Remission, a therapeutic goal in inflammatory arthropathies? Clinical data from adalimumab studies.

abstract：:Glipizide is a 'second generation' oral hypoglycaemic agent similar in potency to glibenclamide. It is completely absorbed after oral administration and has a rapid onset of action, but the duration of its hypoglycaemic effect is shorter than that of glibenclamide. It is rapidly metabolised to inactive metabolites whi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Brogden RN,Heel RC,Pakes GE,Speight TM,Avery GS

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of thrombosis involves 4 main factors: the vessel wall, the formed elements of the blood, blood coagulation, and blood flow. In venous thrombosis, however, the major part in both the initiation and growth of thrombi is played by the platelets. In selecting drugs which inhibit platelet function it is he...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mustard JF,Packham MA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Everolimus is an immunosuppressant that blocks growth factor-mediated proliferation of haematopoietic and nonhaematopoietic cells. Oral everolimus 0.75 or 1.5mg twice daily significantly reduced the incidence of the primary composite endpoint, efficacy failure 6 months after transplantation, compared with azathioprine...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Chapman TM,Perry CM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacituzumab govitecan (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy; Trodelvy™) is a Trop-2-directed antibody conjugated to a topoisomerase I inhibitor (SN-38) that is being developed by Immunomedics for the treatment of solid tumours, including breast cancer. In April 2020, sacituzumab govitecan received accelerated approval in the US...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Syed YY

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyperkinetic syndrome is a symptom complex of hyperactivity, short attention span, distractibility, impulsivity, learning difficulties, other behaviour problems and 'equivocal' neurological signs. However, none of these terms has ever been objectively defined and at present diagnosis is largely a matter of clinica...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Werry JS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lemborexant (DAYVIGO™) is an orally administered, dual orexin receptor (OXR) antagonist that exhibits reversible competitive antagonism at OXR1 and OXR2 (> affinity at OXR2) that was discovered and developed by Eisai Inc. for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia. In December 2019, lemborexant received its fir...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is defined as a brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency and/or portal-systemic blood shunting. This article relates to the so-called type C HE: that is, HE in patients with liver cirrhosis. It manifests as a wide spectrum of neurological or psychiatric abnormalities, ran...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Weissenborn K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella zoster virus (VZV), a member of the herpesvirus family, is responsible for both primary (varicella, chickenpox) as well as reactivation (zoster, shingles) infections. In immunocompetent patients, the course of varicella is generally benign. For varicella zoster, post-herpetic neuralgia is the most common com...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Snoeck R,Andrei G,De Clercq E

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 2 decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of strong opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. This increase has been accompanied by a steep increase in abuse, misuse, and both fatal and non-fatal overdoses involving prescription opioids. The situation is already alarming in the US. Prescripti...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bannwarth B

更新日期：2012-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with nausea and vomiting, postanaesthetic shivering is one of the leading causes of discomfort for patients recovering from general anaesthesia. The distinguishing factor during electromyogram recordings between patients with postanaesthetic shivering and shivering in fully awake patients is the existence of clo...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Alfonsi P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma, a group of progressive optic neuropathies with similar patterns of tissue loss, is primarily treated with medical therapy, followed by laser therapy and, later, incisional surgery. Aside from the introduction of prostaglandin analogs, topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and topical alpha-agonists in the 1...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schehlein EM,Robin AL

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the use of the fluoroquinolone antibiotics in the management of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in Southeast Asia. Numerous clinical trials performed in the region have shown that the quinolones are highly effective for treating uncomplicated gonorrhoea. Norfloxacin 800 mg, ofloxacin 400 mg, cip...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sivayathorn A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alectinib (Alecensa(®)) is a second-generation, orally active, potent and highly selective inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). Alectinib is approved for the treatment of ALK fusion-gene positive, unresectable, advanced or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Japan, where it has been given orphan ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McKeage K

