Challenges and promises in the development of neurotrophic factor-based therapies for Parkinson's disease.

abstract：:Globally, the number of drug prescriptions is increasing causing more adverse drug events, which is now a significant cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability that has reached epidemic proportions. The risk of adverse drug events is correlated to very old age, multiple co-morbidities, dementia, frailty, and limit...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Mangin D,Bahat G,Golomb BA,Mallery LH,Moorhouse P,Onder G,Petrovic M,Garfinkel D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins have been associated with later life, long-term care admission in observational studies. However, by preventing vascular events, statins may also prevent or delay admission. We wished to determine statin and long-term care admission associations in a randomised controlled trial context, and describe ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Burton JK,Papworth R,Haig C,McCowan C,Ford I,Stott DJ,Quinn TJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza causes substantial morbidity across the age spectrum. However, the elderly are especially vulnerable to the serious complications of influenza that might result in hospitalisation or death, and high rates of influenza-associated excess hospitalisation or death that exceed by several-fold the rates seen among...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Nichol KL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast with the earlier stages and, in particular, the predementia stage, of Alzheimer's disease (AD), severe dementia is often neglected. However, the advanced stages of dementia are just as important as the earlier stages because of their frequency, their impact on the lives of patients and their caregivers, an...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Voisin T,Vellas B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older people often take multiple medications. It is a policy priority to facilitate older people to stay at home longer. Three-quarters of nursing home placements in the US are preceded by a hospitalization. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between polypharmacy and medication regimen complexity with...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Wimmer BC,Dent E,Visvanathan R,Wiese MD,Johnell K,Chapman I,Bell JS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal use of digoxin in the elderly population requires information about the drug's pharmacokinetics and the influence of various factors on the drug's disposition. However, because of sampling restrictions, it is often difficult to perform traditional pharmacokinetic studies in elderly patients. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Yukawa M,Yukawa E,Suematsu F,Takiguchi T,Ikeda H,Aki H,Mimemoto M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with a myriad of hormonal changes. The mechanisms underlying these changes are variable. Aging is associated with anatomic changes of the endocrine glands, notably as a result of programmed cell death, autoimmune mediated destruction of the gland, or neoplastic transformation of glandular tissue. A...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Mooradian AD

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benzodiazepines are frequently used medications in the elderly, in whom they are associated with an increased risk of falling, with sometimes dire consequences. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the impact of benzodiazepine-associated injurious falls in a population of elderly persons. METHOD:A nested case-control stu...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Pariente A,Dartigues JF,Benichou J,Letenneur L,Moore N,Fourrier-Réglat A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyproterone (cyproterone acetate) is a steroidal antiandrogenic agent that inhibits the action of adrenal and testicular androgens on prostatic cells. Additionally, its progestogenic activity causes a centrally mediated reduction in testicular secretion of androgens. Studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of cypr...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Barradell LB,Faulds D

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Congestive heart failure (CHF), which typically affects older people, is characterized by high short- and mid-term mortality rates. However, despite accumulating evidence showing that administration of β-blockers (β-adrenoceptor antagonists) can improve the clinical status of CHF patients, use of these age...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Antonicelli R,Mazzanti I,Abbatecola AM,Parati G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large bowel cancer is not only the third most frequent cancer in the world but is one of the most common human malignancies in Western countries, including North America. In recent years, multidisciplinary research in epidemiology, molecular biology, and laboratory animal model studies have contributed much to our und...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Reddy BS,Rao CV

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of an efficient vaccine, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major public health problem worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that there are still 350 million chronic carriers of the virus who are at risk of developing chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepato...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Merle P,Trépo C,Zoulim F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have investigated the prevalence of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) among the elderly in different care settings, but data describing the frequency and management of DDIs among acute geriatric patients appear to be absent. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the severity and in...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Lea M,Rognan SE,Koristovic R,Wyller TB,Molden E

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of optimising medicines management for people with dementia has been emphasised through research and policy. However, evidence is currently lacking regarding how to achieve this in this patient population. OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the effectiveness of medicines management interventions...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： McGrattan M,Ryan C,Barry HE,Hughes CM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder affecting 1 to 3% of individuals over the age of 65 years. While effective therapy exists for treating the bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor associated with the disease, the cause is unknown. There is no treatment available to prevent or slo...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Ross GW,Petrovitch H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is generally considered a disease of young adults, it can occur in elderly individuals. The clinical features and treatment considerations in older patients are similar to those in younger patients, with some notable exceptions, which are reviewed in this article. Consideratio...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Hussain SW,Pardi DS

