Management of cystitis in young women.

abstract：:The Japanese encephalitis vaccine IC-51 (IXIARO) is an inactivated virus (strain SA(14)-14-2) that is manufactured in cultured Vero cells and is currently being developed for preventive vaccination against the Japanese encephalitis virus. black triangle Administration of IXIARO as a two-dose treatment in healthy adult...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Duggan ST,Plosker GL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remifentanil (Ultiva), a fentanyl derivative, is an ultra-short acting, nonspecific esterase-metabolised, selective mu-opioid receptor agonist, with a pharmacodynamic profile typical of opioid analgesic agents. Notably, the esterase linkage in remifentanil results in a unique and favourable pharmacokinetic profile for...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ,Perry CM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this article is to review data on the efficacy and safety of montelukast in the treatment of children with asthma. METHODOLOGY:Available published literature, including published abstracts, is reviewed. RESULTS:In patients aged 6 to 14 years with asthma (n = 27), montelukast 5mg demonstrated a si...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Becker A

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:In the past 2 decades, progressive improvements in the results of organ transplantation as a therapeutic strategy for patients with end-stage organ disease have been achieved due to greater insight into the immunobiology of graft rejection and better measures for surgical and medical management. It is now known that T...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Perico N,Remuzzi G

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) programmes are effective, well tolerated and economically advantageous in carefully selected patient populations. Inclusion criteria for patient selection for OPAT include good clinical appearance and uncomplicated infection. By virtue of their favourable microbiological...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Esposito S

更新日期：2000-01-01 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 increasing incidence of systemic fungal infections and rising medical costs have highlighted the need for an economic appraisal of antifungal agents to determine the most cost-effective therapeutic option. Cost savings derived from the prophylactic or empirical use of antifungal agents have been difficult to estim...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： van Gool R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes are versatile drug carriers which can be used to solve problems of drug solubility, instability and rapid degradation. Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs can be associated with liposomes and special techniques have been developed for the efficient loading of weak acids and weak bases into liposomes. Lipo...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Allen TM

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several first choices for the treatment of mild and moderate hypertension. The selection of a drug may be influenced by concomitant pathology, with positive indications for particular drugs, e.g. coexistent angina, indicating use of a beta-receptor blocking drug or calcium antagonist; fluid retention indicat...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Prichard BN

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Since an earlier review in the Journal substantial additional data have accumulated, further clarifying the in vitro activity, pharmacokinetic profile, clinical efficacy and tolerability of teicoplanin. Recent therapeutic trials confirm the efficacy of teicoplanin in the treatment of microbiologically confirmed Gram-p...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Brogden RN,Peters DH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new therapeutic options available to clinicians treating dyslipidaemia in the last decade have enabled effective treatment for many patients. The development of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have been a major advance in that they possess multiple pharmacological effects (pleiotropic effects) resulting...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Chong PH,Bachenheimer BS

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：: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：: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：UNLABELLED:Ceftriaxone is a parenteral third-generation cephalosporin with a long elimination half-life which permits once-daily administration. It has good activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae, methicillin-susceptible staphylococci, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Neisseria spp. Although active ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lamb HM,Ormrod D,Scott LJ,Figgitt DP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Gatifloxacin is an 8-methoxy fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent. The drug has a broader spectrum of antibacterial activity than the older fluoroquinolones (e.g. ciprofloxacin) and shows good activity against many Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, atypical organisms and some anaerobes. Notably, gati...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Perry CM,Ormrod D,Hurst M,Onrust SV

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because platelets are so important in thrombus formation, drugs which inhibit platelet function (the 'antiplatelet drugs') have considerable potential as antithrombotic agents. Among the antiplatelet drugs, only aspirin, sulphinpyrazone, dipyridamole, hydroxychloroquine, and clofibrate have had wide clinical trial. Th...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gallus AS

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of balanced analgesia was introduced to improve analgesic efficacy and reduce adverse effects. A large amount of clinical data has documented improved analgesia by combining different analgesics, but data on reducing adverse effects are inconclusive. Balanced analgesia should be used whenever possible, and...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kehlet H,Werner M,Perkins F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diuretics are used in first-step antihypertensive monotherapy or in combination with adrenergic-inhibiting agents in the majority of hypertensive patients in the United States. A 30-year experience has demonstrated that blood pressure is lowered to as great or greater a degree with diuretics than when many of the pres...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Moser M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levocabastine is a potent and selective histamine H1-receptor antagonist which has been evaluated as a topical treatment (nasal spray and/or eyedrops) for allergic rhinitis and/or conjunctivitis. Data available at the time of the previous review in Drugs, together with more recent results, have clearly demonstrated th...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Noble S,McTavish D

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the intervening years since metoprolol was first reviewed in the Journal (1977), it has become widely used in the treatment of mild to moderate hypertension and angina pectoris. Although much data have accumulated, its precise mechanisms of action in these diseases remain largely uncertain. Optimum treatment of...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Benfield P,Clissold SP,Brogden RN

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:With changing donor characteristics and the growing shortage in organ supply, renal transplant practitioners have sought to optimize the use of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys, which have poorer outcomes than standard criteria donor (SCD) kidneys. The outcomes may represent an acceptable trade-off if ECD transpl...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： House AA,Nguan CY,Luke PP

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Arrhythmia treatment has always been difficult, particularly as there are no good indicators of the optimal management strategy. The introduction of new antiarrhythmic agents has forced reappraisal of how these drugs are used. Dynamic electrocardiography and invasive electrophysiological studies are important tools fo...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Campbell RW

更新日期：1988-11-01 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