abstract：AIMS:To evaluate putative associations between drugs and dilated cardiomyopathy. METHODS:We used the case/noncase method in the French PharmacoVigilance Database (FPVD). Cases were all the observations with dilated cardiomyopathy registered into the FPVD between 1 January 1990 and 30 June 2007. Noncases were all other...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Montastruc G,Favreliere S,Sommet A,Pathak A,Lapeyre-Mestre M,Perault-Pochat MC,Montastruc JL,French Association of Regional PharmacoVigilance Centres.

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Probenecid influences transport processes of drugs at several sites in the body and decreases elimination of several quinolones. We sought to explore extent, time course, and mechanism of the interaction between ciprofloxacin and probenecid at renal and nonrenal sites. METHODS:A randomized, two-way crossover stud...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Landersdorfer CB,Kirkpatrick CM,Kinzig M,Bulitta JB,Holzgrabe U,Jaehde U,Reiter A,Naber KG,Rodamer M,Sörgel F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:* The interindividual variability of the pharmacokinetic parameters of cilostazol is relatively large. * Cilostazol undergoes extensive hepatic metabolism via the P450 enzymes, primarily CYP3A and, to a lesser extent, CYP2C19. * Indeed, <1% of the administered dose of cilostazol...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Yoo HD,Cho HY,Lee YB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality through cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. The metabolic consequences of obesity include dyslipidaemia, hypertension, proinflammatory atherogenesis, pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. For a significant proportion of patients, pharmacotherapy to tackle ob...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Heal DJ,Gosden J,Smith SL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:* Exposure to bosentan was lower in paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients treated with the marketed adult formulation at a dose of about 2 mg kg(-1) when compared with adult PAH patients. * In healthy adult subjects, bosentan pharmacokinetics are less than do...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Beghetti M,Haworth SG,Bonnet D,Barst RJ,Acar P,Fraisse A,Ivy DD,Jais X,Schulze-Neick I,Galiè N,Morganti A,Dingemanse J,Kusic-Pajic A,Berger RM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:New preventative strategies for stroke are required. One promising strategy is uric acid reduction and xanthine oxidase inhibition with allopurinol. We sought to investigate whether allopurinol improves cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) following subcortical stroke. METHODS:We performed a randomized, double-blind,...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Dawson J,Quinn TJ,Harrow C,Lees KR,Walters MR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate impacts of withdrawal and regulatory advice regarding cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors on UK population rates of gastrointestinal haemorrhage and acute myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:Ecological time series study of prescribing, mortality and hospital admission trends in people aged > or = 5...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Wheeler BW,Metcalfe C,Gunnell D,Stephens P,Martin RM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the impact of risperidone (RISP) on clozapine (CLZ) biotransformation in vitro in microsomal fractions containing varying expression of CYP oxidases and in vivo in patients. METHODS:Human liver microsomes (n= 11) were assessed for expression of CYPs 1A2, 2D6 and 3A4, because these enzymes mediate RISP an...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Chetty M,d'Esposito F,Zhang WV,Glen J,Dore G,Stankovic Z,Edwards RJ,Ramzan I,Murray M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Experimental pain models may help to evaluate the mechanisms of analgesics and target the clinical indications for their use. This review, the second in a series of two, addresses how the efficacy of non-opioid analgesics have been assessed in human volunteers using experimental pain models. METHODS:A literature s...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Staahl C,Olesen AE,Andresen T,Arendt-Nielsen L,Drewes AM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Three 'weak' opioid analgesics in association with paracetamol are marketed in France as step 2 analgesics: dextropropoxyphene, tramadol and codeine. These combinations are involved in several adverse drug reactions (ADRs), but no data are available about their comparative reporting rate. The aim was to compare th...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Tavassoli N,Lapeyre-Mestre M,Sommet A,Montastruc JL,French Association of Regional Pharmacovigilance Centres.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aimed to investigate possible effects of ABCB1 genotype on fluvastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, and rosuvastatin pharmacokinetics. METHODS:In a fixed-order crossover study, 10 healthy volunteers with the ABCB1 c.1236C/C-c.2677G/G-c.3435C/C (CGC/CGC) genotype and 10 with the c.1236T/T-c.2677T/T-c.3435T...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Keskitalo JE,Kurkinen KJ,Neuvonen M,Backman JT,Neuvonen PJ,Niemi M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the effects of salbutamol and L-arginine, two compounds acting largely on the endothelium, and the endothelium-independent agent nitroglycerin on blood pressure, arterial compliance, cardiac function and vascular resistance. METHODS:Continuous radial pulse wave analysis, whole-body impedance cardiograp...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Tahvanainen A,Leskinen M,Koskela J,Ilveskoski E,Alanko J,Kähönen M,Kööbi T,Lehtimäki L,Moilanen E,Mustonen J,Pörsti I

