Stavudine: a review of its pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties and clinical potential in HIV infection.

abstract：:The most important aspect of modern management of acute diarrhoeal illness in children is that of oral rehydration therapy, and drug therapy is very rarely indicated. Despite the dramatic decline in mortality and morbidity in recent years, there is still the need for continuing education in the appropriate use of oral...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Davies A,Jenkins HR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension in pregnancy has implications for both maternal and fetal welfare. Extrapolation from concepts of mechanisms operating in hypertension in general to pregnancy-related hypertension is not justified. In the latter, the major features are a hyper-adrenergic state, plasma volume reduction and an increased sys...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lubbe WF

更新日期：1984-08-01 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：:There have been a number of controlled trials of antacids in the treatment of patients with peptic ulcer disease. As a general rule the size of studies has been small and there have been difficulties ensuring adequate binding, because of the formulation and taste of the antacids. Despite these difficulties, antacids a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Walt RP,Langman MJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eplerenone (Inspra) is a selective aldosterone blocker. Oral eplerenone is approved for use in patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and clinical evidence of heart failure following acute myocardial infarction (MI) in the US and in European countries (e.g. the UK and The Netherlands). The addition o...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM,Plosker GL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of 20 short term comparative studies of 5 selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; citalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine and sertraline) has shown no difference in efficacy between individual compounds but a slower onset of action of fluoxetine. There were suggestions that fluoxetine c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Edwards JG,Anderson I

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of multiresistance in Gram-positive cocci causing infections in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) has increased notably in recent years. Thus, therapeutic proposals have been modified according to the emergence of multiresistant cocci and adapted to epidemiological markers...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Alvarez-Lerma F,Grau S,Gracia-Arnillas MP

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Purine nucleoside analogues are a new class of drugs with activity against nondividing lymphocytes; thus, they should play a major role in the treatment of low grade lymphoid malignancies. As these drugs are active against resting lymphocytes, harmful effects related to this action were expected and have been reported...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dighiero G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of thrombolytic therapy was a major advance in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The administration of fibrinolytic reperfusion therapy can reduce mortality rates by as much as 30%, with the greatest benefit observed if therapy is administered soon after symptom onset. Out...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Morse MA,Todd JW,Stouffer GA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During depression, chronobiological disorders occur, such as disturbances in body temperature and early urinary excretion of a noradrenaline metabolite. Sleep patterns are disturbed in 90% of depressed patients; early REM sleep and shortened slow-wave sleep (stages 3 and 4), resulting in an increase in REM sleep, have...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rüther E

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Brexpiprazole (Rexulti®) is an atypical antipsychotic that has been developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd and H. Lundbeck A/S as an oral treatment for several psychiatric disorders. Brexpiprazole is a novel serotonin-dopamine activity modulator that acts as a partial agonist of serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) and dopamine ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greig SL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and has become an urgent public health problem in most areas of the world. Substantial progress has been made in understanding the basic neurobiology of AD and, as a result, new drugs for its treatment have become available. Cholinestera...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Grutzendler J,Morris JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of thrombosis involves 4 main factors: the vessel wall, the formed elements of the blood, blood coagulation, and blood flow. In venous thrombosis, however, the major part in both the initiation and growth of thrombi is played by the platelets. In selecting drugs which inhibit platelet function it is he...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Mustard JF,Packham MA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by low bone mass and bone mineral density, and deterioration of the underlying structure of bone tissue. These changes lead to an increase in bone fragility and an increased risk for fracture, which are the clinical consequences of osteoporosis. The classical triad...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Reginster JY

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Orlistat is a nonsystemically acting gastric and pancreatic lipase inhibitor that limits the absorption of dietary fat. A retrospective pooled analysis of three 2-year, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trials involving patients with obesity revealed that orlistat recipients were more likely to experience a...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM,Jarvis B

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:Tranexamic acid is a synthetic derivative of the amino acid lysine that exerts its antifibrinolytic effect through the reversible blockade of lysine binding sites on plasminogen molecules. Intravenously administered tranexamic acid (most commonly 10 mg/kg followed by infusion of 1 mg/kg/hour) caused reductio...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dunn CJ,Goa KL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various foods and fluids have been used in traditional treatments for diarrhoeal illnesses in infants and children for centuries. During the last 2 decades, however, with the advent of an improved scientific understanding of oral rehydration, effective treatment of dehydrating diarrhoea has been improved, expanded and...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sack DA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between bodyweight and arterial pressure was first discovered early this century. More recently, epidemiological studies have confirmed the correlation between bodyweight and blood pressure in both adults and children. Serum cholesterol levels, blood glucose levels, uric acid levels and blood pressure...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Martínez FJ,Sancho-Rof JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective control of variceal rebleeding (secondary prophylaxis) or prevention of the initial bleeding (primary prophylaxis) are the main objectives of the treatment of portal hypertension. Endoscopic sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for secondary prophylaxis, since it significantly decreases rebleeding and, t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Sarin SK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of an antiretroviral (ARV) treatment regimen depends on the activity of the regimen's individual ARV drugs and the number of HIV-1 mutations required for the development of resistance to each ARV - the genetic barrier to resistance. ARV resistance impairs the response to therapy in patients with transmitt...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Tang MW,Shafer RW

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of cilazapril monotherapy was evaluated in 2 multicentre double-blind dose-response trials. After 4 weeks of a single-blind placebo run-in period, patients with uncomplicated mild to moderate essential hypertension and a sitting diastolic blood pressure of 100 to 115 mm Hg, 24 hours after the last placebo...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kobrin I,Güntzel P,Viskoper R,Paran E,Zimlichman R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roxatidine acetate (HOE 760, TZU 0460) is a new H2-receptor antagonist which is more potent than cimetidine and ranitidine. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted in healthy men to determine the effects of multiple oral doses of roxatidine acetate on unstimulated gastric acid secretion, and...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lassman HB,Ho I,Puri SK,Sabo R,Scheffler MR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterised by an urge to move the legs, uncomfortable sensations in the legs and worsening of these symptoms during rest with at least temporary relief brought on by activity. RLS occurs in 3-15% of the general population and in 10-30% of patients on maintenance dialysis. RLS may lea...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Molnar MZ,Novak M,Mucsi I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The corticosteroid mometasone and the long-acting β(2)-selective adrenoreceptor agonist formoterol have been combined in a single pressurized metered-dose inhaler for use in patients aged ≥12 years with asthma. In a 26-week well designed trial in patients with persistent asthma uncontrolled on medium-dose inhaled cort...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Frampton JE

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Teneligliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor that was approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Japan and Korea and is being researched in several countries. Teneligliptin is a potent, selective, and long-lasting DPP-4 inhibitor with a t½ of approximately 24 h and unique pharmacok...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ceriello A,De Nigris V,Iijima H,Matsui T,Gouda M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are glucose-lowering drugs that reduce plasma glucose levels by inhibiting glucose and sodium reabsorption in the kidneys, thus resulting in glucosuria. Their effects consequently include reductions in HbA1c, blood glucose levels, and blood pressure, but also reductio...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pereira MJ,Eriksson JW

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00