Study Shows Major Savings In Supervising TB Care
...front to keep tuberculosis patients on strict drug regimens saves money in the long run. The cost-effective strategy, called directly observed therapy (DOT), cures more people sooner and decreases the risk of developing TB germs resistant to treatment, says Richard E. Chaisson, M.D., associate professor of m...Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
...epartment of Veterans Affairs. "The regimens of diuretic or diuretic plus beta-blocker gave the...dinating Center in Perry Point, Md., divided these regimens into 12 categories and analyzed them. The results were decisive: the regimens of diuretic or diuret......ation ingeneral, and type of antiviral combination regimens specifically, may havecontributed to the observed ...atic increases notedin prescription of combination regimens including protease inhibitors from 2percent in mid-1995 to 82 percent by June 1997. Similarl...First Trimester Screening For Down Syndrome Possible, NICHD-Funded Study Finds
... week of pregnancy--earlier thanprevious screening regimens have permitted, according to a study appearing inthe April 2 New England Journal of Medicine. Currently, screening for Downsyndrome is conducted between the 14th and 16th week of pregnancy. The study, led by James E. Haddow, MD, of the Foun......he authors questioned whethercurrent dexamethasone regimens in premature infants who require ventilatorsupport are potentially more harmful than beneficial. "Additional randomized trials using lower steroid doses or shortercourses and long-term follow-up are needed to determine if steroid treatment ...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
...ducted an economic analysis of different treatment regimens ofantiviral drug combinations among women in Sub-S... $1,445 to $817 depending on whichof the treatment regimens was selected. The relative costs and benefits of these drug treatments are in the same rangeas othe...International Panel Evaluates Testing For Drug Resistance In HIV
...tiation of drug treatment and changes in treatment regimens should beguided by standard measures of the progre... drug resistance evenbefore treatment begins, drug regimens that do not totally suppress viralreplication will probably lead to the proliferation of resistant s...New Guidelines Stress Early Potent Drug Cocktails, Individualized Therapy
...duals with better long-term outcomes. Simpler drug regimens may offergreater compliance and convenience, and more sensitive monitoring of HIV levelsin the blood will allow physicians to detect and react to resistant virusstrains and treatment failures. Despite concern for the emerging side effects of long-ter...Answers To Access, Adherence And Tolerance Of Protease Inhibitors
...ct." The take-home lesson is to optimize treatment regimens for individualpatients and to closely manage side ...es to begiven Thursday, July 2. "While combination regimens containing proteaseinhibitors can dramatically improve outcomes, not all patients who can benefitare...New Survey Finds Physicians Seek More Clarity In MS Diagnosis And Management
...intransition, and by developing specific treatment regimens for this group,experts believe they can give practicing clinicians the tools they need to helpto treat these patients and slow their progression of disease. According to the survey, 40 percent of neurologists believe that thereis a distinct ...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
...arch are clear. "Consider prescribingsimpler drug regimens for busy, middle-aged patients, not for older patients,"says Park. For middle-aged people too busy to take care of their health by remembering totake their medications on time, Park suggests using memory aids like writtenreminders or beeping wristwat...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...ately, he explains. In Levy's view, current drug regimens should be prescribed only for patients whoshow symptoms of HIV infection or whose CD-4 cell counts have droppedsubstantially. CD-4 cells, also called T helper cells, coordinate the overallaction of the human immune system. They are the primary targ...Study Shows Three-Drug "Cocktail" Needed To Keep AIDS Virus Curbed
... in January. Patients receivingthe one or two-drug regimens were returned to the more effective three-drug combination. During maintenance therapy, 23 percent of patients receiving indinavir and 23 percentof those taking zidovudine and lamivudine showed increases in the AIDS virus. Only 4percent of volunteer...Study Finds Less Intensive Treatments May Not Maintain HIV Suppression
Triple-drug treatment regimens appear to be superior to less intensive"maintenanc...r both must have greater virologicpotency than the regimens used in these trials if they are to sustain viralsuppression. It is also possible that longer perio...Hypertension: Getting Pharmacists Involved Can Help
... Pharmacists also reviewed patients' medication regimens and maderecommendations to their physicians about less expensive or better formulations. Overall, 55 percent of those who saw a consultant pharmacist achievedblood pressure control, compared with 20 percent of those who received medicalcare al......responsive to TALL-104 cells, and to testtreatment regimens that would be most beneficial to patients. They also arelooking at ways of increasing the cells' ability to target specific tumors. The Phase I clinical trial on women with breast cancer is being funded by theU.S. Army Breast Cancer Research Progr......ents are unable to receive the extremely intensive regimens ofchemotherapy that they need. The findings, which will be presented at the American Society of Hematologymeeting in Miami on Monday, Dec. 7, indicate that TPO helps mobilize stem cellsfor collection when used in conjunction with G-CSF, according to ...Reassuring Findings About Infants Exposed To Zidovudine
...dation is totreat HIV-infected pregnant women with regimens that include AZT to preventperinatal HIV transmission," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Although these findings are reassuring," he adds, "we need to continue tomonitor these children for long-term adverse effects of the drug." Theinvest...'Silent' HIV Infection Lasts A Lifetime
.... The study patients, whokept to their strict drug regimens under supervision from physicians at theJohns Hopkins Moore HIV Clinic, all had undetectable levels of HIV in theirblood and no signs of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). "The good news is that patients who comply with their therapy...UCSF-Harvard Team Reports Encouraging Results In Drug Study Of Mice With Cancer
...ge of cancer in mousemodels, and to develop dosing regimens that are fine-tuned to target thesespecific stages of disease progression." The ultimate question, of course, the researchers emphasized, is whether thedrugs will have similar effects in humans, and the answer is presently unknown.The researchers con...