The use of quinolones in developing countries.

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be associated with all connective tissue diseases and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The management of connective tissue disease-interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) is challenging due substantial heterogeneity in disease behaviour and paucity of controlled clinica...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Jee AS,Corte TJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Candesartan cilexetil is converted to the angiotensin II receptor antagonist candesartan during absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. The selective and competitive binding of candesartan to the angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor prevents binding of angiotensin II, a key mediator in the renin-angiot...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Easthope SE,Jarvis B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:86 patients with a first myocardial infarction presenting within 6 hours of the onset of symptoms were randomly allocated to treatment with intravenous streptokinase or anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC). Plasma concentrations of fibrinogen, plasminogen, alpha 2-antiplasmin and fibrinogen ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Monassier JP,Hanssen M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voriconazole (VFEND), a synthetic second-generation, broad-spectrum triazole derivative of fluconazole, inhibits the cytochrome P450 (CYP)-dependent enzyme 14-alpha-sterol demethylase, thereby disrupting the cell membrane and halting fungal growth. In the US, intravenous and/or oral voriconazole is recommended in adul...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ,Simpson D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, patients with advanced thyroid cancers had limited options for systemic treatment. With the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) as a promising new class of targeted therapies for thyroid cancer, suddenly patients with advanced disease were given new options to extend survival. Guidelines ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lirov R,Worden FP,Cohen MS

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 the table 'Key clinical trials of isatuximab (Sanofi)', in the left-hand column. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hand eczema is a common but frequently disabling skin condition which poses a significant social and economic burden. Although skin protection measures and topical therapies are fundamental in its management, some patients are refractory to first-line therapy with topical corticosteroids and require systemic t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Blair HA,Scott LJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article Trifluridine/Tipiracil: A Review in Metastatic Gastric Cancer, written by Connie Kang, Sohita Dhillon and Emma D. Deeks, was originally published Online First without open access. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kang C,Dhillon S,Deeks ED

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus patients, hyperglycaemia is independently related to the development of microvascular and macrovascular complications. Glycaemic targets and the benefits of intensive versus conventional glucose control are under debate. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the rand...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mattila TK,de Boer A

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Eravacycline (Xerava™), a novel fully synthetic fluorocycline, consists of the tetracyclic core scaffold with unique modifications in the tetracyclic D ring; consequently, it exhibits potent in vitro activity against Gram-positive and -negative bacterial strains expressing certain common tetracycline-specific acquired...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azacitidine (Vidaza) is a pyrimidine nucleoside analogue of cytidine. Subcutaneous azacitidine was recently approved in the EU for the treatment of adults who are not eligible for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and who have intermediate-2-risk or high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) [according to Intern...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Darunavir is an oral nonpeptidic HIV-1 protease inhibitor (PI) that is used, together with a low boosting dose of ritonavir, as part of an antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen in treatment-experienced and -naive patients with HIV-1 infection. Compared with early-generation PIs, boosted darunavir has a high g...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McKeage K,Perry CM,Keam SJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Toujeo(®)) is a long-acting basal insulin analogue approved for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Insulin glargine 300 U/mL has a more stable and prolonged pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic profile than insulin glargine 100 U/mL (Lantus(®)), with a duration of glucose-lowering activity excee...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Blair HA,Keating GM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential beneficial effects of antihypertensive drugs on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality may be compromised by their adverse effects on serum lipid levels. In our study we compared verapamil and captopril and evaluated their effects on blood pressure and on serum lipid and lipoprotein levels, with particul...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Catalano M,Cislaghi C,Carzaniga G,Aronica A,Seregni R,Libretti A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irinotecan (CPT-II) is a semisynthetic derivative of camptothecin. It and other camptothecin analogues/derivatives appear to exert their antitumour activity by binding to topoisomerase I. The active metabolite of irinotecan, 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN-38), has demonstrated potent growth inhibition of human col...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wiseman LR,Markham A

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive and complex disorder that is difficult to treat effectively in the long term. The majority of patients are overweight or obese at diagnosis and will be unable to achieve or sustain near normoglycaemia without oral antidiabetic agents; a sizeable proportion of patients will eve...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Krentz AJ,Bailey CJ

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：: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：:25 years have elapsed since the introduction of the first effective oral diuretic, chlorothiazide. Diuretics are now amongst the most widely prescribed drugs in clinical practice worldwide. Availability of these drugs has not only brought therapeutic benefit to countless numbers of patients but it has at the same time...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lant A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to distinguish between therapy used to reduce acute inflammation in gout and therapy used to manage hyperuricaemia in patients with chronic gouty arthritis. This article discusses treatments for acute gout, emphasizing the use of corticotrophin (adrenocorticotropic hormone; ACTH) and the evidence on wh...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schlesinger N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of unopposed postmenopausal estrogen therapy protects against coronary heart disease (CHD) in women. This is mediated, in part, through beneficial effects on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. Fewer data are available with regard to CHD risk reduction when a progesterone is required in addition to estrog...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kafonek SD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rilpivirine is an orally administered, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is a component drug in combination therapy for antiretroviral-naive patients with HIV-1 infection. The randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multinational ECHO and THRIVE trials in antiretroviral-naive adult patients with HIV-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sanford M

更新日期：2012-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Brodalumab (Lumicef(®)) is a human monoclonal immunoglobulin G antibody that is being developed by Kyowa Hakko Kirin in Japan, where it has been approved for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris, psoriatic arthritis, pustular psoriasis and psoriatic erythroderma. Brodalumab binds with high affinity to interleukin (IL)-...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greig SL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune condition that affects up to 2% of the general population. Currently available treatment options for AA are of limited efficacy and can be associated with adverse effects. The advancement in understanding of the genetic and molecular mechanisms of AA has led to the development of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pourang A,Mesinkovska NA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ROS1 gene rearrangements exist in 1-2% of non-small cell lung cancers, typically occurring in younger, never or light smokers with adenocarcinoma. ROS1 gene fusions are potent oncogenic drivers, the presence of which results in the susceptibility of tumours to ROS1-targeted therapy. Crizotinib was the first tyrosine k...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Morris TA,Khoo C,Solomon BJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to the metabolic actions of insulin is thought to play a determining role in the aetiology of a great variety of disorders, including essential hypertension, accelerated atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathies. ACE inhibitors are recognised as being highly effective therapy for hypertension and cardiac insuffi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bernobich E,de Angelis L,Lerin C,Bellini G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulbactam 1g and ampicillin 2g were administered intravenously to 12 patients, and concentrations of the drugs were determined in the serum and myometrium for up to 120 minutes after infusion. The ratio of sulbactam to ampicillin was about 1:2 in the serum and myometrium. Both drugs penetrated well into the myometrium...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schwiersch U,Lang N,Wildfeuer DA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terfenadine is a selective histamine H1-receptor antagonist which, in pharmacodynamic studies, is devoid of central nervous system depressant activity. In clinical studies terfenadine is well tolerated and at a dose of 60mg administered twice daily the drug provides effective relief of symptoms in patients with allerg...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McTavish D,Goa KL,Ferrill M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00