The management of edema that develops in the course of intrinsic renal disease is challenging and often unsuccessful. As with other difficult-to-treat syndromes, a common error is to overtreat. This is another circumstance in which treatment is prescribed for the needs of the physician, not the...
Furosemide on-body infusor (Furoscix) may be used to treat congestion due to fluid overload in adults with chronic heart failure (HF), regardless of how severe it is. Furoscix should not be used for emergencies or in patients with acute pulmonary edema. ...
Aldactone also treats fluid retention (edema) in people with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, or a kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome.Aldactone is also used to diagnose or treat a condition in which you have too much aldosterone in your body. Aldosterone is a hormone ...
After using lixisenatide to treat 6068 T2DM patients with recent coronary events, the ELIXA (Evaluation of Lixisenatide in Acute Coronary Syndrome) trial (NCT01147250) found that lixisenatide could slow down the progression of UACR in patients who have massive albuminuria, reduce the probability of ...
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is another area where PKa inhibitors are being extensively researched. Studies in DME patients have shown that PKa levels in the vitreous are more elevated than vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels are, and this difference is thought to contribute to the ...
Dr. Nir Barzilai has been taking the diabetes drug metformin off label to treat aging. Courtesy of Nir Barzilai Targeting undead cells Dozens of biotechs want to be the first to realize that promise through drugs called senolytics. In certain diseases, these pharmaceuticals can clear out toxic,...
Diabetes is a chronic disease,and needs lifelong treatment.The traditional antidiabetic drugs have their limitations.Sulfonylureas and insulin can increase body weight and induces hypoglycemia.Metformin and a-glycosidase inhibitors result in gastrointestinal reactions.Thiazolidinediones cause edema and weight gai...
design of new anticancer drugs. Many attempts have been made to discover the pathway in which the polymerase η is involved. For example, this enzyme can perform translesion DNA synthesis, even in the presence of cisplatin adducts7,8. As the therapeutic drug, Cytarabine is used to treat acute...
Be sure to contact your doctor right away if you have a rapid or unexplained weight gain or fluid retention (edema), nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or lack of energy when using Truxima, as you may need immediate medical care. Continue reading Is Truxima a chemotherapy drug? Truxima (rituximab...
HCTZ is used to treatfluid retention (edema)in people with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, or kidney disorders, or edema caused by taking steroids or estrogen. HCTZ is also used to treathigh blood pressure (hypertension). ...