Enasidenib: First Global Approval.

abstract：:Pharmacological treatment of hypertension can, cause clinically significant alterations in endocrine function and glucose homeostasis. The aim of this study was to investigate the antihypertensive efficacy and the influence on carbohydrate metabolism of carvedilol and metoprolol in non-insulin-dependent diabetics with...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ehmer B,van der Does R,Rudorf J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood obesity has become the most common paediatric disorder in the developed world. Treatment of obesity in children may include lifestyle interventions, pharmacotherapy and weight-loss supplements. The outcome of lifestyle interventions, which classically include dietary modifications, increased activity and beh...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rogovik AL,Chanoine JP,Goldman RD

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the haemodynamic and antiarrhythmic effects of flecainide acetate in patients with heart failure. Flecainide acetate, a class Ic antiarrhythmic agent, was given intravenously to 9 patients with congestive heart failure and frequent ventricular arrhythmias with nonsustained v...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunselman PH,Kingma JH,van Wijk LM,Dijk A,Wesseling H,Lie KI

更新日期：1985-01-01 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

abstract：:The advent of thrombolytic therapy was a major advance in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The administration of fibrinolytic reperfusion therapy can reduce mortality rates by as much as 30%, with the greatest benefit observed if therapy is administered soon after symptom onset. Out...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Morse MA,Todd JW,Stouffer GA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of medications that target specific proinflammatory cytokines has revolutionized the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The agents that antagonize the effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha -- infliximab, etanercept and adalimumab -- have consistently shown very good efficacy for...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lutt JR,Deodhar A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migalastat (Galafold™)-a small molecule drug developed by Amicus Therapeutics that restores the activity of specific mutant forms of α-galactosidase-has been approved for the treatment of Fabry disease in the EU in patients with amenable mutations. Fabry disease is a rare disorder that results in a deficiency or absen...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Markham A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus has become the most common single cause of end-stage renal disease in the Western world. Diabetic nephropathy, as most forms of renal disease leading to end-stage renal failure, is frequently complicated by arterial hypertension. In type 1 diabetes mellitus the reported excess in arterial hypertensio...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Viberti G

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be a chronic inflammatory disorder of the CNS. The past decade has seen the introduction of the new immunomodulatory drugs, interferon (IFN)-beta and glatiramer acetate, that have considerably improved the therapeutic options for this often disabling disease. The efficacy of these...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Flachenecker P,Rieckmann P

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Rilpivirine is an orally administered, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is a component drug in combination therapy for antiretroviral-naive patients with HIV-1 infection. The randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multinational ECHO and THRIVE trials in antiretroviral-naive adult patients with HIV-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sanford M

更新日期：2012-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:When to treat the patient who presents with ocular hypertension has been a question that has 'stumped' the ophthalmic community for decades. Population-based studies and intervention trials have provided the basis for understanding why we consider treating such patients. Although the EGPS (European Glaucoma Prevention...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Higginbotham EJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through years of evolutionary selection pressures, organisms have developed potent toxins that coincidentally have marked antineoplastic activity. These natural products have been vital for the development of multiagent treatment regimens currently employed in cancer chemotherapy, and are used in the treatment of a va...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Trendowski M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Locally advanced prostate cancer (LAPC) is a heterogeneous entity usually embracing T3-4 and/or pelvic lymph-node-positive disease in the absence of established metastases. Outcomes for LAPC with single therapies have traditionally been poor, leading to the investigation of adjuvant therapies. Prostate cancer is a hor...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Martin JM,Supiot S,Berthold DR

更新日期：2011-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article can be found online. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 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 'funny' (pacemaker, I(f)) current, first described almost 30 years ago in sinoatrial node (SAN) myocytes, is a mixed sodium/potassium inward current, activated on hyperpolarisation in the diastolic range of voltages. 'Funny' (f) channels are activated by intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) concentr...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： DiFrancesco D,Borer JS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic efficacy of the new beta-lactam antibiotic, temocillin, was studied in 30 critically ill patients with peritonitis, abscesses, bronchopneumonia, and serious soft tissue infections. Patients were treated with temocillin Ig intravenously twice daily. The isolated pathogens comprised mainly Escherichia co...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pfeiffer M,Fock RR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pegylation of interferon-alpha-2a is associated with improved sustained virological response rates in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Subsequently, combination therapy with peginterferon-alpha-2a (40kD) [Pegasys] and ribavirin (Copegus trade mark, Rebetol) was investigated to establish if the efficacy of peginterfe...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM,Curran MP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical studies indicate that angiogenic growth factors can stimulate the development of collateral arteries in animal models of peripheral or myocardial ischaemia, a concept termed 'therapeutic angiogenesis'. The goal of this review is to provide a brief overview of the advantages and disadvantages of gene versus...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Amant C,Berthou L,Walsh K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of well documented biochemical and pharmacological data about the influence of drug mediated enzyme induction on the biotransformation of natural and synthetic sex steroids, practical consequences for hormonal steroid contraception are described and discussed. Clinical reports dealing with this problem ar...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hempel E,Klinger W

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy is based on a 'symptomatic' therapy that includes ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and on an 'aetiological' therapy aimed at modulating underlying immunological mechanisms. The role of the latter is still debated given the usually indolent course of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Quaglia M,Stratta P

更新日期：2009-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Entecavir (Baraclude) is a novel nucleoside analogue of 2'-deoxyguanosine whose intracellular triphosphate form inhibits replication of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). In large, randomised, double-blind, phase III clinical trials in patients with chronic HBV infection, oral entecavir 0.5 or 1.0mg once daily for up to 96 ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Robinson DM,Scott LJ,Plosker GL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines are among the most active drugs for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Epirubicin has been found to be as effective as doxorubicin at equimolar doses but significantly better tolerated, especially in terms of alopecia, leucopenia, and cardiac toxicity. The role of anthracycline-containing regimens...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fumoleau P,Devaux Y,Vo Van ML,Kerbrat P,Fargeot P,Schraub S,Mihura J,Namer M,Mercier M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lanreotide Autogel (ATG) [Somatuline Depot] is a novel, long-acting preparation of the somatostatin analogue lanreotide acetate that acts via somatostatin receptors to reduce both growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels. It is indicated for the management of acromegaly and, relative to most...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Croxtall JD,Scott LJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The combined oral contraceptive pill is the most popular method of contraception worldwide, with modern low-dose formulations significantly improving tolerability. Breakthrough bleeding is the most significant adverse event associated with the low-dose combined oral contraceptives. Monophasic, biphasic, triphasic and ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Weisberg E

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin degludec (Tresiba(®)) is an ultra-long-acting insulin analogue that is also available as a coformulation with rapid-acting insulin aspart (insulin degludec/insulin aspart) [Ryzodeg(®)]. Insulin degludec has a flat, stable glucose-lowering profile with a duration of action of >42 h, and less within-patient day-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is increasingly being reported in many regions throughout the world. The reasons for this are unknown, are likely to be multifactorial, and are the subject of several current investigations. In addition to the upsurge in frequency of CDAD, an increased rate of relapse/re...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Owens RC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00