abstract：:The therapeutic efficacy of 100 mg spironolactone once daily in patients with congestive heart failure was evaluated in a multi-centre study in general practice. One hundred and fifteen patients were admitted to the study. Clinical and haemotological assessments were made at entry and at regular intervals throughout t...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Smith AG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind study was carried out to investigate the prophylactic use of single-dose cefuroxime in elective abdominal surgery. Twenty-three patients received 1.5 g cefuroxime by intravenous injection immediately prior to induction of anaesthesia; 24 patients received no antibiotics. In the cefuroxime group, there w...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Lambert WG,Mullinger BM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and sixty male patients with gonorrhoea, allocated to 4 unequal groups, were treated with one single oral dose of: (a) 2 g epicillin plus 1 g probenecid, (b) 2 g epicillin alone, (c) 1 g epicillin, 1 g cephradine plus 1 g probenecid, and (d) 1 g epicillin and 1 g cephradine. The last 3 groups acted as cont...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Theodoridis A,Marcollou-Kindi O,Vagana A,Sivenas C,Capetanakis J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind trial was carried out in 45 anxious out-patients to compare the effectiveness and tolerance of clobazam and diazepam. The severity of each patient's symptoms was assessed before, during and at the end of the trial period using the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and a note kept of any side-effects. The r...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Botter PA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind controlled, cross-over trial was carried out in 70 depressed patients to compare the effectiveness and tolerability of amineptine with that of maprotiline. Patients were allocated at random to receive treatment with either 150 mg amineptine or 75 mg maprotiline daily for 6 weeks before being treated for...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Bornstein S

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large, open, multi-centre study was carried out in general practice to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerance of a combination of 10 mg pindolol plus 5 mg clopamide, in single tablet form, in the treatment of patients with essential hypertension. Computer analysis of the records of 8989 patients who completed the ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Crowder D,Cameron EG

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a single-blind study in general practice, 60 patients with anxiety neuroses were randomly allocated to receive either 0.5 mg haloperidol twice daily or 2 mg diazepam 3-times daily for 6 weeks. Eighteen patients (6 on haloperidol and 12 on diazepam) were excluded from the analysis of efficacy. On the Hamilton Rating...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Budden MG

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-centre trial was carried out in 1629 patients with osteoarthrosis in 233 clinical centres to investigate the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of indoprofen in this clinical condition. The results from assessments of both subjective and objective variables were comparable to those obtained in Phase 3 studi...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Emanueli A,Mandelli V,Mascellani G,Sacchetti G

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired red cell deformability has been found in patients suffering from chronic peripheral vascular disorders, the implication being that microcirculatory blood flow is hindered and tissue hypoxaemia is aggravated. Measurement of erythrocyte deformability by a standard filtration technique for whole blood was carri...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Angelkort B,Maurin N,Boateng K

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, double-blind study was carried out in 24 patients with stable angina pectoris to compare the efficacy of nadolol, a new beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, and propranolol. After a period on placebo, 14 patients received nadolol once daily and 10 patients propranolol 4-times daily over a 10-week dose-ranging p...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Furberg B,Dahlqvist A,Raak A,Wrege U

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients with a radiologically confirmed diagnosis of chronic pyelonephritis were treated with 1 g carindacillin every 6 hours over a period of 6 weeks. An underlying urological disease was present in 84% of the 38 patients for whom sufficient data were available for evaluation. The results of carindacillin ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Michiels HG,Debruyne FM,Moonen WA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative controlled study was carried out in 40 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis or ankylosing spondylitis to assess the efficacy of ketoprofen and ibuprofen. Patients were allocated at random to receive either 100 mg ketoprofen twice daily or 400 mg ibuprofen 3-times daily over a peri...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Saxena RP,Saxena U

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind trial was carried out in 37 patients with osteoarthrosis to compare the efficacy and tolerance of 250 mg diflunisal twice daily with that of 400 mg ibuprofen 3-times daily over an 8-week period. Rating scale assessments were made, at the end of a preceding 1-week, wash-out period on placebo and at regul...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Bresnihan B,Hughes G,Essigman WK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open, multi-centre study was carried out in 804 patients complaining of sleep disorders to assess the effectiveness and acceptance of temazepam as a hypnotic. Patients received between 10 mg and 30 mg (mean 16.4 mg) temazepam each night for a week. Subjective assessments using a self-administered questionnaire were...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Harry TV,Johnson PA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open multicentre trial was carried out in 13 hypertensive patients, who had responded satisfactorily to and been stabilized on treatment with 400 mg acebutolol daily in divided doses, to assess the effectiveness and tolerance of the same daily dosage given as a single morning dose. On admission, patients were chang...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ashton WL

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the effect of ACTH on the adrenal cortex when used as a therapeutic or diagnostic agent, adrenocortical function was tested before and 2 hours after 0.5 mg tetracosactrin given intramuscularly in 31 healthy children, divided into 4 groups according to age and sex. Mean plasma cortisol levels were sh...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Tsvetkova V

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of flurbiprofen on various coagulation and haemostasis parameters were studied in 19 patients adequately anticoagulated on a fixed dose of phenprocoumon. Laboratory controls were performed 5 times at weekly intervals. Flurbiprofen 50 mg 3-times daily was given for 2 weeks after an initial control period of...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Marbet GA,Duckert F,Walter M,Six P,Airenne H

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of Bay g 2821, a new diuretic agent, were studied in dogs, healthy volunteers and in patients with renal insufficiency. The drug was rapidly absorbed after oral administration, peak plasma levels (approx. 0.4 microgram/ml) occurring within 1 hour. Elimination of the unchanged drug from plasma was ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ritter W

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily fluctuations in plasma cortisol levels were studied in three groups of children with rheumatoid arthritis. One group was untreated with hormones, the second treated with a depot preparation of tetracosactrin, and the third group with corticosteroid hormones. The results obtained were compared with the rhythm in ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Tsvetkova V

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open study was carried out in 40 elderly patients suffering from osteoarthrosis of the hip to assess the effectiveness of 200 mg flurbiprofen daily, fiven either in tablet or liquid suspension form, over a period of 4 weeks. Statistical evaluation of the results in the 19 patients admitted to analysis showed that f...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Innes EH

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with persistently elevated diastolic blood pressure, exceeding 130 mmHg, received an oral dose of labetalol ranging from 200 mg to 400 mg. In all patients, this produced a significant and gradual decline in recumbent systolic and diastolic blood pressure, unaccompanied by symptoms or complications, with ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ghose RR,Sampson A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-blind, between-patient comparative study was carried out in general practice to assess the effectiveness of antacid plus antispasmodic combination tablets (240 mg dried aluminium hydroxide B.P., 144 mg magnesium hydroxide B.P.C., and 5 mg dicyclomine hydrochloride B.P.) and aluminium hydroxide B.P. tablets (5...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Kagan G,Rose R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind crossover study was carried out in 24 patients with rheumatoid arthritis to investigate the relative efficacy of tolmetin (1600 mg/day) and phenylbutazone (400 mg/day). Each drug was given for 4 weeks, preceded by a 2-week wash-out period during which patients received paracetamol alone for pain relief....

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Cardoe N,Steele CE

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trial was carried out in 30 patients to assess the effectiveness of indanyl carbenicillin in acute or chronic urinary tract infections, many of which were complicated by a pathological urological or medical condition. In all patients, infection was due to a single species of pathogen: E. coli (19), Proteus (6), and ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Giamarellou E,Papazachos G,Piperakis G,Daikos G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trial to compare the therapeutic potential of 1200 mg. azapropazone daily with 3.9 g. aspirin daily was carried out in 108 out-patients with rheumatoid arthritis over a 14-day period. Analysis of results from the 85 patients with completed assessment data (49 on azapropazone; 36 on aspirin) showed that azapropazone ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Brooks PM,Mason DI,McNeil R,Anderson JA,Buchanan WW

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 247 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and allied conditions were referred for routine ophthalmological examination with particular reference to ocular rheumatoid involvement. Of these, 197 were already receiving ibuprofen before their first assessment while 50 had a baseline assessment before com...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Williamson J,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trial was carried out in 3 clinics to test the efficacy of and cycle control obtained with a very low dosage oral contraceptive combination of lynesternol (0.75 mg) and ethinyl oestradiol (0.0375 mg). A total of 134 healthy, fertile women, ages ranging from under 19 years to over 40 years, participated and completed...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Altkemper R,Prinz W,Soergel W

