Transdermal clonidine. A preliminary review of its pharmacodynamic properties and therapeutic efficacy.

abstract：:Many drugs alter the anticoagulant effect of oral coumarins. It is essential that physicians be aware of interactions leading to increased or decreased anticoagulation or to erratic control. Interacting drugs can be classified as influencing the pharmacodynamics (pharmacological actions) or the pharmacokinetics (absor...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： MacLeod SM,Sellers EM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analysed the published literature on eptacog alfa (recombinant factor VIIa; rFVIIa) for nonhaemophiliac conditions with the aim of determining its current place in therapy. Initial surgical and/or medical management is required for any patient with life-threatening bleeding. In those with continued life-threat...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mallarkey G,Brighton T,Thomson A,Kaye K,Seale P,Gazarian M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The popularity of antidepressants in the treatment of insomnia is not supported by a large amount of convincing data, but rather by opinions and beliefs of the prescribing physicians on the advantages of these agents compared with drugs acting on the benzodiazepine receptor or other drugs used for the treatment of ins...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wiegand MH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of the treatment of hypertension currently consist of a substantially reduced incidence of premature stroke, left ventricular failure and malignant hypertension. The benefits for the individual are most clearcut in those who have already had severe or symptomatic hypertension. Older subjects who have a hi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Beilin LJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective once-daily prandial glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist lixisenatide (Lyxumia(®)) is under development with Sanofi for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Lixisenatide belongs to a class of GLP-1 compounds designed to mimic the endogenous hormone GLP-1. Native GLP-1 stimulates insulin...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Elkinson S,Keating GM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nabumetone is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the 2,6-disubstituted naphthylalkanone class. It is a prodrug metabolised to an active metabolite, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid (6-MNA), which preferentially inhibits cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) and has both anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Davies NM,McLachlan AJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisoprolol is a beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist with no partial agonist (intrinsic sympathomimetic) activity or membrane stabilising (local anaesthetic) activity. The oral bioavailability of bisoprolol is high (90%) and the drug has a long elimination half-life which allows once-daily administration; in addition, it is...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lancaster SG,Sorkin EM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cibenzoline is a class I antiarrhythmic drug with limited class III and IV activity which can be administered orally or intravenously. An elimination half-life of about 8 to 12 hours permits twice daily administration, although age and renal function must be considered when determining dosage. Cibenzoline has some act...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Harron DW,Brogden RN,Faulds D,Fitton A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV‑2), is now a global pandemic. This virus primarily affects the respiratory tract and causes lung injury characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome. Although the pathophysiology of COVID-19 is not yet clea...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hajra A,Mathai SV,Ball S,Bandyopadhyay D,Veyseh M,Chakraborty S,Lavie CJ,Aronow WS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and the grim outcome of these infections have focused interest on the possibilities for medical intervention. The end-stage of these infections, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), was first recognised in 1981, and the causative agent isolated i...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sandström EG,Kaplan JC

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：: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：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterised by an urge to move the legs, uncomfortable sensations in the legs and worsening of these symptoms during rest with at least temporary relief brought on by activity. RLS occurs in 3-15% of the general population and in 10-30% of patients on maintenance dialysis. RLS may lea...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Molnar MZ,Novak M,Mucsi I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolites of arachidonic acid have a broad range of physiological functions in the gastrointestinal tract, and seem to be involved in certain disturbances of gastrointestinal integrity and function. Prostaglandins inhibit gastric acid secretion, apparently via an adenylate cyclase-linked receptor, and also stimulate...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Isselbacher KJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Potassium channel openers or agonists represent a novel new class of compounds in the treatment of a range of cardiovascular disorders, particularly angina pectoris and hypertension. Nicorandil is the only clinically available potassium channel opener with antianginal effects, and with comparable efficacy and tolerabi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gomma AH,Purcell HJ,Fox KM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) may present with a variety of neurological symptoms, most commonly dominated by either encephalitis or meningitis. The aetiological panorama varies in different parts of the world as well as over time. Thus, virological first-line diagnostics must be a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Studahl M,Lindquist L,Eriksson BM,Günther G,Bengner M,Franzen-Röhl E,Fohlman J,Bergström T,Aurelius E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anagrelide (Agrylin, Xagrid) is an oral imidazoquinazoline agent which is indicated in Europe for the reduction of elevated platelet counts in at-risk patients with essential thrombocythaemia who are intolerant of or refractory to their current therapy, and in the US for the reduction of elevated platelet counts and t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ,Keating GM

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used in the treatment of acid-peptic diseases. Their mechanism of action involves inhibition of the H-K-adenosine triphosphatase enzyme present in the parietal cells of the gastric mucosa. Because PPIs are the most potent inhibitors of gastric acid secretion available, they eff...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Boparai V,Rajagopalan J,Triadafilopoulos G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy for Gram-negative sepsis remains unsatisfactory despite a concerted effort to develop new treatments for this common, life-threatening syndrome. Current research continues on several fronts to improve the treatment options available to clinicians in the management of these critically ill patients. Recently, a ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Opal SM,Yu RL Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapefruit juice and grapefruit product consumption have potential health benefits; however, their intake is also associated with interactions with certain drugs, including calcium channel blockers, immunosuppressants and antihistamines. The primary mechanism through which interactions are mediated is mechanism-based ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Seden K,Dickinson L,Khoo S,Back D

更新日期：2010-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Slowing of nerve conduction, a hallmark of both experimental and human diabetic neuropathy, is improved or corrected by aldose reductase inhibitors such as sorbinil. Animal experiments suggest that a myo-inositol-related defect in nerve sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is responsible for the acute re...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greene DA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbs are often administered in combination with therapeutic drugs, raising the potential of herb-drug interactions. An extensive review of the literature identified reported herb-drug interactions with clinical significance, many of which are from case reports and limited clinical observations. Cases have been publis...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hu Z,Yang X,Ho PC,Chan SY,Heng PW,Chan E,Duan W,Koh HL,Zhou S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, several clinical problems associated with the diagnosis of hypertension are discussed. Blood pressure variability and reactivity are factors underlying the difficulties in the diagnosis of hypertension. These phenomena are interrelated and mixed. White coat hypertension (WCH), referring to the phenomeno...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ocón-Pujadas J,Mora-Maciá J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During depression, chronobiological disorders occur, such as disturbances in body temperature and early urinary excretion of a noradrenaline metabolite. Sleep patterns are disturbed in 90% of depressed patients; early REM sleep and shortened slow-wave sleep (stages 3 and 4), resulting in an increase in REM sleep, have...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rüther E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild to moderate hypertension still remains poorly controlled. This relates to multiple factors including low antihypertensive efficacy of single drug therapies reluctance of primary care physicians to modify/titrate initially chosen therapy to obtain target blood pressure, and poor compliance with medication. Several...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ruzicka M,Leenen FH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare systems are in flux throughout the world. Traditional structures and attitudes are changing. The balance of power between political bodies, payers, providers and patients is being destabilised. New approaches by governments and forward integration by drug companies and payers into care management are all ma...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Weber F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma is the most common malignancy associated with HIV infection, and the morbidity and mortality attributable to AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (AIDS-KS) may be increasing. No curative therapy is available for AIDS-KS, but palliative therapy can eliminate or reduce cosmetically unacceptable lesions, reduce...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Northfelt DW

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Levonorgestrel 6-capsule subdermal implants (Norplant) are an effective form of reversible contraception. When implanted under the skin of the upper arm, they release drug into the circulation at a relatively constant rate over 5 years. Generally, the cumulative pregnancy rate at the end of 5 years' levonorg...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Coukell AJ,Balfour JA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00