This content is machine translated Prostate Cancer What is the effect of enzalutamide before chemotherapy? Enzalutamide (Xtandi®) prolongs survival in men whose metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer is progressive after chemotherapy. But is the oral androgen receptor pathway inhibitor also effective in patients who have already…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Concomitant symptoms of cancer therapy What is the risk of xerosis? Many targeted cancer treatments promote the development of dry skin, called xeroderma or xerosis cutis. A meta-analysis now shows how high the incidence and relative risk actually are.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Polypharmacy in geriatric patients Risks and practical aspects of handling multiple medications Polypharmacy is a rapidly growing problem. It mainly affects geriatric patients. Multimorbidity is the most important cause. The dangers are adverse drug reactions, which not infrequently lead to emergency hospitalizations,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Drugs for rare diseases Working together to improve care with sense and understanding There is something cynical about the fact that although orphan drugs (OD) are now available for some rare diseases, they are so expensive that the treating physician hardly knows how…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapeutic treatment of hypertension Field reports from a family practice The following article deals with the opinion that only harmless complaints can be treated with phytotherapy and that synthetic drugs are needed for “real” diseases. Experienced doctors can successfully treat…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher General Internal Medicine Overview of psychotropic drugs and update on anxiety disorders. Psychiatry was also a topic at the Update Refresher General Internal Medicine in Zurich. Thomas Heinsius, MD, of the Psychiatric Polyclinic of the Integrated Psychiatry Winterthur (ipw), gave a broad…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The more drugs, the higher the risk Drug interactions in oncology In bright sunny early spring weather, it was hard to stay in the lightless lecture halls at the 25th Physicians’ Continuing Education Course in Clinical Oncology in St. Gallen, but…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated A herbal first aid kit Well cared for during the vacations with phytotherapy Even the Neolithic Ötzi carried birch spores in his pocket during his stay in the Alps, which probably served as medicine. Modern man also takes precautions against minor ailments when…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pooled analysis of four studies Is a St. John’s wort extract better tolerated than SSRIs? This article is the German abstract of a study [1] published in the journal International Clinical Psychopharmacology. The authors pooled the compatibility data from four studies and evaluated them. They…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 12th Annual Meeting of the SGAMSP Psychotropic drugs in somatic comorbidity: risks and benefits. Psychiatric patients are also hospitalized for somatic disorders, and conversely, patients with primarily somatic disorders often require therapy with psychotropic drugs. Management of affected patients can be aided by good…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Drug Safety Monitor and minimize risk At a media aperitif in Zurich, the topic was drug safety worldwide and in Switzerland. Pharmacovigilance is a strategy to constantly evaluate the benefits and risks of a drug and…
