Stopping statins may cause rebound that triples risk of death
...specific protocol suggesting hospitalized patients discontinue statin drugs, so physicians either assumed that statins were no longer beneficial or they simply forgot to continue it.Statins are a family of drugs known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. They have proven very effective at reducing the risk of death...Drug-free therapy gives patients reprieve from panic disorder
...e behavior skills necessary to discontinue taking the drugs," he said. The prognosis is good for people who want to try CBT, Schmidt said. "Patients are more likely to complete a trial of behavior therapy than t...7-day-on, 7-day-off regimen could reduce cost, toxicities of HIV therapy
...en of anti-HIV therapy to a strategy in which they discontinue and then resume anti-HIV therapy in a pre-planned, cyclic fashion. This approach is known as "structured intermittent therapy." In the NIAID study, 10 patients received repeated "on-off" cycles of therapy: seven days of treatment with potent combi...New study highlights impact of bipolar disorder on society
...h severe side effects that often cause patients to discontinue therapy. Their symptoms then re-emerge, putting their lives at risk. "A manic episode is one of the distressing, debilitating conditions of the disorder, and can lead to very harmful consequences for patients and those around them," comments Profes...Lower dose hormone replacement therapy just as effective as often prescribed doses
... lower doses. Bleeding is a major reason why women discontinue HRT, Pinkerton said....... patients experiencing toxicity, 23 percent had to discontinue anti-HIV therapy. Of all deaths during the study p...xperienced toxicity while taking nevirapine had to discontinue their drug regimens. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects nearly 1 in 4 in the United States Cur......ealth and quality of life, which can force them to discontinue dialysis in the middle of their treatment," Perazella said. "This can increase the risk of infections and prolonged bleeding, and can even cause premature death. These data found that midodrine can reduce the symptoms associated with abnormally low b......emanding job, as many as 50 percent of RA patients discontinue working after 10 years of onset, increasing to 90 percent with longer disease duration. One out of every 100 Americans -- more than 2.1 million -- has RA, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIA...Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
...should be on catheters. "The best prevention is to discontinue catheter use as soon as possible, and that may mean prompting the physician to check catheter status and justification often," Saint explains. "The placement and continuation of an unnecessary catheter has potentially serious consequences and thus je...Novartis receives FDA approval for LESCOL XL 80 mg
... at three or more times the upper limit of normal, discontinue LESCOL or LESCOL XL. Treatment with LESCOL and LESCOL XL should be discontinued if myopathy or rhabdomyolysis are diagnosed or suspected. The effect of LESCOL or LESCOL XL on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality has not been determined....Mechanism found behind drug-free acceptance of transplants
... foreign organ. When patients discontinue their regimen of immunosuppressants, the majority of them rapidly lose function of their transplants or grafts. In a small number of such patients, however, the transplants continue to work ...New publisher announced for Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The American Chemical Society will discontinue its joint publishing arrangement for the Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, effective on December 31, 1999, it was announced today. The AmericanPharmaceutical Association, which established this journal in 1927 and has published it jointly withACS s...Anti-HIV treatment improves immune system and fights sight-threatening eye infection
...n on standard anti-CMV therapy and in patients who discontinue anti-CMV therapy. The cause of the inflammation is not clear and requires further study." HAART is a cocktail of anti-HIV drugs, each having varying costs and side effects. The specific regimen - which can include at least one protease inhibitor and...Treatments reduce strep-triggered symptoms of OCD and tics in some children
...pulsivedisorder. A few children were even able to discontinue all psychotropicmedications after treatment," Dr. Swedo said. "The study does not, however,support using PEX and IVIG for all cases of tics or OCD. Nor does it suggestthat all children with untreated strep infections will get OCD, tics, orTourette ...Double transplant frees patient from need for immunosuppressive drugs
...in a transplant recipient, enabling the patient to discontinue drugtreatment without rejecting a transplanted kidney. The patient, a woman who developed kidney failure as a result of a cancer of thebone marrow called multiple myleoma, received both a kidney transplant and bonemarrow transplant from her sister ......uccessful angioplastyand which patients can safely discontinue these drugs." Gamma Knife A Good Alternative to Surgery for Many Brain Problems A recent study from Mayo Clinic shows that gamma knife surgery is successful intreating patients with a wide variety of brain disorders. In patients withbenign tumors...Campaign Targets Oral Complications Of Cancer Treatment
...r drugs, may postpone scheduled treatments, or may discontinue treatment entirely. Oral side effects can also be the source of systemic infections that may interfere with cancer therapy and even threaten patient survival. A dental evaluation and medically necessary oral care before cancer therapy, as well as ...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
...onot fill their first prescription, and most discontinue treatmentprematurely, he said. "If you respond positively to sertraline but discontinue treatment, youhave an extremely high likelihood of relapse and developing full blown episodeso...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...ose already providing it would be less inclined to discontinue thebenefit. Today, about one-third of the work force is uninsured or experiences disruptionsin coverage. "More alarming yet, three-quarters of the currently or recentlyuninsured are members of families containing a full-time or part-time worker,"sa......twomen did not find these events serious enough to discontinue therapy. A rarebut serious side effect is blood clots in the veins, which occurred in clinicaltrials at a rate similar to that reported in women receiving long term estrogenreplacement therapy. Evista is contraindicated in women who are or may become...