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is widespread concern about the level of use, particularly the inappropriate use, of drugs among elderly residents of nursing homes. Medication consumption by these individuals is among the highest of any patient population; residents of nursing homes are prescribed an average of 5 to 8 regularly scheduled medic...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Monette J,Gurwitz JH,Avorn J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine is an effective antidepressant in elderly patients. Its efficacy is similar to that of other frequently used antidepressants, such as the tricyclic antidepressants. However, compared with the tricyclic antidepressants, fluoxetine has a m...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Harris MG,Benfield P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antidepressant medications have long been implicated as a cause of falls in older people, but there are few data on the risk of falls associated with exposure to serotonin-norepinephrine (noradrenaline) reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the role of SNRIs in older ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Gribbin J,Hubbard R,Gladman J,Smith C,Lewis S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts to control pneumococcal infection by vaccination, undertaken initially in 1911, have gone through 3 phases during the subsequent 8 decades. Initially, vaccines of killed pneumococcal cells prepared in a variety of ways were used in epidemic settings with inconclusive results, although administered to approxim...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Austrian R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract surgery is the most frequent surgical procedure requiring anaesthesia in developed countries. It is performed mainly in elderly patients, who present with many coexisting diseases that induce subsequent hazards from general anaesthesia. Cataract anaesthesia is performed following various techniques of regiona...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Nouvellon E,Cuvillon P,Ripart J,Viel EJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Adrenoceptor antagonists (beta-blockers) reduce mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) in older patients after both Q-wave MI and non-Q-wave MI. The effects of beta-blockers are to: (i) reduce complex ventricular arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia; (ii) increase the ventricular fibrillatio...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Aronow WS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity following stroke reflects a spectrum of clinical problems including increased muscle tone, abnormal limb posture, excessive contraction of antagonist muscles and hyperactive cutaneous and tendon reflexes. The prevalence of stroke-related disability in stroke survivors is high, and spasticity may be a signif...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： O'Brien CF,Seeberger LC,Smith DB

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etidronic acid is an orally and intravenously active bisphosphonate, which is believed to inhibit resorption of bone via a number of cellular mechanisms, including alteration of osteoclastic activity. In studies of patients with symptomatic Paget's disease, etidronic acid 5 to 20 mg/kg/day administered orally rapidly ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Dunn CJ,Fitton A,Sorkin EM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) have a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and the association is multifactorial. In general, the burden of anticholinergic drugs has consistently been shown to be a risk factor for cognitive impairment in the elderly. The aim of this study was to a...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Shaukat A,Habib A,Lane KA,Shen C,Khan S,Hellman YM,Boustani M,Malik AS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a complex heterogenous metabolic disorder in which peripheral insulin resistance and impaired insulin release are the main pathogenetic factors. The rapid response of the pancreatic beta-cells to glucose is already markedly disturbed in the early stages of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The cons...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Landgraf R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracavernous alprostadil (synthetic prostaglandin E1) is a vasodilating agent which acts by relaxing the smooth muscles of the corpus cavernosum and by increasing the diameter of cavernous arteries; this leads to erection. Following intracavernous administration, alprostadil is either locally metabolised or rapidly ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Lea AP,Bryson HM,Balfour JA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NSAIDs are a widely used class of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs that act by inhibiting the cyclo-oxygenase (COX) enzyme. However, because of their nonspecificity of action, use of these agents as long-term therapy for chronic pain in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) is often d...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Bansal SS,Joshi A,Bansal AK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is classified into two clinical subsets, elderly-onset RA (EORA) and younger-onset elderly RA. With the improvement of life expectancy in the general population and advent of the super-aging society, the number of patients with EORA is anticipated to increase. Both large and small joi...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sugihara T,Harigai M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Man and higher primates have adrenals that secrete large amounts of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) [prasterone] and its sulphate (DHEAS) [PB 008]. A remarkable feature of plasma DHEAS levels in humans is their great decrease with aging. Researchers have postulated that this age-related decline of DHEAS levels may expla...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Legrain S,Girard L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00