Acamprosate. A review of its pharmacology and clinical potential in the management of alcohol dependence after detoxification.

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 pharmacokinetics of cefoperazone in normal subjects, and in patients with hepatic and renal dysfunction are reviewed. After intravenous administration of 2 g of cefoperazone, levels in serum ranged from 202 to 375 microgram/ml depending on the period of drug administration. After intramuscular injection of 2 g of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Craig WA,Gerber AU

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well documented that long term treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the risk of peptic ulcer and that gastroduodenal mucosal erosions can be demonstrated in volunteers within 1 week of treatment initiation. However, long term studies in nonsurgical patients have not documented g...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kehlet H,Dahl JB

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Grapefruit juice and grapefruit product consumption have potential health benefits; however, their intake is also associated with interactions with certain drugs, including calcium channel blockers, immunosuppressants and antihistamines. The primary mechanism through which interactions are mediated is mechanism-based ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Seden K,Dickinson L,Khoo S,Back D

更新日期：2010-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Marijuana has been used for over 2 centuries. Its major psychoactive constituent, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was isolated in 1964 and first used to control nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy in the 1970s. THC has cardiovascular, pulmonary and endocrinological effects as well as actions on the central nerv...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Vincent BJ,McQuiston DJ,Einhorn LH,Nagy CM,Brames MJ

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involuntary infertility is an increasing problem in this era of delayed childbearing. Fortunately, many advances have been made recently in the medical and surgical treatment of infertility. This article reviews the principal aetiologies of infertility and their treatments, and focuses on the current and future uses o...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Quigley MM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in industrialized countries. Treatment with statins is effective in primary prevention in patients at high cardiovascular risk. Statins are inhibitors of hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase and are classed as lipid-lowering drugs. In 2010, ato...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lecarpentier E,Morel O,Fournier T,Elefant E,Chavatte-Palmer P,Tsatsaris V

更新日期：2012-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy is based on a 'symptomatic' therapy that includes ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and on an 'aetiological' therapy aimed at modulating underlying immunological mechanisms. The role of the latter is still debated given the usually indolent course of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Quaglia M,Stratta P

更新日期：2009-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelin family of peptides are extremely potent endogenous vasoconstrictor and pressor agents. Of the 3 isoforms, endothelin-1 is the major isoform produced by the vascular endothelium and is, therefore, likely to be of most importance for regulation of vascular function. Two endothelin receptor subtypes have s...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ferro CJ,Webb DJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous susoctocog alfa (Obizur(®)) is a recombinant, B-domain deleted, porcine sequence antihaemophilic factor VIII (FVIII) product that has recently been approved for the treatment of bleeding episodes in adults with acquired haemophilia A (AHA). Intravenous susoctocog alfa was an effective and generally well to...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Burness CB,Scott LJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycosides are potent water-soluble antibiotics, with peak concentration-dependent bactericidal activity against many pathogenic aerobic Gram-negative bacilli and Staphylococcus aureus. For systemic therapy, they must be given parenterally (intravenously or intramuscularly). In the body they remain largely extrac...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Kumana CR,Yuen KY

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZD1839 ('Iressa') is an orally active, selective epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor which blocks signal transduction pathways implicated in the proliferation and survival of cancer cells and other host-dependent processes promoting cancer growth. In preclinical studies, ZD1839 produced reversib...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Baselga J,Averbuch SD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alfuzosin, a new quinazoline derivative, acts as a selective and competitive antagonist of alpha 1-adrenoceptor-mediated contraction of prostatic, prostatic capsule, bladder base and proximal urethral smooth muscle, thereby reducing the tone of these structures. Consequently, urethral pressure and resistance, bladder ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wilde MI,Fitton A,McTavish D

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of postoperative ileus (PI) is multifactorial, and includes activation of inhibitory reflexes, inflammatory mediators and opioids (endogenous and exogenous). Accordingly, various strategies have been employed to prevent PI. As single-modality treatment, continuous postoperative epidural analgesia incl...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Holte K,Kehlet H

