chapter 24 Expert Column - What Every PCP Should Know: Over-the-Counter Insomnia Treatments

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Expert Column - What Every PCP Should Know: Over-the-Counter Insomnia Treatments CME

Disclosures

Irina V. Zhdanova, MD, PhD

Introduction

According to various estimates, 15% to 40% of the general population suffer from transient, short-term, or chronic insomnia associated with subjective complaints of prolonged sleep latency, frequent nighttime awakenings, long periods of nighttime wakefulness, or early-morning awakening.[1,2] Because altered nighttime sleep leads to daytime fatigue and sleepiness, any type of insomnia negatively affects mood and performance, and thus increases the risk of accidents and health problems, including major depression.

Although some insomniacs consistently seek and follow medical advice in addressing their sleep problems and use prescribed therapy (pharmacologic, circadian, behavioral, or cognitive), many choose over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aids in an attempt to shorten latency to sleep or promote nighttime sleep maintenance. A rationale for using OTC sleep aids may differ; some are searching for a "quick fix" with a readily available medication, and others have found conventional hypnotics to be ineffective or their side effects intolerable. Many are also attracted by a label "dietary supplement," which is often perceived as a safer or more natural alternative to drugs.

It is critically important to know whether your patient suffers from insomnia and, if so, which medications he or she is using to combat it. The major categories of OTC sleep medications widely available in stores, pharmacies, and on the Web include antihistamines as well as hormonal and herbal preparations. In addition, some insomniacs use ethanol or marijuana as a sedative despite the disadvantages, such as dependence. OTC preparations also are frequently used in combination, which is likely to amplify both their sleep-promoting and adverse effects.

Antihistamines

First-generation antihistamines (eg, diphenhydramine, brompheniramine, or chlorpheniramine) have been used to treat allergies for a number of years and are available without prescription. However, they can also induce sedation via central antihistaminergic and anticholinergic mechanisms,[3,4] and this effect is widely exploited.

A number of clinical studies have addressed the dose- and time-dependent properties of antihistamines and found both subjective and objective changes in sleepiness, sleep, and psychomotor performance associated with the reduction in latency to sleep onset or increase in sleep duration.[5-8] Although previous studies tended to support the use of this class of drugs to treat occasional mild-to-moderate insomnia,[9,10] more recent opinions of sleep specialists have shifted strongly against this practice.[11]

The major reason for limiting the use of antihistamines for treating insomnia is their multiple side effects, including changes in sleep architecture, notably a reduction in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep caused by their anticholinergic effects; a reduction in cognitive functions;[12] day-after sedation; an increased risk of accidents;[13] the development of tolerance;[14] and interference with other medications. The side effects of antihistamines appear to be especially risky for elderly patients, almost 50% of whom use sleep medications occasionally or on a regular basis and who often choose OTC sleep aids.[15]Adverse Effects of Diphenhydramine

A recent study, involving 1627 individuals aged 65 and over, found that between 1989 and 1996 the use of prescription sedative-hypnotics (primarily benzodiazepines) rose from 1.8% to 3.1%, whereas OTC sedative-hypnotic use (primarily diphenhydramine) increased from .4% to 7.6%, and reached 8.17% by 1998.[16] This study also highlighted a significant association of diphenhydramine use and cognitive impairment in elderly individuals without dementia.

In a Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) hospital study, 114 (27%) of 426 hospitalized medical patients aged 70 years or older received diphenhydramine during hospitalization.[17] Although at baseline these patients demonstrated similar characteristics (age, sex, delirium risk, and Mini-Mental State Examination scores) to those of patients who did not receive diphenhydramine, the ones who received diphenhydramine showed a significantly greater risk for delirium symptoms, disorganized speech, and altered consciousness during hospitalization. A diphenhydramine dose-response relationship was demonstrated for most adverse outcomes.

In view of the antihistamine-induced side effects, it is especially disturbing that a large number of OTC preparations contain diphenhydramine under a score of brand names,* which can confuse patients. Furthermore, many OTC medications include diphenhydramine as a second active ingredient (eg, Tylenol PM, Aspirin PM, Acetaminophen PM, Alka-Seltzer Plus, etc). Typical doses of diphenhydramine in these preparations are 25-50 mg per tablet or capsule, and, in most cases, 2 tablets are the recommended dose, 3-4 times per day. Syrup, elixir, spray, cream, and gel forms of diphenhydramine are also widely available.

