This content is machine translated Corona pandemic EMA reviews first COVID-19 vaccine candidate AZD1222, a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford, is under rolling review by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Depression Psychopharmacotherapy of depression – what comes after the SSRI? Patients with moderate or severe depression in particular require pharmacologic intervention. Experience shows that antidepressants have their permanent place in the treatment regime of the disease. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Valerian and lemon balm extract Herbal preparation alleviates subsyndromal ADHD symptoms in school children In an empirical study, positive effects of high-dose combination treatment were demonstrated in elementary school students who did not fully meet the criteria for an ADHD diagnosis but who nevertheless…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Galenic systems Advantages of topical pharmacotherapy Topical pharmacotherapies offer the unique advantage that the products are applied directly to the diseased skin, resulting in local, distinctly direct contact between the product and the affected skin. The…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pain Medicine Challenges and possibilities of therapy with cannabinoids Cannabinoids are becoming increasingly important in medicine. First used to treat nausea and loss of appetite in tumor and HIV patients, they are increasingly being used in certain nephropathies, multiple…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cystitis When going to the toilet becomes a pain! About 50-70% of all women have cystitis at least once a year. Repeated bladder infections occur in approximately 5-10% of cases. Phytotherapeutic preparations based on nasturtium and horseradish can provide…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pain Management Tumor pain – a therapeutic challenge that affects everyone The survival times of malignant patients have increased significantly in recent years due to the improvement of therapy options. However, about one in two patients develops tumor pain in the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Medicinal products containing cannabis Miracle cure or marketing hype? Globally, there is a trend toward increased use of preparations containing cannabis. Indications include pain problems or spasticity in the context of neurological diseases. Adverse effects are strongly dose-dependent.
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy for depression Low risk of interaction with low-hyperforin St. John’s wort St. John’s wort extracts are proven for the treatment of depressive disorders. However, some preparations, by inducing CYP3A4 and P-glycoprotein (ABCB1), lower the plasma levels of other drugs and impair…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Drug reactions From toots and bubbles anaphylaxis The lethality to drug reactions is 10%. Drug allergies and anaphylaxis thus form a complex of topics that must be dealt with urgently in clinics and practices, as the consequences…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Therapeutic Drug Monitoring For which psychotropic drugs are blood level controls useful? Determining blood levels of medications is not only mandatory for some psychotropic drugs, but overall can be very helpful in providing effective therapy. For which preparations may therapeutic drug monitoring…
