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Postoperative histological Crohn’s disease recurrence less common with …
Healio Patients with Crohn’s disease treated with ileocolonic resection experienced fewer incidents of histological recurrence when treated with infliximab compared with azathioprine in a recent study. In an open-label, prospective pilot study, researchers … |
Post-Transplant and Off Drugs, HIV Patients Are Apparently Virus-FreeNew York Times (blog)But runaway graft-versus-host disease can be fatal, so the two patients were intermittently on and off immunosuppressive drugs and steroids to control it. One imm…
Infliximab salvage therapy more effective than cyclosporine in acute severe …HealioParticipants received salvage therapy with either cyclosporine (n=45) or infliximab (n=38), with total colectomy recommended when nonresponse occurred. Two cyclosporin…
Are steroids for eczema safe during pregnancy?OnlymyhealthTherefore, if eczema remains poorly controlled despite optimal first line treatment and ultraviolet B is ineffective or contraindicated, topical calcineurin inhibitors may be considered after ap…
Skin cream horror storyNew Zealand HeraldHe prescribed six prednisone tablets and a hydrocortisone cream – and asked for the name of the products that had so disfigured me. A Google search revealed that this particular skincare range had affected other…
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Positive Results Of 3002 Study: LCP-Tacro
Science 2.0 Veloxis Pharmaceuticals announced that LCP-Tacro successfully demonstrated non-inferiority compared to tacrolimus (Prograf®; Astellas Pharma) in its Phase III clinical trial, Study 3002. The Phase III randomized, double-blind and double-dummy study in … |
UPI.comShots found to work best in treating allergiesUPI.comPhysicians can prescribe different topical nasal sprays, including anti-inflammatory corticosteroids, antihistamines, and sprays combining corticosteroids and antihistamines, Khan said. These …
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Federal Circuit Begins its Campaign for Patent Clarity
Patently-O Here, the court noted that the rapamycin definition includes “tens of thousands” of candidate molecules and the specification “is silent about how to structurally modify sirolimus. Undue experimentation: For its part, Wyeth argued that a lab tech with … |
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New Asthma treatment available at UF Health
WJXT Jacksonville Specialists at the University of Florida Division of Pulmonary Medicine say Bronchial thermoplasty with the Alair® System is used to treat severe, persistent asthma in patients 18 years and older whose asthma is not well controlled with inhaled … |
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Lance Armstrong: ‘Impossible’ to win Tour de France without doping
USA TODAY Armstrong’s interview with Le Monde was surprising on many levels, not least because of his long-antagonistic relationship with the respected French daily that first reported in 1999 that corticosteroids were found in the American’s urine as he was … |