The Swiss Toxicological Information Centre has recently studied the dose-dependent toxicity of diphenhydramine in 282 patients with acute diphenhydramine poisoning.[18] They found that mild toxicity symptoms (somnolence, anticholinergic signs, tachycardia, and nausea/vomiting) accounted for 55% to 64% of the cases and were associated with doses under 300 mg. Moderate symptoms (isolated and spontaneously resolving agitation, confusion, hallucinations, and electrocardiogram disturbances) were documented in 22% to 27% of those who ingested more than 300 mg of diphenhydramine. Severe symptoms (delirium/psychosis, seizures, and coma) manifested in 14% to 18% of the patients after ingestion of nearly 1 g of the drug. Thus, combining several tablets of an OTC "cold" medication with a topical cream for allergy could place a patient at health risk.

Recognizing the complexities of the OTC antihistamine market, in 2002 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that drug products containing diphenhydramine should carry warnings, advising consumers not to use oral OTC diphenhydramine products with any other product containing diphenhydramine, including products used topically.[19] Overall, occasional use of low-dose antihistamines for acute sedation may be relatively safe, but using them frequently to control sleep is not a good idea.

*40 Winks, Aid to Sleep, Aler-Dryl, Allergia-C, Allergy Medicine Antihistamine, AllerMax, Altaryl, Anti-Histamine, Antihist, Antihistamine, Antihistamine Allergy, Antituss, Banaril, Banophen, Beldin, Belix, Benadryl, Benadryl Allergy, Benadryl DF, Benadryl Dye-Free Allergy, Benadryl Ultratab, Benahist-10, Benahist-50, Benoject-50, Bydramine, Calm-Aid, Child Allergy, Complete Allergy, Complete Allergy Relief, Compoz Nighttime Sleep Aid, Diphedryl, Diphen, Diphen AF, Diphen Cough, Diphenadryl, Diphendryl, Diphenhist, Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride, Diphenyl, Diphenylin, DPH, Dytan, Dytuss, Genahist, Hydramine, Hydramine Compound, Hydramine Cough Syrup, Hyrexin, Nervine, Night Time Sleep-Aid, Nu-Med, Nytol Caplet, Pardryl, Phendry, Q-Dryl, Quenalin, Scot-Tussin Allergy Relief Formula, Siladryl, Siladryl DAS, Siladyl SA, Silphen Cough, Simply Sleep, Sleep, Sleep Aid, Sleep Tab II, Sleep Tabs, Sleep-ettes, Sleep-eze-3, Sleepinal, Sominex, Sominex Maximum Strength Caplet, Somnicaps, Total Allergy, Trux-adryl, Tusstat, Twilite, Uni-Hist, Unisom Sleepgels Maximum Strength, Valu-Dryl, Wehdryl(http://www.worldhealthsurvey.com).

Hormones

The onsets of sleepiness, sleep quantity, and sleep quality depend not only on the duration of prior wakefulness, the so-called homeostatic mechanism of sleep regulation, but also on the time of day when an attempt to initiate sleep is taking place. The latter reflects circadian mechanisms of sleep regulation and is linked to the biological clock structure, the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus.

The neuroendocrine system is likely to play a major role in both homeostatic and circadian sleep processes. However, so far we know very little about hormonal mechanisms of sleep regulation. An exception is melatonin, the principal hormone of the circadian system, released nightly into the cerebrospinal fluid and blood circulation by the pineal gland. The ability of high doses of melatonin to induce sleepiness was reported over 40 years ago, during an unrelated clinical trial.[20] More recently, low-dose melatonin (.1-.5 mg, orally) was found to promote objectively documented sleep.[21-25] Of importance, these low doses induced circulating melatonin levels within those normally observed in human blood (50-150 pg/mL). The latter suggests that melatonin may normally play a role in homeostatic sleep regulation, acutely promoting sleep onset and maintenance at night, in addition to its ability to shift a circadian phase of sleep, resulting from its effects on the "biological clock."

