Vasodilatation with pinacidil. Mode of action in rat resistance vessels.

abstract：:Gene rearrangements involving the neurotrophic receptor kinase genes NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 (referred to as TRK, encoding TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC, respectively) result in highly oncogenic fusions. TRK fusions are rare, with a prevalence of < 1% in solid tumors. Detection of TRK fusions can be based on fluorescence in-si...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rohrberg KS,Lassen U

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of surgical prophylaxis is to prevent wound infections associated with surgery. The rates of wound infections vary according to the procedure: less than 3 infections per 100 for clean procedures; up to 4 per 100 for clean-contaminated procedures; and up to 9 per 100 for contaminated procedures. Surgical ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dellamonica P,Bernard E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of effective pharmacological treatments to aid the control of blood pressure, the global rate of uncontrolled blood pressure remains high. As such, further measures are required to improve blood pressure control. Recently, several national and international guidelines for the management of hyp...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kjeldsen S,Feldman RD,Lisheng L,Mourad JJ,Chiang CE,Zhang W,Wu Z,Li W,Williams B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently available, most frequently used disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) include auranofin, azathioprine, D-penicillamine, gold sodium thiomalate, hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate (amethopterin) and sulphasalazine. Controlled trials of these agents are reviewed to compare their relative efficacy an...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Furst DE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etoposide is one of the most active agents for the therapy of lymphomas. Oral etoposide has proven to be active in and clearly beneficial for patients with previously treated lymphomas. The optimal dose and schedule of oral etoposide for use in combination chemotherapy are still uncertain, but low daily doses (50 to 1...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greco FA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by insidiously progressive airflow limitation. The necessarily multifactorial management programme should include smoking cessation, prevention of infections, bronchodilator and steroid therapy, supplemental oxygen, physical therapy, pulmonary rehabilitatio...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kesten S,Rebuck AS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nausea and vomiting is a common and distressing symptom complex in patients with far-advanced cancer, affecting up to 60% of individuals at some stage of their illness. The current approach to the palliative care of patients with nausea and vomiting is based on identifying the cause, understanding its pathophysiology ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Glare PA,Dunwoodie D,Clark K,Ward A,Yates P,Ryan S,Hardy JR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer diagnosed worldwide, with almost half a million new cases diagnosed each year. Despite improvements in surgical and radiotherapy techniques and refinements of chemotherapeutic regimens, long-term survival, even from localized oesophageal cancer, remains poor. Surgica...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bystricky B,Okines AF,Cunningham D

更新日期：2011-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous peramivir (Alpivab™; Rapivab®; Rapiacta®; PeramiFlu®), the most recent globally approved inhibitor of influenza neuraminidase, is indicated for the treatment of uncomplicated influenza in adults and children from the age of 2 years. This article, written from an EU perspective, reviews the clinical use of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geminal bisphosphonates are a new class of drugs characterised by a P-C-P bond. Consequently, they are analogues of pyrophosphate, but are resistant to chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis. The bisphosphonates bind strongly to hydroxyapatite crystals and inhibit their formation and dissolution. This physicochemical e...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fleisch H

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite well known complications, oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) remain the most commonly prescribed medications in the US for musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis. Although there has been a recent focus on the cardiovascular and renal complications associated with these agents, NSAID g...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Roth SH

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is crucial in B-cell development and survival. The role of BTK as a downstream kinase in the B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling pathway is well described. As a key player in the pathogenesis of B-cell malignancies, targeting of dysregulated BCR signaling has been explored by development of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： da Cunha-Bang C,Niemann CU

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologics and biosimilars are medicines made from living cells that treat common and serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases. They are highly targeted, efficacious, and represent an increasingly important part of physicians' armamentaria in the combat against th...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Chen BK,Yang YT,Bennett CL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of cefoperazone in normal subjects, and in patients with hepatic and renal dysfunction are reviewed. After intravenous administration of 2 g of cefoperazone, levels in serum ranged from 202 to 375 microgram/ml depending on the period of drug administration. After intramuscular injection of 2 g of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Craig WA,Gerber AU

