Cockroach allergens have greatest impact on childhood asthma in many US cities
...days, and number of times they had to slow down or discontinue their play activity," said Gruchalla. While cockroaches are primarily attracted to water sources and food debris, house dust mites, microscopic spider-like creatures that feed on flakes of human skin, reside in bedding, carpets, upholstery, draperies...Study finds women hesitant to take tamoxifen as preventive measure
... their decision may lead some women to prematurely discontinue treatment, and underscored the need for more patient education and improved physician-patient communication to help women make more informed decisions, according to Bober. "This study highlights the complexity of making important medical decisions, a...Decision to take tamoxifen difficult for many women
... their decision may lead some women to prematurely discontinue treatment, and underscored the need to help women make informed decisions. "This study highlights the complexity of making important medical decisions, and underscores the need for improved patient-physician communication to help patients weigh t...Impaired neuromotor function following cancer treatment can improve
...ar as patients continue to recover and are able to discontinue medications. "The results of this study have important implications for physicians and patients when they have choices about treatments for these diseases. The most immediate value is for patients and their families to know what they can expect after...Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces macugen data on treating macular degeneration
...reafter patients were re-randomized to continue or discontinue treatment for a further year. The second year of the study, which included 1053 patients, was designed to investigate the need for continued chronic treatment beyond one year and to establish the safety of longer term treatment. ...Patients not sticking to cholesterol drugs -- and the higher their co-pay, the lower their use
...o-pay was $20 or over were four times as likely to discontinue as those who paid less than $10, and even those whose co-pay was between $10 and $20 were somewhat more likely to stop. Half of those who paid $20 or more a month stopped taking statins within a year of their first prescription, while those who had a...Drug holds promise as an alternative for sickle cell patients unable to tolerate standard treatment
...ymptoms, and the remaining patients were forced to discontinue use of hydroxyurea due to complications. Decitabine was administered at relatively low doses of 0.2 mg/kg one to three times per week in two six-week cycles, with a two-week interval between cycles. The drug was administered subcutaneously in the thi...Aspirin withdrawal may pose risk to coronary patients
... to all medical professionals that the decision to discontinue aspirin therapy should not be taken lightly," said Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians....Investigational drug may protect cancer and AIDS patients from side effects of pain relief therapy
...on, which can be so distressing that many patients discontinue their pain medication. Methylnaltrexone was invented to solve this problem by the late Leon Goldberg, a University of Chicago pharmacologist. To help a dying friend with morphine-induced constipation, Goldberg took naltrexone, an established drug th...Prescription drug utilization reviews are less than useful
...es but is nonetheless harmful, or if they abruptly discontinue drugs that should be tapered slowly, which can often have harmful effects. "Despite their cost, and the enormous amount of energy devoted by the well-intentioned professionals who run these programs, the current model simply does not seem to work....UCLA scientists invent search-and-destroy method to flush HIV out of hiding places in body
...cessful, it may enable HIV-infected individuals to discontinue costly and complex antiretroviral therapy, which c... all latent HIV, the patient may be able to safely discontinue antiretroviral therapy." In another possible scenario, physicians might first administer a therapeut...Substantial increase in breast cancer risk from combination hormone replacement therapy
... age in the western population. This group should discontinue HRT use as soon as possible. Discontinuing HRT should be suggested in as supportive a way as possible, because no one will benefit from panic or over-reaction: general practitioners need to use the opportunities arising from their regular contacts wi...Comparison of HRTs finds progesteron
...nacceptable bleeding is the reason that most women discontinue HRT during the first year of therapy. Estrogen plus MP is a different combination therapy than estrogen plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the most widely-used HRT. Continuous estrogen plus MPA was used in the Women's Health Initiative study w...Stanford researchers test drug to fight depression faster in elderly
...at caused 26 percent of those taking paroxetine to discontinue the trial compared with 15 percent of those on mirtazapine. During an extended eight-week phase after the initial trial, the two drugs remained equally effective. Schatzberg said mirtazapine is also effective more quickly than SSRIs in younge...FDA approves Avapro for treatment of diabetic kidney disease in people with high blood pressure
... as soon as pregnancy is detected, patients should discontinue Avapro therapy (see boxed WARNING regarding Use in Pregnancy in full prescribing information). In earlier clinical hypertension trials, there were no significant differences in adverse events between Avapro and placebo. Adverse events that occurred ...Infliximab could offer long-term benefits to people with Crohns disease
...Patients given infliximab were also more likely to discontinue use of steroids compared with those given placebo. Stephen Hanauer comments: This study was important to demonstrate a sustained response to maintenance treatment with infliximab in Crohns disease, similar to the results with maintenance treatment fo...New hope for treating or avoiding heart failure after cancer drugs
...diologists. It can permit oncologists to modify or discontinue a regimen or shift patients towards a less cardiotoxic schedule. It could also allow cardiologists to support cardiac function or to prevent heart dysfunction with cardioprotective agents or cardiovascular therapy." The Danish team, lead by Dr Benny ...New study says people take mental stress to heart
...table angina, neurological disease, were unable to discontinue medications that influence cardiac function, or had undergone coronary surgery or angioplasty. An exercise stress test, radionuclide imaging of the heart and a psychological stress test were conducted at the start of the study. In the psychological ...First IBIS results show tamoxifen reduces breast cancer in healthy high-risk women
...fen arm. Thus, it would seem a wise precaution to discontinue tamoxifen before any major surgery, to ensure that appropriate anti-clotting treatments are provided during surgery and not to recommence tamoxifen until at least one month after surgery. Similar precautions would also be appropriate for women who b...