Melatonin does not appear to significantly affect nighttime sleep quantity and quality in healthy individuals but can help them to fall asleep during the day.[21-25] It was shown to be especially helpful for insomnias associated with neurologic disorders in children.[26-31] The results of melatonin administration to elderly insomniacs are more variable, ranging from mild but significant improvements in their sleep[32-34] to a lack of therapeutic effect.[35,36] Of note, sensitivity to the effects of melatonin on sleep is not uniform among individuals and may decline with age or as a result of neurodegenerative diseases.[37,38] Melatonin coadministration can also facilitate the effects of common hypnotics, helping to reduce their effective dose and side effects or attenuating drug withdrawal.[39] A combination of circadian and homeostatic effects of melatonin with its surprisingly low toxicity and lack of significant effects on sleep architecture and day-after performance at high pharmacologic doses makes it a popular compound among insomniacs.Sleep Effects

The nature of melatonin's effect on sleep, which is only starting to emerge, is such that it promotes a behavioral state resembling quiet wakefulness, which predisposes to normal sleep initiation, rather than sleepiness or profound drowsiness. A comparison of the effects of melatonin on human performance with those of conventional hypnotics (such as temazepam, zaleplon, and zopiclone) has shown that melatonin administration induces a smaller or no deficit in performance on a range of neurobehavioral tasks, despite a similar duration of subjective sleepiness.[40,41] However, stimuli that would interfere with normal sleep, eg, turning lights on, changing to an upright position, or the necessity of conducting a task requiring a high level of attention or motivation, will temporarily interfere with the effect of melatonin on the sleep process. Under such circumstances, a person would typically feel quite alert rather than sedated, despite the high circulating melatonin levels. Once the interference is removed, the ability to fall asleep faster under the influence of melatonin is restored.

It is important to distinguish between the circadian and acute effects of melatonin, because timing of administration may be crucial. Morning melatonin treatment can delay the onset of evening sleepiness by delaying the phase of the circadian rhythms, whereas administering melatonin in the evening can advance the circadian rhythms by 30-60 minutes per day, including time of sleep onset. By contrast, acute sleep-promoting effects of melatonin can manifest at different times of the day and, in insomniacs, at night, within 30 minutes after treatment.

Melatonin's short 20- to 40-minute half-life makes it possible to choose different approaches when using it to treat insomnia. Near-physiological doses of the hormone (.2-.5 mg) can be administered at bedtime to shorten sleep latency or to entrain the free-running circadian rhythms in individuals with circadian sleep disorders. Low melatonin doses (.1-.2 mg) can also be administered in the middle of the night, upon early awakening, in order to reinitiate sleep and prolong an overall sleep period.Preparations

It should be noted that despite melatonin being sold in the United States under the label of a dietary supplement, no meaningful amount of this pineal hormone is ever consumed through food intake. Normally, mammals rely on their own pineal glands to produce melatonin from tryptophan and to release it into the circulation. This process is precisely regulated, synchronizing melatonin secretion with both nighttime and darkness. Environmental light can suppress nocturnal melatonin production, whereas darkness during the day does not stimulate it.

In the United States, melatonin is available OTC in both immediate- and slow-release preparations and at a large variety of doses, typically from .1 to 5 mg. No major side effects have been documented after ingestion of high melatonin doses, and some researchers and practitioners choose to use them, hoping to augment melatonin efficacy. A few dose-dependency studies, however, failed to show significant improvement in the sleep-promoting effects of melatonin after the blood melatonin levels exceed those normally observed at night.[21-23, 25,34]

Slow-release melatonin preparations have a potential to mimic a physiological pattern of overnight melatonin production, prolonging their sleep-promoting effects. However, unless optimally designed, such preparations, as well as immediate-release doses higher than .5 mg, may result in increased daytime melatonin levels and thus alter a circadian signal provided by this hormone, which would provoke insomnia rather than treating it.[42]

Phytosedatives

Many herbs or herb-based preparations appear to have some sedative properties. These include valerian (Valeriana officinalis), hops (Humulus lupulus), skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), and kava (Piper methysticum).[43] Of these, valerian is the most popular and well-studied phytosedative. It has been and continues to be used in many cultures and is widely believed to have calming and relaxing effects that can also help to initiate sleep and ease anxiety in insomniacs.