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Pruritus is an unpleasant sensation that provokes an urge to scratch. Many stimuli (notably histamine) are able to induce pruritus. The neural conduction of the itch sensation from the free unmyelinated nerve endings to the central nervous system mainly occurs on unmyelinated C fibres and the anterolateral spinothalam...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lorette G,Vaillant L

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allergic reaction to a specific antigen is characterised by a series of complex immunological processes consisting of an early specific immune response and a late inflammatory reaction. The release of active substances (principally histamine) from cytoplasmic granules of mast cells and basophils in response to ant...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Buendia E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances over the past 2 decades in our understanding of the biology of panic disorder have paralleled a remarkable increase in the development of new pharmacological agents with antipanic effects. Although we can not presently use biological tests to help with our choice of therapeutic agent for individual patients, ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnson MR,Lydiard RB,Ballenger JC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emicizumab (Hemlibra®), a recombinant, humanized, bispecific monoclonal antibody, restores the function of missing activated factor VIII (FVIII) by bridging FIXa and FX to facilitate effective haemostasis in patients with haemophilia A. Subcutaneous emicizumab is approved in several countries, including in the USA and...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Blair HA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway inflammation is central to the pathophysiology of asthma, with treatment directed towards modification of this inflammation and its consequences. The relationship between cigarette smoking and airway inflammation is also well described, but relatively little data are available on the potential influence of smok...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Livingston E,Thomson NC,Chalmers GW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, patients with advanced thyroid cancers had limited options for systemic treatment. With the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) as a promising new class of targeted therapies for thyroid cancer, suddenly patients with advanced disease were given new options to extend survival. Guidelines ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lirov R,Worden FP,Cohen MS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a review of the principal drug-induced psychiatric symptoms that are likely to be encountered in daily clinical practice as a result of drug abuse, overdoses or side effects of drugs prescribed for treatment. Many categories of medication have the potential to produce psychiatric symptoms, but antitube...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnson DA

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between low serum potassium concentrations and ventricular arrhythmias has been observed by a number of investigators in patients with both acute myocardial infarction and symptomatic angina. The increased frequency of ventricular fibrillation in patients with low serum potassium concentrations has not ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Solomon RJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acute thrombus at the site of an atherosclerotic obstruction is the usual cause of myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic therapy is an exciting new therapy for reducing the extent of myocardial infarction by lysing intracoronary clots. Such therapy has now been widely applied by: prolonged intravenous infusion of str...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Spann JF,Sherry S

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous-use combination oral contraceptive ethinylestradiol/levonorgestrel 20microg/90microg suppresses gonadotropins, and subsequently ovulation and endometrial thickening, and suppresses breakthrough bleeding. Amenorrhoea and absence of breakthrough bleeding increase in incidence with extended administration....

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Estrogenic compounds are the most important group of drugs that can induce hypertension. Studies have shown an incidence of significant hypertension amounting to less than 1% after 1 year of taking oral contraceptives and about 2% after 5 years. The ratio of the incidence of hypertension among ''takers'' to that of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Stokes GS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pancreatitis is a clinical entity that results from the progressive inflammation and irreversible fibrosis of the pancreas resulting from the cumulative injury sustained by the pancreas over time. It is an illness with variable presentations that can severely impact quality of life, while its long-term complic...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kichler A,Jang S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of enalapril on clinical well-being, treadmill exercise performance, haemodynamic measurements, hormone levels, and plasma biochemistry in patients with moderate heart failure, were assessed in a 12-week placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Maintenance frusemide and digoxin treatment was continued throu...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Webster MW,Fitzpatrick MA,Hamilton EJ,Nicholls MG,Ikram H,Espiner EA,Wells JE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alirocumab (Praluent®) is a fully human monoclonal antibody developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi that has been approved in the US as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for the treatment of adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH) or clinical atherosclerotic car...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Markham A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to the metabolic actions of insulin is thought to play a determining role in the aetiology of a great variety of disorders, including essential hypertension, accelerated atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathies. ACE inhibitors are recognised as being highly effective therapy for hypertension and cardiac insuffi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bernobich E,de Angelis L,Lerin C,Bellini G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00