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Azathioprine, mercaptopurine and thioguanine are commonly used to treat autoimmune disorders, leukaemia and solid organ transplantation. However, azathiopurine and its metabolites can also cause adverse reactions such as myelosuppression. These manifestations may be attributed to polymorphisms or mutations in the ...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Kham SK,Soh CK,Aw DC,Yeoh AE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Medication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writing (prescription errors) and prescribing faults due to erroneous medical decisions can result in harm to patients. 2. Any step in the prescribing process can generate errors. Slips, lapses, or mistakes are sources of e...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Velo GP,Minuz P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the influence of a pharmaceutical care programme on disease control and health-related quality of life in Type 2 diabetes patients in the United Arab Emirates. METHODS:A total of 240 Type 2 diabetes patients were recruited into a randomized, controlled, prospective clinical trial with a 12-month follow...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Al Mazroui NR,Kamal MM,Ghabash NM,Yacout TA,Kole PL,McElnay JC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recently, an apparent protective effect of statins against upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) was postulated in a post hoc analysis of a randomized trial. We aimed to evaluate the effect of statin use on acute nonvariceal UGB alone or in combinations with low-dose aspirin and other antithrombotic drugs. METHOD...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Gulmez SE,Lassen AT,Aalykke C,Dall M,Andries A,Andersen BS,Hansen JM,Andersen M,Hallas J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Rotigotine transdermal patch is a new non-ergolinic dopamine agonist developed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome. Peripheral dopaminergic side-effects of dopamine agonists such as nausea and vomiting can be prevented by the antiemetic agent domp...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Braun M,Cawello W,Boekens H,Horstmann R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Human pregnane X receptor (PXR/NR1I2) is a key regulator of cytochrome P450 3A4. To date, there are 198 reported SNPs for the human PXR/NR1I2 gene. Some of these SNPs are found to affect the inducing ability of PXR to CYP3A4. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:This study, for the first time,...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Wang XD,Li JL,Su QB,Guan S,Chen J,Du J,He YW,Zeng J,Zhang JX,Chen X,Huang M,Zhou SF

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to examine the frequency of high-dose (defined as mean chlorpromazine mg equivalent doses above 1000) antipsychotic prescriptions in schizophrenia and their clinical correlates in the context of a comparison between studies in 2001 and 2004 within six East Asian countries and territories. METHODS:Prescri...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Sim K,Su HC,Fujii S,Yang SY,Chong MY,Ungvari G,Si T,He YL,Chung EK,Chan YH,Shinfuku N,Kua EH,Tan CH,Sartorius N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the driving forces behind increasing utilization of cardiovascular drugs. METHODS:Using register data, all Danish residents as of 1 January 1996 were followed until 2006. Cohort members were censored at death or emigration. Cardiovascular drug utilization on the individual level was traced, applyin...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Kildemoes HW,Støvring H,Andersen M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In the Swiss heroin substitution trials, patients are treated with self-administered diacetylmorphine (heroin). Intravenous administration is not possible in patients that have venosclerosis. Earlier studies have demonstrated that oral diacetylmorphine may be used, although it is completely converted to morphine p...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Halbsguth U,Rentsch KM,Eich-Höchli D,Diterich I,Fattinger K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Post licensing, the evaluation of drug safety relies heavily on the collation of sporadic, spontaneous reports on adverse effects. The aim was to assess the potential utility of a more systematic approach to the detection of adverse events that utilizes routinely collected clinical data from a large primary care p...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Grosso A,Douglas I,Hingorani A,MacAllister R,Smeeth L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Korean red ginseng (unskinned Panax ginseng before it is steamed or otherwise heated and subsequently dried) is one of the most widely used herbal remedies. This systematic review evaluates the current evidence for the effectiveness of red ginseng for treating erectile dysfunction. METHODS:Systematic searches wer...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Jang DJ,Lee MS,Shin BC,Lee YC,Ernst E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To facilitate and improve clinical research within Europe, the European Union (EU) adopted in 2001 the Clinical Trials Directive (EUCTD). The aim of this study was to compare duration between submission of a clinical drug trial application and approval by regulatory authorities in EU countries regulated by EUCTD v...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Lambers Heerspink HJ,Dobre D,Hillege HL,Grobbee DE,de Zeeuw D

