FDA approves Adderall XR (R) to treat ADHD in adults
...pivotal trial of 248 adult patients. ADDERALL XR, dosed once-daily, demonstrated significant control of ADHD symptoms at week one, the first evaluation period, and maintained this significant improvement throughout the four-week study. The primary measurement of symptom control was the ADHD Rating Scale ......roduct combining two HIV medicines into one tablet dosed once a day (QD) with no food or fluid requirements...ce of EPZICOM with the medicines EPIVIR and ZIAGEN dosed separately. CNA30021, which demonstrated comparable efficacy between 300mg ZIAGEN dosed BID and 600m...Placebo-controlled clinical trials put children with asthma at risk
...hat new treatments are effective and appropriately dosed for children of all ages. But the researchers noted that only one of 52 studies involving children and adults analyzed the effects of the experimental medication on the pediatric subjects. "The goal of the policies is to place some children at r...Lexapro receives FDA approval for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder
...per day for the first four weeks and then flexibly dosed to a maximum of 20 mg per day. The Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) total score was the primary efficacy variable, and secondary efficacy measures included changes in HAMA psychic anxiety subscale and Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) scores. In each ...FDA approves new HIV protease inhibitor, Lexiva (TM)
...al therapy (ART)-nave HIV patients. Lexiva may be dosed three different ways: 1) two 700mg tablets twice daily (BID), 2) two 700mg tablets once daily (QD) in combination with two 100mg capsules of ritonavir QD (Lexiva/r QD), or 3) one 700mg tablet BID in combination with one 100mg capsule of ritonavir ...Pharmacokinetic data presented at ICAAC on investigational HIV protease inhibitor 433908 (908)
...der review by the FDA as an HIV protease inhibitor dosed once daily (when boosted with ritonavir) or twice ...ly (boosted or unboosted). 908 is designed to be dosed in four tablets per day, with no food or water restrictions," said Doug Manion, M.D., vice president...Study assessing once daily Abacavir (ABC) in a once daily ART regimen
...al drugs that have now received FDA approval to be dosed once a day, but because of drug interactions or fo... and physicians. Epivir is already approved to be dosed once a day and the data from the two studies being presented at ICAAC this week provide additional i...48-week results for the SOLO trial comparing GW433908/r QD to nelfinavir BID
... the potency, durability and tolerability of 908/r dosed once a day with four pills in therapy nave patient...bel trial in PI-experienced subjects assessing 908 dosed at 700 mg BID in combination with 100 mg ritonavir (RTV), or 908 at 1400 mg QD in combination with 2...Multiple characteristics of HAART affect adherence
...ristics of a regimen would include two small pills dosed at the same time each day with no food requirements or restrictions, an acceptable adverse event profile, and one prescription refilled monthly with one co-pay. "The PASPORT Survey supports research documenting that multiple factors impact a patients...Children's Hospital Boston releases results at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting
... that children can take and have not been properly dosed for children. Personal protection equipment that would need to be worn by health care providers in the event of an attack would greatly impede the handling of small children. Because children spend most of their day in school, and schools are potent...Survey reveals needs of glaucoma patients across Europe
...-a-day treatment. Seventy-two percent of patients dosed more than once per day would prefer to take their medication once a day. In addition, 77 percent of patients would prefer to have both/all of their glaucoma eye drops in a single drop, if they had a choice. "The survey clearly show that ophthalmolog...ARICEPT better tolerated than Exelon in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers disease
...her ARICEPT or Exelon for 12 weeks. Patients were dosed according to the approved product labeling for each medication. Patients in the ARICEPT study arm received 5 mg once daily for 4 weeks and 10 mg once daily thereafter, if tolerated. Patients in the Exelon study arm received 1.5 mg twice daily for...Bristol-Meyers Squibb submits NDA for new formulation of once daily videx(R)(didanosine)
...e pill burden from two tablets to a single capsule dosed once a day. "Guided by our mission to extend and enhance human life, Bristol-Myers Squibb has been a leader in the search to find effective therapies for HIV/AIDS for more than a decade," said Rick Winningham, President, Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncolog...