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Otsuka SH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, there is perceived pressure to achieve therapeutic levels of tacrolimus quickly after heart transplant (HT). We evaluated the association between time within therapeutic tacrolimus range and time to therapeutic trough and rejection in the 30 days following HT. METHODS:This is a single-center r...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Baker WL,Steiger S,Martin S,Patel N,Radojevic J,Darsaklis K,O'Bara L,Kutzler H,Dougherty J,Feingold A,Hammond J,Fusco D,Gluck JA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is to advance human health by extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy. Consistent with this mission and its core values, ACCP is committed to ensuring that clinical pharmacists possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to deli...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Saseen JJ,Ripley TL,Bondi D,Burke JM,Cohen LJ,McBane S,McConnell KJ,Sackey B,Sanoski C,Simonyan A,Taylor J,Vande Griend JP

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warfarin is considered a high-risk drug because of its narrow therapeutic window, variability in dose response, and multitude of drug and food interactions. Although travel advice is available for patients who are taking warfarin, it is geared toward patients who are traveling to developed countries and tends to be la...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Truong T,Armor BL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotoxicity due to tacrolimus is documented infrequently in the medical literature. Sinus bradycardia associated with intravenous tacrolimus occurred in a 15-year-old orthotopic liver transplant recipient. The mechanism of this adverse effect is unknown; however, it does not appear to be concentration dependent, an...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Cox TH,Baillie GM,Baliga P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of heart failure is complex. Initiating and maintaining drug therapy in patients with heart failure can be challenging. Many factors influence the heart failure syndrome and are important to account for when evaluating these patients. Concomitant diseases such as ischemic heart disease and hypertension ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gattis WA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, a regimen of fluorouracil and cisplatin has been the standard of care for the treatment of patients with metastatic gastric cancer. More recently, triplet regimens that incorporate fluorouracil and cisplatin with epirubicin (ECF) or docetaxel are being used in the management of patients with metastatic...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Comella P,Franco L,Casaretti R,de Portu S,Menditto E

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00