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy is recommended for HIV-infected pregnant women to prevent mother-to-child transmission. The specific physiological background induced by pregnancy leads to significant changes in maternal pharmacokinetics, suggesting potential variability in plasma concentrations of antiretrovirals...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Roustit M,Jlaiel M,Leclercq P,Stanke-Labesque F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish whether the SCN1A IVS5-91 G > A polymorphism of the SCN1A gene, which encodes the neuronal sodium channel alpha subunit, affects responsiveness to the antiepileptic drugs (AEDS) carbamazepine and/or phenytoin. METHODS:SCN1A IVS5-91 G > A polymorphism was genotyped in 228 Japanese epileptic patients t...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Abe T,Seo T,Ishitsu T,Nakagawa T,Hori M,Nakagawa K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study reporting of hypoglycaemia in angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) users, and to investigate the possibility of confounding. METHODS:The French pharmacovigilance database was examined for an association between hypoglycaemia and ARBs or other drugs using reports notified between 1996 and 2005. This associa...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Grégoire F,Pariente A,Fourrier-Reglat A,Haramburu F,Bégaud B,Moore N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are believed to be one of the best methods of clinical research because they can minimize systematic errors of various types. Temporal trends in the various aspects of RCTs have been studied in several medical fields (e.g. nephrology, hepatolo...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Falagas ME,Pitsouni EI,Bliziotis IA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Performance-enhancing dietary supplements have not been clinically tested for safety or efficacy. In clinical trials performed under resting conditions, performance-enhancing supplements raise blood pressure and affect glucose homeostasis. The effect of exercise on the pharmacok...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Haller CA,Duan M,Jacob P 3rd,Benowitz N

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Rosiglitazone is able to increase serum adiponectin levels significantly in Type 2 diabetic patients. :The role of genetic factors that determine the marked interindividual variability in glucose-lowering efficacy of rosiglitazone in Chinese patients is not known. The current st...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Sun H,Gong ZC,Yin JY,Liu HL,Liu YZ,Guo ZW,Zhou HH,Wu J,Liu ZQ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Recently, we have shown that the plasma concentration of R-fexofenadine is greater than that of the S-enantiomer. Although itraconazole co-administration is known to increase the bioavailability of a racemic mixture of fexofenadine, little is known about the stereoselective inhi...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Tateishi T,Miura M,Suzuki T,Uno T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maraviroc, a noncompetitive antagonist of the CCR5 coreceptor, was recently approved in the USA as a treatment of HIV infection. For antiretroviral agents that target the virus, antiviral effect can be related to some extent to plasma drug concentrations. For CCR5 antagonists that target the host cells, rece...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Rosario MC,Jacqmin P,Dorr P,James I,Jenkins TM,Abel S,van der Ryst E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:* Only one other study (Becker et al.) has reported on the influence of smoking cessation and smoking resumption on inhaled insulin pharmacokinetics and glucodynamics, concluding that the rapid changes associated with smoking resumption carry the risk for hypoglycaemia and thus ...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Pan AX,de la Peña A,Yeo KP,Chan C,Loh MT,Wise SD,Silverman BL,Muchmore DB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What is already known about this subject? The naturally occurring interlukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) markedly protects rodents against ischaemic, excitotoxic and traumatic brain injury, suggesting it may be of therapeutic value. When administered intravenously to patients soon after stroke, IL-1RA is ...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Gueorguieva I,Clark SR,McMahon CJ,Scarth S,Rothwell NJ,Tyrrell PJ,Hopkins SJ,Rowland M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the reproducibility of the digital pulse wave response to beta(2)-adrenoreceptor stimulation and to determine if an attenuated response to beta(2)-adrenoceptor stimulation is associated with impaired flow mediated dilatation (FMD). METHODS:Subjects (n = 20) with endothelial dysfunction (ED), were compar...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Rambaran C,Jiang B,Ritter JM,Shah A,Kalra L,Chowienczyk PJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:The dominant health economic units upon which new treatment funding decisions are made are the incremental cost per life year gained (LYG) or the cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained. Neither of these units modifies the amount of health gained, by the amount of heal...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Camidge DR,Oliver JJ,Skinner C,Attwood B,Nussey F,Jodrell D,Webb DJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Structured medication interviews improve the medication history upon hospitalization. Pharmacy records are valid lists of the prescribed medications available to individual patients. In Denmark, treating doctors now have access to their patients' pharmacy records through a real-...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Glintborg B,Poulsen HE,Dalhoff KP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:Recent studies on pharmacogenetics of warfarin have implicated apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphisms to influence the vitamin K dependent coagulation cascade and hence the efficacy of warfarin. Studies among Caucasian and African Americans showed a significant but conflicting ro...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Lal S,Sandanaraj E,Jada SR,Kong MC,Lee LH,Goh BC,Lee SC,Chowbay B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Oral L-arginine supplementation has been used in several studies to improve endothelium-dependent, nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasodilation. L-Arginine treatment is hampered by extensive presystemic elimination due to intestinal arginase activity. In contrast, L-citrulline is readily absorbed and at least in part c...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Schwedhelm E,Maas R,Freese R,Jung D,Lukacs Z,Jambrecina A,Spickler W,Schulze F,Böger RH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the relative contribution of intestinal and hepatic CYP3A inhibition to the interaction between the prototypic CYP3A substrate midazolam and clarithromycin in the elderly. METHODS:On day 1, 16 volunteers (eight male, eight female) aged 65-75 years weighing 59-112 kg received simultaneous doses of midazol...

journal_title：British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors： Quinney SK,Haehner BD,Rhoades MB,Lin Z,Gorski JC,Hall SD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00