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy cell leukaemia is an uncommon B cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by circulating lymphocytes displaying prominent cytoplasmic projections. Therapy is initiated for severe cytopenias or recurrent infections. Splenectomy, the first standard treatment, is now less commonly used as primary trea...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gollard R,Lee TC,Piro LD,Saven A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Tranexamic acid is a synthetic derivative of the amino acid lysine that exerts its antifibrinolytic effect through the reversible blockade of lysine binding sites on plasminogen molecules. Intravenously administered tranexamic acid (most commonly 10 mg/kg followed by infusion of 1 mg/kg/hour) caused reductio...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunn CJ,Goa KL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of infection, particularly in hospitalized patients and those with significant healthcare exposure. In recent years, epidemic community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections occurring in patients without healthcare risk factors have become more fre...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Patel M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capecitabine is an orally administered fluoropyrimidine carbamate used for the treatment of paclitaxel- or anthracycline-refractory breast cancer. Capecitabine is metabolised via a 3-step process to the active agent fluorouracil. The final step of this process occurs preferentially in malignant tissue. In patients wit...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dooley M,Goa KL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthmatic patients during sympton-free periods almost invariably have abnormalities in lung mechanics and gas exchange. Tentacious secretions and mucosal thickening exaggerate maldistribution of ventilation and cause flow limitation in small airways. Hence, the maximal expiratory flow volume loop in these patients wil...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Goldstein RS,Slutsky AS,Rebuck AS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of the effects of various NSAIDs on renal function in the elderly, indomethacin, tiaprofenic acid and sulindac were administered to patients ranging in age from 54 to 97 years for a period of 3 months. Indomethacin sustained release (25 mg tid) was administered to 66 patients, tiaprofenic acid (200 mg tid) ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ishioka T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the theoretical concepts and methods utilised with isolated tissues to characterise drugs and drug receptors. Specifically the impact, on the in vitro measurement of agonist affinity and relative efficacy, of the idea that receptors bind to transduction proteins in the lipid bilayer of the cell memb...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kenakin T

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is the main reason prompting patients to consult their physicians. In acute conditions, pain has a very particular significance as a warning sign, enabling the physician to attempt a diagnosis. Nevertheless, its detrimental effect upon the individual (even in the case of acute pain) and its cost to society are no...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Brasseur L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part I of this article reviewed the targets against which anti-HIV drugs can be directed, problems in assessing active compounds (e.g. resistance development and use of surrogate end-points). and nucleoside analogues effective against HIV reverse transcriptase. Intensive research is currently being undertaken in labor...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sandström E,Oberg B

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exenatide extended-release (exenatide ER) [Bydureon(®)] is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is injected subcutaneously by patients once weekly, with no dose titration required. This article updates an earlier review of exenatide ER in the management...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Syed YY,McCormack PL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind study, 128 patients with essential hypertension, refractory to beta-blocker monotherapy, were randomised to 1 of 4 treatment groups. Felodipine 2.5 mg twice daily, 5mg twice daily, 10mg twice daily or matched placebo twice daily were administered in addition to the beta-blocker for 4 weeks. Mean supi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sluiter HE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onychomycoses, infections of the nail caused by fungi, are amongst the most common illnesses. Because of the high incidence of these infections and problems involved in their therapy, they have received much attention, particularly as concerns a better characterisation of the causative micro-organisms. Onychomycosis c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Niewerth M,Korting HC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-24-h sleep-wake disorder (non-24) is a circadian rhythm disorder occurring in 55-70% of totally blind individuals (those lacking conscious light perception) in which the 24-h biological clock (central, hypothalamic, circadian pacemaker) is no longer synchronized, or entrained, to the 24-h day. Instead, the overt r...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Emens JS,Eastman CI

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid solutions have been developed and used over the past 70 years as expanders of the intravascular space, based on an understanding of Starling's law. Increasing osmotic pressure with colloidal products has remained an attractive theoretical premise for volume resuscitation. Indeed, colloids have been shown to in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Roberts JS,Bratton SL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Antiviral therapy has in the past met with limited success and only a few antiviral drugs have been available. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has created an urgent need for the development of antiviral therapy against this infection. HIV replication offers several targets for inhibitory compounds, the...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sandström E,Oberg B

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00