Combination therapy with low-dose lovastatin and niacin is as effective as higher-dose lovastatin.

abstract：:Meta-analyses are key components of evidence-based decision making. The numbers of meta-analyses published in different areas of health care increased dramatically during the past 10 years. Many of them covered different pharmacologic interventions, making them useful resources to clinical pharmacists. Although a well...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Etminan M,Levine M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized medicine has been a mainstay and in practice in transplant pharmacotherapy since the advent of the field. Decisions pertaining to the diagnosis, selection, and monitoring of transplant pharmacotherapy are aimed toward the individual, the allograft, and the overall immunologic needs of the patient. Recent ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Maldonado AQ,West-Thielke P,Joyal K,Marks CR

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the usage patterns of the lipid-based amphotericin B formulations at our institution and to compare the observed nephrotoxicity and efficacy of these formulations. DESIGN:Prospective and retrospective observational study SETTING:Urban 350-bed teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Sixty-seven nonhe...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Cannon JP,Garey KW,Danziger LH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The era of the integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection began with raltegravir in 2007. Since that time, several other INSTIs have been introduced including elvitegravir, dolutegravir, and, most recently, bictegravir, that have shown great utility ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Brooks KM,Sherman EM,Egelund EF,Brotherton A,Durham S,Badowski ME,Cluck DB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) as a liver support device continues to grow worldwide. Various components of the MARS circuit remove both protein-bound and water-soluble molecules. Little is known about the extent of the enhanced clearance mechanisms used in MARS therapy on drug elimination....

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Personett HA,Larson SL,Frazee EN,Nyberg SL,El-Zoghby ZM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic polymyxins, colistin and polymyxin B, are increasingly used for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections and have a long history of dose-limiting toxicity. This review summarizes the most recent available information about the mechanisms, incidence, risk factors, and minimization strategies for polymyxin ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Justo JA,Bosso JA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if transitioning patients from a pharmacist- managed anticoagulation clinic after stabilization of warfarin therapy to physician-managed care alters the quality of anticoagulation care. DESIGN:Retrospective medical record review. SETTING:Pharmacist-managed, urban academic medical center-b...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Garwood CL,Dumo P,Baringhaus SN,Laban KM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexmedetomidine is a centrally acting α-2 receptor agonist used to maintain light analgosedation in mechanically ventilated adults. This study was conducted to determine factors predictive of successful maintenance of light sedation (Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) 0 to -2) for ≥60% of the first 48 ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： DiCesare MA,Rech MA,DeMott JM

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2009, a 2-day, multistakeholder, national conference was held in Rockville, Maryland, to discuss and propose methods to improve the drug-drug interaction (DDI) evidence base and its evaluation and integration into clinical decision support (CDS) systems. The conference featured participants representing con...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Hines LE,Malone DC,Murphy JE

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the frequency and type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among healthy volunteers participating in research, and to investigate the potential for interactions between commonly used CAM modalities and various drugs. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation. SETTING:University gener...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Welder GJ,Wessel TR,Arant CB,Schofield RS,Zineh I

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating elderly debilitated patients with symptomatic bradyarrhythmia may be difficult. Traditional therapy includes use of limited resources (intensive care unit monitoring) and expensive interventions (permanent pacemaker insertion). When a pacemaker is not ideal or appropriate, yet intervention is desired to impro...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Kragie L,Sekovski B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether recommendations made by pharmacists and accepted by hospital physicians resulted in fewer postdischarge readmissions and urgent care visits compared with recommendations that were not implemented. DESIGN:Prospective substudy of pharmacist recommendations. SETTING:Tertiary care aca...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Anderegg SV,Demik DE,Carter BL,Dawson JD,Farris K,Shelsky C,Kaboli P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal emergency contraceptives have been used to prevent unwanted pregnancy for more than 3 decades. The mechanisms of action of the regimen containing a combination of estrogen and progestin, known as the Yuzpe regimen, and those of the levonorgestrel regimen continue to be controversial, especially over the possi...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Leung VW,Levine M,Soon JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old Caucasian man diagnosed with right deep venous thrombosis secondary to trauma was treated with subcutaneous enoxaparin. Within minutes of administering the first dose (1 mg/kg), he experienced an apparent anaphylactoid reaction; symptoms were abdominal pruritus, severe cough, shortness of breath, anxiety...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： MacLaughlin EJ,Fitzpatrick KT,Sbar E,Jewell C

