Correction to: Delafloxacin: A Review in Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections.

abstract：:Hypopituitarism is a rare disorder, but its prevalence has increased as a result of an increase in secondary causes of hypopituitarism such as traumatic brain injury and cranial irradiation. Estrogen with or without progestogen (progestin) treatment is conventional therapy in women with hypopituitarism. Recent data de...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Zang H,Davis SR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of oral and inhaled drugs are available for the long term management of patients with persistent asthma, yet the disease continues to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Over the past years, inhaled glucocorticoids have become established as a cornerstone of maintenance therapy because of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fabbri LM,Piattella M,Caramori G,Ciaccia A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drotrecogin alfa (activated), recombinant human activated protein C, inhibits coagulation and inflammation and promotes fibrinolysis in patients with severe sepsis. 850 patients with severe sepsis treated with intravenous drotrecogin alfa (activated) 24 microg/kg/h for 96 hours had a significantly greater reduction in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lyseng-Williamson KA,Perry CM

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in the adult has now been fully recognised as a clinical entity characterised by abnormal body composition, osteopenia, impaired quality of life, cardiac dysfunction and an adverse lipid profile. While short-term studies of GH replacement have demonstrated irrefutably a favourable effec...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Verhelst J,Abs R

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting bronchodilator is recommended in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have frequent exacerbations. Budesonide/formoterol dry powder inhaler (DPI) has demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in patie...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Tashkin DP,Rennard SI,Martin P,Ramachandran S,Martin UJ,Silkoff PE,Goldman M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary measures have achieved mixed results in the management of liver disorders. Although a high energy diet may shorten the course of viral hepatitis by a relatively small amount, dietary restriction is usually of no benefit in compensated cirrhosis. Restriction of sodium intake to 22 to 60 mol/day leads to resolut...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Messner M,Brissot P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Generic drugs are approved on the basis of pharmaceutical equivalence and bioequivalence. Some drug products have unique structural or functional attributes, necessitating modified approaches to bioequivalence determinations. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this systematic review was to identify studies that evaluated...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kesselheim AS,Polinski JM,Fulchino LA,Isaman DL,Gagne JJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteplase is the product of recombinant DNA technology and is chemically identical to endogenous tissue-type plasminogen activator: Plasminogen is converted to plasmin by alteplase, and fibrinolysis of blood thrombi is subsequently stimulated. Alteplase is now firmly established as a treatment of choice in the managem...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ,Gillis JC,Goa KL

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumasiran (Oxlumo™) is a subcutaneously administered small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting the mRNA for hydroxyacid oxidase 1 gene (HAO1; encodes glycolate oxidase) and was developed by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). By silencing the gene encoding glycolate oxidase, ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ,Keam SJ

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Janus kinase (JAK) is a signal transducer and activator of a protein transcription system that transduces signals from cell surface cytokine and growth factor receptors to the nucleus. Recently developed JAK inhibitors (JAKinibs) inhibit JAKs non-selectively or selectively and down-regulate the effects of correspondin...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Harigai M,Honda S

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Trimetrexate is a folinic acid analogue structurally related to methotrexate, whose primary mechanism of action is believed to be inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase. This reduces the production of DNA and RNA precursors and leads to cell death. Trimetrexate is lipophilic and can passively diffuse across cell membra...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fulton B,Wagstaff AJ,McTavish D

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind study, the efficacy and tolerability of nimesulide (100mg twice daily) were compared with those of diclofenac (50mg twice daily) when administered orally to 50 patients with acute superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower limbs. Pain relief and amelioration of inflammation were apparent in patients t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ferrari E,Pratesi C,Scaricabarozzi I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sitagliptin (Januvia(®), Xelevia™, Glactiv(®), Tesavel(®)) is an orally administered, potent and highly selective inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) and was the first agent of its class to be approved for use in the management of adults with type 2 diabetes. Numerous randomized placebo- or active comparator-c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Plosker GL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitors are widely used agents in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory and granulomatous diseases. It has long been appreciated that these agents confer an increased risk of tuberculosis; however, more recently it has been recognized that patients being treated with TNFalpha...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Smith JA,Kauffman CA

更新日期：2009-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis continues to be a major cause of disease and death throughout the developing world. Chemotherapy is the current method of control but with the continuing emergence of drug resistance, coupled with the reticence of major drug companies to invest in drug discovery, the identification of new vaccines to comb...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Orme IM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections worldwide. Because of various intrinsic and acquired mechanisms of resistance, most β-lactam agents are not effective against many strains, and carbapenems have played an important role in therapy. Recent trends show many infections are cau...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Viehman JA,Nguyen MH,Doi Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levocetirizine (Xyzal) is a selective, potent, oral histamine H(1) receptor antagonist of the latest generation that is licensed for the symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis (including persistent allergic rhinitis [PER]) and chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). Large, well designed trials indicate that levocetiri...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hair PI,Scott LJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olaratumab (Lartruvo™) is a fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody targeted against the human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor α (PDGFRα). It was developed by Eli Lilly and Co. (previously ImClone Systems) after PDGFRα was identified as a potential therapeutic target in a variety of cancers. Olaratumab act...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Shirley M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial activities of cefotaxime and its major metabolite, desacetylcefotaxime, against 178 strains (of 10 species) were assessed in terms of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC50 and MIC80), and were compared with those of cefoperazone and ceftazidime. The activity of desacetylcefotaxime was several times le...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Oizumi K,Hayashi I,Aonuma S,Konno K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular and cardiorenal disease continuum comprises the transition from cardiovascular risk factors to endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis, to clinical complications such as myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, to the development of persistent target-organ damage and, ultimately, to chronic conges...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Werner C,Pöss J,Böhm M

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled mometasone furoate (Asmanex) is a synthetic corticosteroid indicated for the first-line maintenance prophylactic therapy of persistent asthma in adults and adolescents. It is formulated for delivery via a breath-actuated dry powder inhaler (DPI) [Twisthaler].Inhaled mometasone furoate delivered by DPI is effec...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McCormack PL,Plosker GL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients frequently come to the emergency department for pain. For decades, ketamine has been used in the emergency department for procedural sedation but is now receiving attention as a potential alternative to opioids because of its unique analgesic effects. Additionally, ketamine's dissociative properties have made...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sheikh S,Hendry P

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:An acute thrombus at the site of an atherosclerotic obstruction is the usual cause of myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic therapy is an exciting new therapy for reducing the extent of myocardial infarction by lysing intracoronary clots. Such therapy has now been widely applied by: prolonged intravenous infusion of str...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Spann JF,Sherry S

更新日期：1984-11-01 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