NICE approves asthma treatment for childrenOnMedicaIt may be used as an add-on treatment by people who have needed at least four courses of oral corticosteroids for their asthma in the previous year, despite receiving optimised standard therapy, includ…
Spring safety: Be prepared for common dangersThe TennesseanA hydrocortisone cream or calamine lotion can help ease the pain, as can ibuprofen. Take an over-the-counter antihistamine to reduce itching and swelling. Keep these from happening by avoiding …
Sirolimus effective in treating children with Pretzel syndrome, new study reportsNews-Medical.netWhen five children, ranging from 8 months old to nearly 5 years old, were given doses of a drug that inhibits mTOR, the drug Sirolimus (rapamycin) signific…
RCI proposes harsh penalties for repeat drug offendersDaily Racing Form… for the vast majority of U.S. medication violations, but nearly all of those are violations are overages of commonly used therapeutic medications such as phenylbutazone, the pai…
Intractable seizures halted with experimental treatment for rare pediatric …Science Daily (press release)When five children, ranging from 8 months old to nearly 5 years old, were given doses of a drug that inhibits mTOR, the drug Sirolimus (rapamycin…
Philly.comResearchers report preventing seizures in rare form of epilepsy – Philly.comPhilly.comWhen researchers removed STRADA from cells in a petri dish, they grew out of control. When they did the same in fetal mouse brains, the mice developed malfo…
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Lupus Drugs in Pregnancy Won’t Harm Offspring – MedPage Today
MedPage Today Among nearly 300 children whose mothers had lupus, a total of 14% had been hospitalized for serious infections, and of those hospitalized, 38% had been exposed in utero to azathioprine compared with 62% who had not been exposed, according to Mary … |
Pre-clinical results on naproxcinod in models of muscular dystrophyPharmacy EuropeThree doses of naproxcinod (10, 21 and 41mg/kg) were given orally to four-week-old mdx mice (a reference model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, DMD) for nine months and c…
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Nanogels to attack lupus: an interview with Dr Look and Dr Fahmy, Yale University
News-Medical.net The most commonly used drugs are mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, all of which inhibit immune cell proliferation. Corticosteroids may also be administered to treat inflammation. More recently, a biologic called “Benlysta … |
Xolair gains final NICE approvalPharmaTimesIt is to be used as an add-on to optimised standard therapy for those people who need continuous or frequent treatment with oral corticosteroids (defined as four or more courses in the previous year). NICE had…