Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics 1996 - Abstracts

Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics 1996
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Acarbose for diabetes mellitus.Health 
Acetaminophen, NSAIDS and alcohol.(nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)Health 
Acute reactions to drugs of abuse.Health 
Advice for travelers.(includes table with related information)Health 
Alteplase for thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke.Health 
Anastrozole for metastatic breast cancer.Health 
A topical prostaglandin for glaucoma.Health 
Azelaic acid - a new topical drug for acne.Health 
Bicalutamide for prostate cancer.Health 
Bone densitometry.Health 
Calcium supplements.(includes calcium contents of selected foods)Health 
Cefepime (Maxipime) - a new parenteral cephalosporin.Health 
Ceftibuten - a new oral cephalosporin.(Cedax - Schering)Health 
Cetirizine - a new antihistamine.(Zyrtec - Pfizer)Health 
Chlorzoxazone hepatotoxicity.Health 
Choice of lipid-lowering drugs.Health 
Clarithromycin and omeprazole for Helicobacter pylori.Health 
Clonidine for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Health 
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).(adrenal androgen)Health 
Dexfenfluramine for obesity.Health 
Docetaxel (Taxotere) for advanced breast cancer.Health 
Drugs for cardiac arrythmias.Health 
Drugs for chronic heart failure.Health 
Drugs past their expiration date.Health 
Epoprostenol for primary pulmonary hypertension.Health 
Fexofenadine.Health 
Fluticasone propionate for chronic asthma.Health 
Gemcitabine for treatment of pancreatic cancer.Health 
Glimepiride for NIDDM. (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus)Health 
Hypnotic drugs.Health 
Ibutilide.(brand name Corvert, produced by Pharmacia & Upjohn)Health 
Influenza vaccine, 1996-1997.Health 
Interferon beta-1a for relapsing multiple sclerosis.Health 
Itraconazole for onychomycosis.Health 
Lispro, a rapid-onset insulin.Health 
Meropenem - a new parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotic.Health 
Methotrexate and misoprostol for abortion.Health 
Mirtazapine - a new antidepressant.Health 
New drugs for HIV infection.(stavudine, lamivudine, saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir)Health 
New drugs for osteoporosis.Health 
New uses of thalidomide.Health 
Nisoldipine - a new calcium channel blocker for hypertension.(includes related table of calcium channel blockers)Health 
Pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease.Health 
Radiofrequency catheter ablation for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.Health 
Rho(D) immune globulin IV for prevention of Rh isoimmunization and for treatment of ITP.(Rhesus)(immune thrombocytopenic purpura)Health 
Simethicone for gastrointestinal gas.Health 
Sodium phenylbutyrate for urea cycle enzyme deficiencies.Health 
Systemic antifungal drugs.Health 
Terbinafine for onychomycosis.Health 
Testosterone patches for hypogonadism.Health 
The choice of antibacterial drugs.Health 
The prostratron: microwaves for benign prostatic hyperplasia.Health 
Topotecan hydrochloride for metastatic ovarian cancer.Health 
Trandolapril: an ACE inhibitor for treatment of hypertension.(angiotensin-converting-enzyme)Health 
Umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplantation.Health 
Valacyclovir.Health 
Zafirlukast for asthma.Health 
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