Supra-oesophageal manifestations of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

abstract：:Saxagliptin (Onglyza™) is a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor widely approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the EU, saxagliptin is indicated as combination therapy with metformin, a sulfonylurea, a thiazolidinedione, or insulin (with or without metformin) for the treatment of adult patients with typ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Yang LP

更新日期：2012-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis can be defined in terms of the processes involved rather than in morphological terms, and there is evidence for possible roles of the macrophage in atherogenesis. The relevance of hyperlipidaemia to the morphogenesis of the atherosclerotic plaque is important, and this has been described in animal mode...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Woolf N

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent decades, undeniable progress has been made with regard to the management of arterial hypertension. Larger numbers of patients are aware they have hypertension, receive treatment and benefit from this therapy. Furthermore, significant reductions have been observed in morbidity and mortality resulting from...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Krivitzky A,Nguyen G,Gaudouen Y,Legrand M,Cohen R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novo Nordisk has developed a subcutaneous formulation of semaglutide (Ozempic®), a modified human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been developed using Novo Nordisk's proprietary protein-acylation technology, and is administered using an injection device. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer death in industrialised countries, with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. Good patient performance status is associated with a significantly improved prognosis, whereas the presence of metastases, particularly to the bone or liver, is asso...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Faulds D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crizotinib (Xalkori(®)) is an orally active, small molecule inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases, including anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), c-Met/hepatocyte growth factor receptor and c-ros oncogene 1. In the EU, crizotinib has been conditionally approved for the treatment of adults with previously treate...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Frampton JE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Commission and the European Parliament have acknowledged the specific need for a proper evaluation of new drugs in children. The evaluation of the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) available on the market illustrates the deficit in therapeutic trials for childhood epilepsy syndromes. Currently, the development o...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Chiron C,Dulac O,Pons G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:5-Methoxypsoralen, a naturally occurring linear furocoumarin, has been successfully used in combination with ultraviolet (UV) A irradiation [psoralen plus UV (PUVA)] to manage psoriasis and vitiligo. In patients and volunteers, PUVA 5-methoxypsoralen causes a dose-related increase in cutaneous photosensitivi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McNeely W,Goa KL

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed gastric emptying, gastroparesis, is one of the sequelae of diabetes mellitus. Symptoms may include postprandial nausea, epigastric pain, bloating, vomiting, early satiety and unpredictable blood sugar fluctuations. Nowadays diagnosis is made by the measurement of gastric emptying with a radionuclide test meal....

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Drenth JP,Engels LG

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral zonisamide (Zonegran(®)) is a benzisoxazole derivative chemically unrelated to other antiepileptic agents. It is indicated in the EU as monotherapy in the treatment of partial seizures, with or without secondary generalization, in adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy and as adjunctive therapy to other antiepilept...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hoy SM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The meningococcal groups C and Y and Haemophilus b (Hib) tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine (HibMenCY-TT) contains Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C and Y capsular polysaccharide antigens, and Hib capsular polysaccharide [polyribosyl-ribitol-phosphate (PRP)]. The HibMenCY-TT vaccine is available in the USA for use as a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Perry CM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voriconazole (VFEND), a synthetic second-generation, broad-spectrum triazole derivative of fluconazole, inhibits the cytochrome P450 (CYP)-dependent enzyme 14-alpha-sterol demethylase, thereby disrupting the cell membrane and halting fungal growth. In the US, intravenous and/or oral voriconazole is recommended in adul...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ,Simpson D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specifically formulated for nebulisation using the PARI LC PLUS reusable nebuliser, tobramycin solution for inhalation (TSI) [TOBI] provides a high dose of tobramycin (an aminoglycoside antibacterial with good activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa) to the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis, while maintaining low...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Cheer SM,Waugh J,Noble S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The popularity of antidepressants in the treatment of insomnia is not supported by a large amount of convincing data, but rather by opinions and beliefs of the prescribing physicians on the advantages of these agents compared with drugs acting on the benzodiazepine receptor or other drugs used for the treatment of ins...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wiegand MH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glatiramer acetate is a synthetic analogue of the multiple sclerosis (MS)-associated antigen, myelin basic protein. It is indicated in the EU, US and many other countries to reduce the frequency of relapses in patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), and for the treatment of patients who have experienced a well de...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Carter NJ,Keating GM

