A guide to the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections.

abstract：:The prevalence of use of long-term systemic glucocorticoid therapy in the general adult population is 1 %. This figure increases to up to 3 % in elderly women. Metabolic (i.e. diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, weight gain, lipodystrophy) and cardiovascular (i.e. hypertension, cardiovascular events) adverse events are c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fardet L,Fève B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal treatment of pain requires an understanding of the mechanisms involved. Pain is a sensory end-point that can be generated by a number of dissimilar processes. Consequently, the concept of treating pain as a unitary symptom is obsolete. The mechanisms responsible for specific types of pain need to be unders...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Woolf CJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:The continuous-use combination oral contraceptive ethinylestradiol/levonorgestrel 20microg/90microg suppresses gonadotropins, and subsequently ovulation and endometrial thickening, and suppresses breakthrough bleeding. Amenorrhoea and absence of breakthrough bleeding increase in incidence with extended administration....

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascletis has developed danoprevir (Ganovo®), an orally-administered hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitor, as a treatment for hepatitis C. Based on positive results in phase II and phase III trials in patients with hepatitis C, danoprevir, in combination with ritonavir, peginterferon alfa and ribavirin was recently...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Markham A,Keam SJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common health problem encountered in international travellers to topical and subtropical areas is diarrhoea. Even though it is not a life-threatening condition, it may influence deeply the quality of a vacation or the success of a business trip. The majority of cases of travellers' diarrhoea are due to bacter...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Caeiro JP,DuPont HL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality and morbidity in gastroenteritis in children is the result of fluid loss, acid-base and electrolyte imbalance. Hence therapy should be aimed at preventing or correcting this imbalance. The use of intestinal antibiotics to treat the condition should not be a routine, but parenteral antibiotic therapy in the p...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Tan G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of digitalis in congestive heart failure with normal sinus rhythm is still debated. While older uncontrolled, withdrawal studies from 1969 to 1983 provided incomplete data, with poorly documented clinical status and poor haemodynamic and exercise data, some patients did improve clinically when digitalis treatm...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Riaz K,Forker AD

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the structure, function and distribution of the components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAS) and the integrated physiological role of this hormonal system is rapidly increasing, although many questions remain unanswered. The primary structure and localisation of RAS such as renin, prorenin...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnston CI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious hepatotoxicity is uncommon with the proper therapeutic use of non-narcotic analgesics but experience with new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is limited. Drugs such as ibufenac, fenclofenac and benoxaprofen were withdrawn from the market because of hepatotoxicity, and liver damage has been repor...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Prescott LF

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Hypertension is common in chronic renal disease and is a risk factor for the faster progression of renal damage, and reduction of blood pressure (BP) is an efficient way of preventing or slowing the progression of this damage. International guidelines recommend lowering BP to 140/90 mm Hg or less in patients with unco...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wenzel RR

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:The efficacy and safety of cefadroxil in the treatment of paediatric patients with a wide variety of infections were evaluated in a multicentre clinical trial. This study included 395 infants and children with Group A streptococcal pharyngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis, pneumonia or bronchopneumonia, urinar...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Puhakka H,Virolainen E

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid-modifying profile of bezafibrate is characterised by marked decreases in elevated triglyceride levels, increases in high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and decreases in total and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Bezafibrate also reduces elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Goa KL,Barradell LB,Plosker GL

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：:Depression is associated with a risk of suicide 13 to 30 times greater than in the general population, and antidepressants are among the drugs most frequently implicated in fatal overdose, resulting in a dilemma for the clinician. Suicidal thoughts are a core symptom of depression, and there is evidence that the selec...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Montgomery SA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous dulaglutide (Trulicity®) is a once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist that is approved in numerous countries as an adjunct to diet and exercise for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). In the clinical trial and real-world settings, once-weekly subcutaneous dulaglutide, as monot...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current challenge facing clinicians is to develop pharmacotherapies that move beyond the treatment of symptoms towards a new agenda in cardiovascular therapeutics that includes interventions to actually prevent the development of end-stage coronary heart disease. The development of new strategies to alter the natu...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gibbons GH

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Atenolol and nifedipine have been shown to be effective single agents in angina pectoris, but reports suggest that additional benefits may be conferred by combining the 2 drugs. Therefore, to establish that the combination regimen was at least as effective as either atenolol or nifedipine alone, a multicentre study wa...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sandberg M,Foale RA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This narrative review reports on the pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of rotigotine, a non-ergolinic D₃/D₂/D₁ dopamine receptor agonist approved for the treatment of early- and advanced-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) and moderate to severe restless legs syndrome (RLS). Rotigotine is formulated as a trans...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Elshoff JP,Cawello W,Andreas JO,Mathy FX,Braun M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is clinically defined as an acute peripheral neuropathy causing limb weakness that progresses over a time period of days or, at the most, up to 4 weeks. GBS occurs throughout the world with a median annual incidence of 1.3 cases per population of 100 000, with men being more frequently af...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kuwabara S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enalapril provides significant haemodynamic, symptomatic and clinical improvement when added to maintenance therapy with digitalis and diuretics in patients with congestive heart failure [NYHA (New York Heart Association) classes II to IV]. These effects are not attenuated during long term therapy. More significantly,...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Todd PA,Goa KL

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal pharmacological therapy of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most ardently debated issues in medicine. Presently, most guidelines recommend either a fluoroquinolone alone or dual therapy with a third-generation cephalosporin plus a macrolide in patients hospitalised with CAP, but few provide...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Epstein BJ,Gums JG

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:The comprehensive treatment of schizophrenia requires the full resources of a clinical team that is able to offer treatment for the acute psychotic state in a hospital environment, and appropriate rehabilitation following resolution of the florid symptoms. Following a second or subsequent relapse, maintenance therapy ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnson DA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A acid (retinoic acid: tretinoin) is a vitamin A derivative used in the topical treatment of acne. It acts by 'unseating' comedones, improvement developing slowly over a period of 2 to 3 or more months, and is also said to prevent the formation of new lesions. About three-quarters of patients with acne vulgari...

journal_title：Drugs

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

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lefamulin is a novel oral and intravenous (IV) pleuromutilin developed as a twice-daily treatment for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). It is a semi-synthetic pleuromutilin with a chemical structure that contains a tricyclic core of five-, six-, and eight-membered rings and a 2-(4-amino-2-hydroxycyclohexy...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Zhanel GG,Deng C,Zelenitsky S,Lawrence CK,Adam HJ,Golden A,Berry L,Schweizer F,Zhanel MA,Irfan N,Bay D,Lagacé-Wiens P,Walkty A,Mandell L,Lynch JP 3rd,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin degludec (Tresiba(®)) is an ultra-long-acting insulin analogue that is also available as a coformulation with rapid-acting insulin aspart (insulin degludec/insulin aspart) [Ryzodeg(®)]. Insulin degludec has a flat, stable glucose-lowering profile with a duration of action of >42 h, and less within-patient day-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00