Medications are used to treat the symptoms of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder (sometimes called manic-depressive illness), anxiety disorders, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Sometimes medications are used with other treatments such as psychotherapy. ...
Alzheimer's disease (AD)is a condition that destroys memory and other processes of the brain. One of the most common medications used to treat AD is a group of medications called cholinesterase inhibitors.Cholinesterase inhibitorsblock the action of acetylcholinesterase, which is an enzyme that affec...
Multiple sclerosismedications are prescribed to treat multiple sclerosis(MS), an autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system (CNS). A large array of medications and therapies are used tomanage multiple sclerosis, which can affect a wide spectrum of neurological functions and cause disab...
The goals of glaucoma therapy for the patient and the physician are ultimately the same ones, but they are often approached from very different perspectives. Most patients with glaucoma visit their ophthalmologist on a regular basis because they understa
However, the pre-defined Intention-To-Treat and Per-Protocol analyses found melatonin is inferior to midazolam in reducing anxiety; with the difference in reduction of anxiety being both clinically meaningful and statistically significant Non-inferiority trials test whether a new treatment is as good ...
Conversely, DMDs like Alemtuzumab, Mitoxantrone, Natalizumab, and IFN-beta have been associated with increased risk of ICH in individuals with MS. Other alternative DMDs used to treat MS, such as Glatiramer acetate, Daclizumab, Teriflunomide, Fingolimod, Rituximab, Siponimod, Dimethyl Fumarate, and ...
(PRN) medication. PRN medication refers to dosages of prescribed medication that are not scheduled, and administration is left to the caregiver or the patient's prerogative. PRN is often added to the prescribed directions for medication used to treat symptoms (e.g., pain/fever, constipation, ...
We used descriptive statistics to characterize the baseline characteristics of the clinic populations. For all analyses, we used an intention-to-treat approach based on the time clinics were intended to cross over from control condition to facilitation. For the primary implementation outcomes and other...
Over the past decade, there has been a surge in the number of mitochondrialactive therapeutics for conditions ranging from cancer to aging. Subcellular targeting interventions can modulate adverse intracellular processes unique to the compartments within the cell. However, there is a dearth of reviews...
to treat her depression. The day before the onset of adverse and chewing-threatening symptoms, the woman used phenytoin to normalize the epileptic seizures she was experiencing. After the patient was admitted to the ward and the necessary examinations were performed, she was shown to have torsade...