Management of travellers' diarrhoea.

abstract：:The number of effective cytotoxic agents for the treatment of patients with metastatic adult soft tissue sarcoma is limited, especially when patients have failed anthracycline- and ifosfamide-based chemotherapy. For the subgroup of patients with inoperable gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), progress has been made...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Hartmann JT,Patel S

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction still represent the leading cause of mortality in developed countries. Therefore, great efforts have been made in the last decades to improve reperfusion strategies and adjunctive antithrombotic therapies. In fact, despite optimal epicardial recanalisation, a lar...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： De Luca G,Savonitto S,van't Hof AW,Suryapranata H

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Desloratadine is the orally active major metabolite of the nonsedating H1-antihistamine loratadine. The drug had no adverse cardiovascular effects in various animal models or when administered at 9 times the recommended adult dosage for 10 days in volunteers. Therapeutic dosages had no effects on wakefulness or psycho...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McClellan K,Jarvis B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nausea and vomiting is a common and distressing symptom complex in patients with far-advanced cancer, affecting up to 60% of individuals at some stage of their illness. The current approach to the palliative care of patients with nausea and vomiting is based on identifying the cause, understanding its pathophysiology ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Glare PA,Dunwoodie D,Clark K,Ward A,Yates P,Ryan S,Hardy JR

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:Almotriptan is a selective serotonin 5-HT(1B/1D) receptor agonist ('triptan'). Its efficacy and tolerability have been assessed in a number of randomised, controlled trials in over 4800 adults with moderate or severe attacks of migraine. Oral almotriptan has a rapid onset of action (significant headache reli...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keam SJ,Goa KL,Figgitt DP

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:Dofetilide is a 'pure' class III antiarrhythmic agent which has demonstrated efficacy in the conversion of atrial fibrillation or flutter to sinus rhythm and the maintenance of sinus rhythm. By blocking the rapid component of the cardiac delayed rectifier potassium current (I(Kr)), dofetilide prolongs the ca...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： McClellan KJ,Markham A

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Novo Nordisk has developed a subcutaneous formulation of semaglutide (Ozempic®), a modified human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been developed using Novo Nordisk's proprietary protein-acylation technology, and is administered using an injection device. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available quinolones are either inactive or marginally active against anaerobic bacteria. This review summarises the in vitro activity of currently available as well as experimental quinolones against clinically significant anaerobic bacteria. Quinolones with low activity against anaerobes include ciprofloxa...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cidofovir is a nucleotide analogue which inhibits viral DNA polymerase and is effective against human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. It is phosphorylated to its active form by cellular enzymes. With the long intracellular half-life of its metabolites, cidofovir can be administered weekly during induction and every o...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lea AP,Bryson HM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists (DAs) represent an excellent treatment option for patients with Parkinson's disease, in both the early and advanced stages of the disease, improving motor symptoms, lowering the incidence of motor complications, and addressing several non-motor symptoms. Indeed, each of these compounds have different...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Torti M,Bravi D,Vacca L,Stocchi F

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:As a consequence of disparities in access to and utilization of preventative healthcare, the incidence and death rates from cervical cancer remain substantial in the face of indisputable evidence that screening saves lives. While disparities persist, there will be an urgent need for research into the treatment of adva...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Longoria TC,Tewari KS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Janus kinase/signal transduction and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Many cytokines involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and inflammator...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Banerjee S,Biehl A,Gadina M,Hasni S,Schwartz DM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous dalbavancin (Dalvance®, Xydalba®), first approved as a two-dose regimen for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI), has now been additionally approved as a single-dose regimen. This narrative review discusses the pharmacological properties of intravenous dalbavancin an...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Garnock-Jones KP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buflomedil hydrochloride is a vasoactive drug with a variety of pharmacodynamic properties. Importantly, it seems to improve nutritional blood flow in ischaemic tissue of patients with peripheral and/or cerebral vascular disease by a combination of pharmacological effects: inhibition of alpha-adrenoceptors, inhibition...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Clissold SP,Lynch S,Sorkin EM

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anagrelide (Agrylin, Xagrid) is an oral imidazoquinazoline agent which is indicated in Europe for the reduction of elevated platelet counts in at-risk patients with essential thrombocythaemia who are intolerant of or refractory to their current therapy, and in the US for the reduction of elevated platelet counts and t...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Wagstaff AJ,Keating GM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is characterized by the presence of wheals, angioedema, or both for at least 6 weeks. It may persist for a long time-up to 50% of the patients have been reported to be symptomatic 5 years after the onset. Some patients can suffer more than one episode of CSU during their lifetime. C...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Giménez-Arnau AM,Salman A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisatracurium besilate (besylate) is a nondepolarising neuromuscular blocking agent with an intermediate duration of action. It is the R-cis, R'-cis isomer of atracurium besilate and is approximately 3-fold more potent than the mixture of isomers that constitute the parent drug. The ED95 for cisatracurium besilate (do...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bryson HM,Faulds D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alipogene tiparvovec (Glybera®; AMT-011, AAV1-LPL(S447X)) is an adeno-associated virus serotype 1-based gene therapy for adult patients with familial lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency (LPLD) and suffering from severe or multiple pancreatitis attacks despite dietary fat restrictions. It is administered as a one-time ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article has been corrected. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lamb YN

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogenic compounds are the most important group of drugs that can induce hypertension. Studies have shown an incidence of significant hypertension amounting to less than 1% after 1 year of taking oral contraceptives and about 2% after 5 years. The ratio of the incidence of hypertension among ''takers'' to that of ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Stokes GS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of use of long-term systemic glucocorticoid therapy in the general adult population is 1 %. This figure increases to up to 3 % in elderly women. Metabolic (i.e. diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, weight gain, lipodystrophy) and cardiovascular (i.e. hypertension, cardiovascular events) adverse events are c...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Fardet L,Fève B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amorolfine is a structurally unique, topically active antifungal agent, which possesses both fungistatic and fungicidal activity in vitro. Its spectrum of in vitro activity includes dermatophyte, dimorphic, some dematiaceous and filamentous fungi, and some yeasts. In clinical trials, application of amorolfine 5% nail ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Haria M,Bryson HM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral conjunctivitis is one of the most common disorders observed in ophthalmic emergency departments, yet no established treatment exists. Lately, antiviral medications have been introduced into clinical practice; however, a systematic review focusing on their use and effectiveness in the treatment of viral conjuncti...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Skevaki CL,Galani IE,Pararas MV,Giannopoulou KP,Tsakris A

更新日期：2011-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of functionally related zinc-containing enzymes that denature and degrade fibrillar collagens and other components of the extracellular matrix. Myocardial extracellular matrix remodelling and fibrosis regulated by MMPs are believed to be important contributors to the progr...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Li YY,Feldman AM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00