Drugs affecting the inner ear. A review of their clinical efficacy, mechanisms of action, toxicity, and place in therapy.

abstract：:The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas has risen steadily over the past 4 decades. Since pancreatic cancer is diagnosed at an advanced stage, and because of the lack of effective therapies, the prognosis of such patients is extremely poor. Despite advances in our understanding of the molecular biology of panc...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rosenberg L

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive and vasodilator effects of felodipine, a new calcium antagonist of the dihydropyridine group, were examined in 15 patients with moderate to severe hypertension. Flow was measured simultaneously at the calf and finger using a venous occlusion ECG-triggered plethysmograph. Measurements were made at ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Clement DL,De Pue NY

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a symptom of an underlying condition, cough is one of the most common reasons patients see physicians. To the majority, a cough means that 'something is wrong' and it causes exhaustion and/or self-consciousness. Patients find these reasons as well as effects on lifestyle, fear of cancer and/or AIDS or tuberculosis ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Irwin RS,Curley FJ,Bennett FM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As first reported by our group in 1975, severe heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy could be improved in patients receiving beta-blocker therapy starting at a very low dose and followed by a stepwise increase. Since then, these results have been confirmed by our own group and by others, and similar r...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hjalmarson A,Waagstein F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite remarkable advances in cardiovascular therapeutics, sudden cardiac death remains a significant problem. In this review, data from clinical trials and other studies on antiarrhythmic therapies have been evaluated in order to determine effective strategies for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in high risk ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McAlister FA,Teo KK

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human lung tissue in vitro, nedocromil sodium inhibited the release of histamine and leukotrienes induced by anti-IgE, as well as the contraction of isolated bronchi which followed this challenge. In the hamster cheek pouch in vivo, nedocromil sodium inhibited the inflammatory response induced by challenge with eit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dahlén SE,Björck T,Kumlin M,Sydbom A,Raud J,Palmertz U,Franzén L,Grönneberg R,Hedqvist P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive candidiasis has emerged as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care unit patients. This short review focuses on many aspects of Candida infection in critically ill patients including epidemiology, impact on mortality, problems related to diagnosis, strategies to identify patients at ris...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pennisi M,Antonelli M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While a variety of intervention options have been described for pemphigus vulgaris, the optimal treatment strategy has not been established. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this systematic review is to assess the literature on the efficacy and safety of interventions for the treatment of pemphigus vulgaris. DA...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Zhao CY,Murrell DF

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：: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：:Hypertension in pregnancy has implications for both maternal and fetal welfare. Extrapolation from concepts of mechanisms operating in hypertension in general to pregnancy-related hypertension is not justified. In the latter, the major features are a hyper-adrenergic state, plasma volume reduction and an increased sys...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lubbe WF

更新日期：1984-08-01 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：:In the European Multicentre Study (EMS), the safety and efficacy of a single 30U intravenous injection of anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC) was studied in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The present study discusses the Belgian data on safety and tolerance from the EMS study. 87...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bossaert LL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are used for a variety of illnesses. One of their major complications is suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, rendering a patient unable to respond to stress. The risk of this suppression may be minimised by the use of short-acting glucocorticoid preparations, administration of the e...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Helfer EL,Rose LI

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, crossover study we have investigated the effect of nedocromil sodium on neurokinin A (NKA)-induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatics. 12 patients with mild asthma inhaled either nedocromil sodium 4mg or placebo, on 2 separate days, as 2 puffs from a metered-dose aerosol 30 minutes before challenge w...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Joos GF,Pauwels RA,Van der Straeten ME

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease that ultimately leads to disability and functional decline. Because patients usually develop RA in mid-life, they may experience its consequences for 20-30 years or longer. Proinflammatory cytokines, notably interleukin (IL)-1 and tumour necro...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schiff MH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trifluridine (trifluorothymidine) is an antiviral agent for topical use in the eye, and is structurally related to idoxuridine. In vitro studies have shown that it effectively inhibits the replication of herpes simplex virus type 1, which causes primary keratoconjunctivitis and recurrent epithelial keratitis in man. I...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Carmine AA,Brogden RN,Heel RC,Speight TM,Avery GS

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infliximab, the chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, has profoundly changed therapy for Crohn's disease (CD). However, for ulcerative colitis (UC), before the publication of ACT 1 and ACT 2 (Active Ulcerative Colitis Trials 1 and 2), there were only a few open-label and con...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Thukral C,Cheifetz A,Peppercorn MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extra-oesophageal signs that are most commonly related to gastro-oesophageal reflux include chest pain, asthma, chronic cough, posterior laryngitis and dental erosions. It is characteristic to find in such patients a poor presence of symptoms and endoscopic and pH-metric findings that are common in typical reflux....

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rodríguez-Téllez M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute infectious diarrhoea is the major killer of children in the Third World. It is also the principal cause of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age. More than 4 million children die each year of diarrhoea and its complications. Acute diarrhoea kills by causing dehydration, which leads to hypovolaemia and me...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gold R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acamprosate (calcium acetylhomotaurinate), a synthetic compound with a similar chemical structure to that of gamma-aminobutyric acid, is thought to act via several mechanisms affecting multiple neurotransmitter systems; inhibition of neuronal hyperexcitability by antagonism of excitatory amino acid activity and reduct...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wilde MI,Wagstaff AJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disposition of many drugs in cystic fibrosis is abnormal. In general, changes in pharmacokinetics include: increased volume of distribution, decreased plasma concentration, and enhanced renal and sometimes non-renal elimination of drugs. Pathophysiology of the disease important for drug disposition includes: (a) h...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Prandota J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of tropisetron in the prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy of varying emetogenic potential was evaluated in 545 patients with a variety of malignancies who had either proved refractory to antiemetic treatment during previous chemotherapy courses or who were considered to be at high ri...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bleiberg H,Van Belle S,Paridaens R,De Wasch G,Dirix LY,Tjean M

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：: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：:For almost half a century, the first-line treatment for ovulation induction in cases of anovulation, unexplained infertility, or mild male factor has been clomifene (clomiphene citrate). Clomifene is an effective and safely used oral agent, but is known to have relatively common antiestrogenic endometrial and cervical...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mitwally MF,Casper RF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid pharmacotherapies play an important role in the treatment of opioid-dependent women; however, very little is known about the safety of naltrexone in pregnant patients. OBJECTIVE:This study examined the obstetric health of opioid-dependent women who were treated with implant naltrexone during pregnanc...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kelty E,Hulse G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:204 individuals from a rural community were given a single dose of oxantel-pyrantel at 15mg/kg bodyweight and if still infected, 20mg/kg bodyweight, with cure rates of 100%, 53% and 71% for ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infection, respectively. From an urban community, 124 patients were given the same drug eit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Cabrera BD,Sy FS

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Dofetilide is a 'pure' class III antiarrhythmic agent which has demonstrated efficacy in the conversion of atrial fibrillation or flutter to sinus rhythm and the maintenance of sinus rhythm. By blocking the rapid component of the cardiac delayed rectifier potassium current (I(Kr)), dofetilide prolongs the ca...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McClellan KJ,Markham A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful identification of a range of leukaemia-specific and lymphoma-specific antigens in recent years has stimulated efforts to develop therapeutic vaccination strategies. A number of clinical trials have established the safety and immunogenicity of vaccination against tumour antigens, although there are limit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rezvani K,de Lavallade H

更新日期：2011-09-10 00:00:00