更新日期：2010-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The rationale for an arginine vasopressin (argipressin) infusion was put forward after it was discovered that patients in shock states might have an endogenous arginine vasopressin deficiency. Subsequently, several investigations impressively demonstrated that arginine vasopressin can successfully stabilise haemodynam...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunser MW,Wenzel V,Mayr AJ,Hasibeder WR

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Resting heart rate is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, and the mortality benefit of some cardiovascular drugs seems to be related in part to their heart rate-lowering effects. Since it is difficult to separate the benefit of heart rate lowering from other actions with currently available drugs, ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： DiFrancesco D,Camm JA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Toujeo(®)) is a long-acting basal insulin analogue approved for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Insulin glargine 300 U/mL has a more stable and prolonged pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic profile than insulin glargine 100 U/mL (Lantus(®)), with a duration of glucose-lowering activity excee...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Blair HA,Keating GM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there have been major advances in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), leading to the development of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists. With these agents, it is possible to arrest joint damage and, by treating early in the disease course, to prevent joint damage. It is also now thought ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Montecucco C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Gatifloxacin is an 8-methoxy fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent. The drug has a broader spectrum of antibacterial activity than the older fluoroquinolones (e.g. ciprofloxacin) and shows good activity against many Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, atypical organisms and some anaerobes. Notably, gati...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Perry CM,Ormrod D,Hurst M,Onrust SV

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous susoctocog alfa (Obizur(®)) is a recombinant, B-domain deleted, porcine sequence antihaemophilic factor VIII (FVIII) product that has recently been approved for the treatment of bleeding episodes in adults with acquired haemophilia A (AHA). Intravenous susoctocog alfa was an effective and generally well to...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Burness CB,Scott LJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article has been corrected. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lamb YN

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have been shown to reduce mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in patients with hyperlipidaemia and those with coronary artery disease. However, evidence for statin treatment in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) remains a subject of debate. Patients with heart failure w...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Laufs U,Custodis F,Böhm M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 15% of patients with ulcerative colitis will experience a severe episode requiring hospitalization. Although intravenous corticosteroids are the current first-line therapy for these patients, about 30% of patients do not respond to corticosteroids and require either an alternative anti-inflammatory agent...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Moss AC,Peppercorn MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A somatropin preparation (Zorbtive) produced by recombinant DNA technology has been evaluated in patients with short bowel syndrome. Somatropin is thought to enhance intestinal adaptation in this condition through direct or indirect effects on the intestine. In a randomised, double-blind study in patients with short b...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM,Wellington K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical trials have demonstrated beyond doubt that statins are effective in the prevention of acute coronary events. Critical analysis of these studies suggests that the benefits of statin therapy cannot be fully explained on the basis of reductions in plasma cholesterol levels. Accumulating knowledge of the a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wheeler DC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eplerenone (Inspra) is a selective aldosterone blocker. Oral eplerenone is approved for use in patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and clinical evidence of heart failure following acute myocardial infarction (MI) in the US and in European countries (e.g. the UK and The Netherlands). The addition o...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM,Plosker GL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available quinolones are either inactive or marginally active against anaerobic bacteria. This review summarises the in vitro activity of currently available as well as experimental quinolones against clinically significant anaerobic bacteria. Quinolones with low activity against anaerobes include ciprofloxa...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections in burn patients continue to be the primary source of morbidity and mortality. Topical antimicrobial therapy remains the single most important component of wound care in hospitalised burn patients. The goal of prophylactic topical antimicrobial therapy is to control microbial colonisation and prevent burn w...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Monafo WW,West MA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00