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, multi-centre trial was carried out in 191 patients with acute musculoskeletal conditions to compare the efficacy of naproxen and indomethacin. Patients were randomly allocated to receive either 250 mg naproxen or 50 mg indomethacin twice daily. Treatment was for 7 or 14 days. The results, assessed by t...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Jaffé G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three methods for the determination of azapropazone were studied for the analysis of blood plasma samples taken after oral administration of azapropazone. A gas chromatographic method was compared with two simple spectrophotometric assay methods and the effect of metabolites of the drug on each method is described. It...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Leach H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical study was carried out to evaluate the usefulness of intravenous lorazepam, given for sedation instead of opiate narcotics or diazepam, in 25 seriously-ill patients being treated in a respiratory and intensive care unit. All but 3 patients were on assisted ventilation. Standard doses of 4 mg lorazepam were g...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Dundee JW,Johnston HM,Gray RC

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind investigation in 21 patients undergoing minor plastic surgery the effects of 4 mg lorazepam or a mixture of 20 mg papaveretum/400 mug hyoscine given intramuscularly as premedicants were studied. Lorazepam produced superior preoperative and post-operative anterograde amnesia, with respect to both inci...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Paymaster NJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and twenty-seven hypertensive patients in the United Kingdom have so far been admitted to two on-going open multicentre trials, and have been treated with acebutolol for periods ranging from 1 to 6 months. Oral dosages were within the range of 100 mg to 1200 mg/day in divided doses and were increased or d...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ashton WL

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical evaluation was carried out in 19 patients with lichen ruber planus to assess the effectiveness of 0.05% betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate ointment in the treatment of patients whose lesions had developed resistance to prolonged treatment with 0.1% betamethasone-17-valerate ointment. The new steroid ointment ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Björnberg A,Hellgren L

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-weeks' double-blind, crossover study in 30 patients with definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis is reported using 300 mg ketoprofen per day and 150 mg indomethacin per day. Both drugs had similar effects upon the patients' subjective improvement of pain. Objectively, the results also suggest that ketoprofen ma...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： El-Ghobarey AF,Rennie JA,Hadidi T,Hamid HA,Mavrikakis M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discussions on the healthy volunteer in clinical investigation do not attempt to define normality. In 34 healthy volunteers, 1653 biochemical and haematological tests were performed. The incidence of abnormal results was 11%. Only 4 subjects had all tests within normal limits and when these repeated only 1 subject sti...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Joubert P,Pannall P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of xipamid and frusemide were comapred in 9 oedematous patients. Xipamid was found to be equipotent with frusemide in doses of 40 mg. and 80 mg., with respect to its effect on sodium and water excretion. The time course of action of xipamid was observed to be more prolonged than that of frusemide. It is co...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Piyasena KH,Havard CW,Weber JC

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind trial was carried out on 116 patients with lower respiratory tract infection and systemic manifestations. One group received co-trimoxazole (480 mg. trimethoprim and 2,400 mg. sulphamethoxazole daily), and the other group received 2 g. tetracycline daily. The trial, as judged by clinical improvements, t...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Sallam MA,Sallam IA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an equilibrium dialysis method, the competition was investigated between tritated-progesterone and a range of synthetic steroids for binding to 20,000 g. supernatants of human uterine endometrium and myometrium. Both types of uterine tissue showed similar patterns of progestogen binding and probably contain sim...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Briggs MH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two double-blind randomised trials are reported comparing the effectiveness of the antihistamines, clemastine and chlorpheniramine in comparable doses, in relieving the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. In the first trial, treating 58 adults seen in a general practice, both drugs were prescribed in tablet form; l mg. cle...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Todd G,Hopkins P,Maclay WP

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind trial in 26 patients with symptomatic gastro-oesophageal reflux, the alginate/effervescent/antacid compound 'Gaviscon' was compared with antacid containing placebo similarly formulated. Retrosternal pain after meals and at night was significantly reduced whilst patients were taking 'Gaviscon' and the...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Barnardo DE,Lancaster-Smith M,Strickland ID,Wright JT

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00