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old woman with iron deficiency anemia required parenteral iron therapy and was treated with intravenous ferric gluconate. She tolerated the first dose, but after the second dose, she developed a tingling feeling all over her body, along with swelling in her hands and feet, and a rash with hives over most of ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Sane R,Baribeault D,Rosenberg CL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the usage and cost of antibiotics in the United States and United Kingdom in children younger than 10 years. METHODS:A follow up of some 160,000 young children enrolled in U.S. private health insurance companies and an equal number in general practices in the United Kingdom in 2009, based on two ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Jick H,Wilson A,Chamberlin D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Struvite calculi result from urinary tract infections secondary to urease-producing bacteria. To prevent recurrent infection and stone formation complete removal of struvite calculi is recommended. Two illustrative reports of patients with renal struvite calculi are presented in which 10% hemiacidrin (Renacidin) irrig...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Massaro FJ,Weiner B,Sant GR,Meares EM Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a relationship exists between medication adherence to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and distance to dispensing pharmacies and prescribers among an urban public aid population with diabetes mellitus. DESIGN:Retrospective...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Syed ST,Sharp LK,Kim Y,Jentleson A,Lora CM,Touchette DR,Berbaum ML,Suda KJ,Gerber BS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exenatide is an incretin mimetic indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in combination with a sulfonylurea, a thiazolidinedione, metformin, or metformin plus a sulfonylurea or thiazolidinedione. Exenatide lowers postprandial blood glucose levels by stimulating glucose-dependent insulin secretion, inhi...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Sheffield CA,Kane MP,Busch RS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel is a mainstay in the treatment of ovarian and breast cancers, and its use in other malignancies is being explored. Although it has great clinical utility, the drug and its formulation components pose a number of challenges to pharmacists and nurses. Paclitaxel is insoluble in water and is formulated in an e...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Trissel LA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral therapy including protease inhibitors such as ritonavir has added significant potency to therapy for human immunodeficiency viral (HIV) infection as well as substantial drug-drug interactions. Methadone metabolism is affected by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inhibitors or inducers. Because riton...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Geletko SM,Erickson AD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depression afflicts a significant percentage of the population, and optimum therapy is often limited by the poor tolerability and lethality in overdose of the tricyclic antidepressants. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) fluoxetine, sertraline, and, more recently, paroxetine are viewed as welcom...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Nemeroff CB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective cohort study was conducted in 35 hospitals with oncology units to determine the incidence of symptomatic cardiotoxicity in patients receiving continuous infusions of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and to identify risk factors that could contribute to the development of 5-FU-associated cardiotoxicity. A sample of...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Meyer CC,Calis KA,Burke LB,Walawander CA,Grasela TH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who suffer an acute ischemic stroke are at risk for both hemorrhagic transformation and recurrent ischemic stroke in the acute post-stroke period. Oral anticoagulants are recommended for secondary stroke prevention in patients with AF. The optimal time to initiate anticoagulant t...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Smythe MA,Parker D,Garwood CL,Cuker A,Messé SR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid prescribing by dentists for older patients receiving medications with potential contraindications and the subsequent impact on acute care outcomes is not well described. OBJECTIVES:Our objective of this paper was to evaluate the use of potentially inappropriate medication combinations (PIMCs) involvi...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Zhou J,Calip GS,Rowan S,McGregor JC,Perez RI,Evans CT,Gellad WF,Suda KJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the feasibility of therapeutic drug monitoring for adjusting low serum antimycobacterial concentrations in patients with both tuberculosis and advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. DATA SOURCE:De-identified dataset from a tuberculosis clinic. PAT...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Holland DP,Hamilton CD,Weintrob AC,Engemann JJ,Fortenberry ER,Peloquin CA,Stout JE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of treatment for hepatitis C viral infection on hemoglobin A(1c) (A1C) levels is not well described in the literature. We describe a 59-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus whose A1C level became falsely low when ribavirin and peginterferon alfa-2b therapy were started for treatment of hepatitis C. Af...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gross BN,Cross LB,Foard JC,Wood YA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the literature on clonidine, venlafaxine, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and gabapentin for the treatment of hot flashes. DATA SOURCES:A MEDLINE search (January 1966-July 2003) was conducted to identify English-language literature available on the treatment of hot flashes that focused on ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Sicat BL,Brokaw DK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, over 40 years, of using the last-observation-carried-forward (LOCF) imputation method in clinical trials, the association between use of LOCF and how the trials were conducted, and the extent of information about attrition and LOCF use in published reports. DESIGN:Retrospec...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Woolley SB,Cardoni AA,Goethe JW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of pretreatment with ibuprofen or acetaminophen compared with no pretreatment in decreasing adverse events in children and adolescents receiving the first and second series of pamidronate therapy; and to compare the effectiveness of ibuprofen versus acetaminophen for prevent...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Robinson RE,Nahata MC,Hayes JR,Batisky DL,Bates CM,Mahan JD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00