Effects of ketanserin tartrate on serum lipids in patients with essential hypertension.

abstract：:Although venous thromboembolism has occasionally been reported after hospital discharge in patients who have undergone total hip replacement (THR), this risk has not been fully quantified and the usefulness of a prophylactic treatment has not been evaluated. We conducted a single-centre prospective randomised double-b...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Planes A,Vochelle N,Darmon JY,Fagola M,Bellaud M,Compan D,Saliba E,Weisslinger N,Huet Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nateglinide is a novel D-phenylalanine derivative that inhibits ATP-sensitive K+ channels in pancreatic beta-cells in the presence of glucose and thereby stimulates the prandial release of insulin. Nateglinide reduces fasting and mealtime blood glucose levels in animals, healthy volunteers, and patients with type 2 (n...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunn CJ,Faulds D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of 20 short term comparative studies of 5 selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; citalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine and sertraline) has shown no difference in efficacy between individual compounds but a slower onset of action of fluoxetine. There were suggestions that fluoxetine c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Edwards JG,Anderson I

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupatadine (Rupafin, Rinialer, Rupax, Alergoliber) is a selective oral histamine H(1)-receptor antagonist that has also been shown to have platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonist activity in vitro. It is indicated for use in seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) and chronic idiopathic...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keam SJ,Plosker GL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damoctocog alfa pegol (Jivi®) is approved in the USA, EU, Japan and Canada for the treatment and prophylaxis of previously treated patients aged ≥ 12 years with haemophilia A. Formulated with a 60 kDa polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety, damoctocog alfa pegol is an intravenously (IV) administered recombinant factor VIII ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Paik J,Deeks ED

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Aliskiren/hydrochlorothiazide is a single-pill combination of the first in the new class of non-peptide direct renin inhibitors (aliskiren) and a thiazide diuretic (hydrochlorothiazide [HCTZ]) that achieves blood pressure (BP) reductions greater than those seen with either component alone. In double-blind, 8-week clin...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Baldwin CM,Plosker GL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet transplantation as a cell-based treatment for diabetes mellitus has been pursued for over quarter of a century, ever since the first successful use of this approach to cure diabetes mellitus in rodents in the 1970s. However, even though autoislet intrahepatic transplantation in patients with chronic p...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Robertson RP

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The effect of cefotaxime and ceftriaxone on faecal flora was investigated in women undergoing routine vaginal or abdominal hysterectomy. Three groups of 9 patients received, in a double-blind fashion and just before surgery, cefotaxime 2g intravenously, ceftriaxone 2g intravenously or no antibiotic (controls). Stools ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Michéa-Hamzehpour M,Auckenthaler R,Kunz J,Pechère JC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous minocycline (Minocin®) is approved in the USA for use in patients with infections due to susceptible strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, including infections due to Acinetobacter spp. Minocycline is a synthetic tetracycline derivative that was originally introduced in the 1960s. A new int...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greig SL,Scott LJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discharge from the ear can be the result of many disease processes. The ear may discharge blood, pus, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or wax. Keratosis obturans, stenosis of the external meatus and benign tumours of the external meatus all lead to wax build-up, which may cause recurrent attacks of otitis externa. Malignant ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ruddy J,Bickerton RC

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:There are several first choices for the treatment of mild and moderate hypertension. The selection of a drug may be influenced by concomitant pathology, with positive indications for particular drugs, e.g. coexistent angina, indicating use of a beta-receptor blocking drug or calcium antagonist; fluid retention indicat...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Prichard BN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis is a rare condition with many clinical manifestations including Raynaud's phenomenon. As with many other rarely encountered diseases, drug therapy for scleroderma is often empirical with little evidence in the form of randomised controlled trials to aid drug choice. Raynaud's phenomen...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Leighton C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although vasodilator drugs are of proven worth in the management of patients with severe heart failure, a useful system of classification of vasodilator drugs has not yet been devised. The traditional system of classification based on the dominant arterial and/or venous sites of action as determined by limb plethysmog...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Packer M

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of organ transplantation is to provide durable organ function while minimizing risks such as infection and cancer. Induction therapy in renal transplantation provides improved short- and long-term graft outcomes compared with placebo. Three agents are currently available and widely used in the US; rabbit anti...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagner SJ,Brennan DC

更新日期：2012-03-26 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：: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：:Acute renal failure (ARF) occurs frequently in hospitalised patients, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The most common and generalised forms of acute renal failure are pre-renal conditions and intra-renal acute tubular necrosis (ATN). Pre-renal ARF in its pure state should be entirely revers...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dishart MK,Kellum JA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isradipine, a dihydropyridine derivative, inhibits the inward calcium flux through 'slow' channels of cardiac and vascular tissue, thereby eliciting potent coronary, cerebral and peripheral vasodilatation. In comparison with other calcium channel blockers the drug offers the advantages of minimal cardiodepressant acti...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fitton A,Benfield P

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telavancin is the first available lipoglycopeptide antibacterial agent. It is active against Gram-positive bacteria, including meticillin/oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains associated with complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSIs). In randomized, double-blind trials, intravenous tel...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lyseng-Williamson KA,Blick SK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive effects of the regular immediate release formulation of verapamil (verapamil IR) and the newer sustained release formulation of verapamil (verapamil SR) were compared in Hispanic patients with untreated essential hypertension. Verapamil IR was given in 3 divided doses (80 or 160mg 3 times daily) a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fuenmayor NT,Faggin BM,Cubeddu LX

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arterial thrombolysis is becoming an established treatment of acute myocardial infarction. If given early enough, it recanalises occluded coronary arteries, salvages myocardial function and reduces mortality. A reduction of mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction has now been demonstrated for s...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Collen D,Lijnen HR,Todd PA,Goa KL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid dependence, manifesting as addiction to heroin and pharmaceutical opioids is increasing. Internationally, there are an estimated 15.6 million illicit opioid users. The global economic burden of opioid dependence is profound both in terms of HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission, direct healthcare costs, and in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Tetrault JM,Fiellin DA

更新日期：2012-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV causes chronic infection and is associated with persistent viral replication and a high viral mutation rate. It is an illusion to think that monotherapy with any antiretroviral agent will have a major and lasting impact on this disease. Monotherapy with antitubercular agents led to dramatic improvements in treatme...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lange J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin glargine is a human insulin analogue prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Modification of the human insulin molecule at position A21 and at the C-terminus of the B-chain results in the formation of a stable compound that is soluble at pH 4.0, but forms amorphous microprecipitates in subcutaneous tissue from...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunn CJ,Plosker GL,Keating GM,McKeage K,Scott LJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the Helsinki Heart Study, a 5-year primary prevention placebo-controlled study involving 4081 dyslipidaemic men (aged 40 to 55 years), was to investigate if increasing high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol plasma levels and decreasing low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels would reduce the in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Frick MH,Manninen V,Huttunen JK,Heinonen OP,Tenkanen L,Mänttäri M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macitentan (Opsumit(®)) is an orally active, dual endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) with tissue targeting properties. Macitentan was approved recently in the EU (as monotherapy or combination therapy) for the long-term treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in adults of WHO functional class II or III, a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and has become an urgent public health problem in most areas of the world. Substantial progress has been made in understanding the basic neurobiology of AD and, as a result, new drugs for its treatment have become available. Cholinestera...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Grutzendler J,Morris JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00