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:The efficacy of tropisetron in the prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy of varying emetogenic potential was evaluated in 545 patients with a variety of malignancies who had either proved refractory to antiemetic treatment during previous chemotherapy courses or who were considered to be at high ri...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bleiberg H,Van Belle S,Paridaens R,De Wasch G,Dirix LY,Tjean M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous inotuzumab ozogamicin (Besponsa®; Pfizer) is an anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody-calicheamicin conjugate that binds to CD22-expressing tumour cells. Upon binding, the complex is internalised and the cytotoxic calicheamicin derivative is released inside the cell, inducing double-strand DNA breakage and subsequ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lamb YN

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical studies indicate that angiogenic growth factors can stimulate the development of collateral arteries in animal models of peripheral or myocardial ischaemia, a concept termed 'therapeutic angiogenesis'. The goal of this review is to provide a brief overview of the advantages and disadvantages of gene versus...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Amant C,Berthou L,Walsh K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting bronchodilator is recommended in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have frequent exacerbations. Budesonide/formoterol dry powder inhaler (DPI) has demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in patie...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Tashkin DP,Rennard SI,Martin P,Ramachandran S,Martin UJ,Silkoff PE,Goldman M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glatiramer acetate is a synthetic analogue of the multiple sclerosis (MS)-associated antigen, myelin basic protein. It is indicated in the EU, US and many other countries to reduce the frequency of relapses in patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), and for the treatment of patients who have experienced a well de...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Carter NJ,Keating GM

更新日期：2010-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cephalosporins have a role in the treatment of gonorrhoea, and especially infections caused by strains that are penicillin-resistant, either because they produce plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase or they have chromosomally mediated diminished permeability or modified penicillin-binding proteins. Although none of the ora...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Phillips I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most positive results in this area have been those of the second Danish Study Group on Verapamil in Myocardial Infarction (1990) which assessed the benefit of treatment with verapamil from the second week after myocardial infarction. Verapamil produced a significant reduction in both mortality and reinfarction rat...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ferrari R,Visioli O

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydric alcohols (polyols) are widely distributed in nature, and the enzymes of the polyol pathway (aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase) are present in many mammalian tissues. The function of this pathway remains a mystery. A primary role for the pathway in the pathogenesis of 'sugar cataract' was provided ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Clements RS Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a noncomparative trial, 73 adults with acute sinusitis confirmed by x-ray received cefixime 400mg once daily for approximately 10 days. At the end of treatment, 60 patients (82%) were cured, 2 (2.7%) had improved and 7 (9.6%) had failed therapy; 4 patients were not evaluable. No relapses were observed at follow-up....

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Gehanno P,Boucot I,Berche P,Uhlrich J

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:In ten large, well-controlled, randomised trials (n = 203 to 1089), valdecoxib, a selective inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenase-2, was significantly more effective than placebo in the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and pain associated with primary dysmenorrhoea, and for postsurgical analgesia. Valdecoxib 1...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Ormrod D,Wellington K,Wagstaff AJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aminosalicylate balsalazide is a prodrug which is metabolised by bacterial azo reductases in the colon to release its therapeutically active moiety mesalazine [mesalamine (US) or 5-aminosalicylic acid] and an inert carrier molecule. The systemic absorption of balsalazide and its metabolites is not requir...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Muijsers RB,Goa KL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid solutions have been developed and used over the past 70 years as expanders of the intravascular space, based on an understanding of Starling's law. Increasing osmotic pressure with colloidal products has remained an attractive theoretical premise for volume resuscitation. Indeed, colloids have been shown to in...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Roberts JS,Bratton SL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pruritus is a common complication of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), affecting about one-third of dialysis patients. It is a chronic, unpleasant symptom with a strong negative impact on patients' quality of life, often inducing sleeplessness and mood disorders. Recent data show that it is also associated with increase...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Manenti L,Tansinda P,Vaglio A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00