MedscapePentoxifylline added to prednisolone did not improve survival in patients with …HealioPatients with severe alcoholic hepatitis failed to experience improved 6-month survival when taking pentoxifylline in combination with prednisolone compared…
Combination therapy for severe alcoholic hepatitis does not result in improved …EurekAlert (press release)Four weeks of treatment with a combination of the drug pentoxifylline and the corticosteroid prednisolone did not improve 6-month survival compa…
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Vanderbilt’s PREDICT Program Adds PGx Testing for Transplant Rejection Drug
GenomeWeb Since adding a new immunosuppressive drug, called tacrolimus, to its pharmacogenetics program earlier this year, Vanderbilt University’s doctors have used the school’s electronic medical records to identify several thousand patients who harbor gene … |
Topical corticosteroids OK during pregnancyModernMedicinePregnant women can use topical corticosteroids for short periods of time and in normal doses without posing a risk to the fetus, recent research suggests. Researchers with Far East Memorial Hospi…
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Doctor Tipster Although there is no cure, there is treatment to relieve symptoms, which consists of bronchodilators, oral corticosteroids, oral leukotriene antagonists and mast cell stabilizers; it must be said that these drugs are classified into fast -acting and … Scientists focusing on severe asthmaIrish Health Severe asthma ‘less responsive to steroid preventer treatment’WebMD.Boots.com |
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Topical Corticosteroid Use in Pregnancy Reassuring
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) – Topical maternal exposure to corticosteroids during pregnancy is not associated with orofacial cleft, preterm delivery, fetal death, low Apgar score, and mode of delivery, however, low birth weight does correlate with increasing … |
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New Data Provides Insights into the Prophylaxis of Organ Rejection and …
PR Newswire UK (press release) New data presented at the 16th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) demonstrate that in liver transplant patients, initiating ADVAGRAF™ prolonged-release capsules (tacrolimus) therapy immediately post transplant, at a dose … |
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Topical Corticosteroids Likely Safe During Pregnancy
Ivanhoe (Ivanhoe Newswire) –A recent study has confirmed that the use of topical corticosteroids by pregnant women does not appear to be associated with pregnancy outcomes including orofacial cleft, low birth weight, preterm delivery, fetal death, low Apgar … |
Toronto StarDrug Cocktail That Protects Monkeys From Deadly Virus May Aid HumansNew York TimesThere is no recommended treatment, although patients are often put on ventilators and given corticosteroids to fight inflammation in their lungs and other sup…
OncLiveRugo Offers Window Into Evolving Views of ER-Positive DiseaseOncLiveSo, we followed up with a phase II neoadjuvant trial, Study 22222, of letrozole with or without everolimus, and saw a benefit from the addition of everolimus: a decrease in Ki67…