This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease BRIVARACT II study on opicapone Purpose: A large proportion of patients with Mb. Parkinson’s disease experiences fluctuations in the effect of levodopa therapy during the course of the disease.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Alcohol dependence High-Dose Baclofen Treatment Purpose: Few medications are approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence. Is drug therapy with baclofen in the high-dose range a suitable alternative?
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Efficacy analysis vortioxetine Major depression and anxiety symptoms Background: Anxiety disorders are a common comorbidity of depression. A comorbidity of depression and anxiety is more difficult to treat than depression alone.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines help with various complaints Phytotherapy in geriatrics One might assume that diseases in old age can only be treated with synthetic drugs, since the typical diseases in this last stage of life are often considerable and have…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Side effect profile of new oncological therapies Skin toxicity and alopecia Oncological therapies are undergoing rapid development, resulting in the availability of a large number of new substances that need to be characterized not only in terms of their potential uses…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated After the heart attack What medication does the patient need? Heart attack patients should receive aspirin 100 mg and the maximum tolerated statin dose for life. Regardless of the type of revascularization, all myocardial infarction patients should take a P2Y12 inhibitor…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated CDK4/6 inhibitors New class of drugs for breast cancer Adding the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib to letrozole improved progression-free survival in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer, researchers reported at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated New studies with evidence of further effects There is more in ginseng and rose root Medicinal plants with an effect against stress-related symptoms are called adaptogens in phytotherapy or complementary medicine. Rose root and ginseng are the classic representatives of this class of medicinal plants.…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Anxiety disorders Guideline-based therapy Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, they are often diagnosed and treated years later. Exclusion of physical disease consisting of at least a detailed history, laboratory,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Sentinel function of the P-glycoprotein The ABCB1 test for optimizing therapy with antidepressants Overcoming the blood-brain barrier is an important prerequisite for the efficacy of antidepressants. The essential component of the blood-brain barrier is the P-glycoprotein, which is encoded by the ABCB1 gene…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hope through rituximab? Purpose: Does immunomodulatory therapy with rituximab (Mabthera®) lead to sustained symptom improvement in patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)?