Several recent reviews provide detailed information from clinical trials involving valerian.[44,45] Repeated administration of valerian was typically found to be beneficial to insomniacs, reducing time to sleep onset and promoting sleep maintenance.[46-49] By contrast, single-dose-treatment studies produced controversial results, some demonstrating sleep improvement in insomniacs,[49-51] others finding no difference between valerian and placebo.[52] These inconsistent outcomes may be related to both mild effects of valerian on sleep and individual sensitivity to its effects, or they may reflect differences in formulations, populations, and methodological approaches used to test these effects.

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic and adenosine-ergic mechanisms of valerian's effects on sleep have been proposed, but remain to be further elucidated. Valerian root contains a number of biologically active substances, including valepotriates (iridoid esters), valeric acid, alkaloids, and free amino acids (including GABA). The role of each of these components in the sedative effects of valerian remains largely unknown, and a combined action of several of them and their correct proportions may be required. The nature of valerian preparations, however, suggests that their constituents may differ, depending on when and where the plants were harvested.Preparations and Treatment Duration

Because some components of valerian are not water-soluble, valerian extracts and tinctures are prepared with alcohol or alcohol-free (eg, glycerite) bases. Powdered valerian is available in capsule or tablet forms or as valerian tea. Typically, valerian preparations are taken about 30 minutes before bedtime, and the dose depends on the type of preparation. For example, 1-3 g of dried root can be used as valerian tea or 150-600 mg of valerian extract can be added to a small glass of water. Typically, individualized doses are established empirically, and a wide range of valerian doses appears to be well tolerated. That said, some individuals may experience a paradoxical reaction to this herb, associated with anxiety, tachycardia, and insomnia, and thus a gradual increase in dose should be recommended to first-time users.

The treatment duration depends on the specific symptoms of sleep disorder, and herbalists recommend a 2- to 3-week break after a 4- to 6-week period of valerian treatment. Perhaps shorter courses should be recommended to those who are initiating this treatment, before they acquire personal experience in using a specific valerian preparation. Until now, clinical trials have not documented valerian-withdrawal symptoms. However, a recent study suggests that valerian can have a positive effect on withdrawal from benzodiazepines.[53]

Valerian is often used in preparations containing multiple herbs that are traditionally believed to provide sedative or hypnotic effects. Interactions between different ingredients of these plants and their possible synergistic effects are very likely. However, representative placebo-controlled studies involving these other herbs (eg, passionflower, hops, lemon balm, or kava) and their combinations remain to be conducted. Possible toxic effects of individual herbs or their combinations also cannot be excluded. For example, repeated reports of liver damage linked to kava intake prompted European and North American regulatory agencies, including the FDA, to warn consumers of the risk involved in using this herb.Regulatory Issues

In addition to safety issues typical for any standardized medication, such as dose-response, toxicity, or interactions with other drugs, OTCs marked as "dietary supplements" pose an additional challenge. According to current US regulations, premarket evaluation and approval by the FDA are not required for the marketing of so-called "generally regarded as safe" (GRAS) ingredients, unless claims are made for specific disease prevention or treatment. GRAS status can result from a history of safe use before 1958, self-declaration by the manufacturer, or affirmation by the FDA. Furthermore, the FDA, rather than a manufacturer, has the burden to prove that a specific GRAS substance is unsafe.[54]

Dietary supplements are not required to be standardized in the United States but must comply with food Good Manufacturing Practice regulations, which are primarily concerned with safety and sanitation rather than dietary-supplement quality.[55,56] Such products are only infrequently tested for manufacturing consistency and batch-to-batch composition may vary considerably.

Conclusion

Although scores of sleep aid are on the OTC market, for the most part they represent 3 products: diphenhydramine, melatonin, and valerian. They are sold separately or in combination with other biologically active substances, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (with diphenhydramine), vitamins (with melatonin), or herbs (with valerian or melatonin).

All these substances can facilitate sleep onset or maintenance, with different potencies for different individuals. However, each of these sleep aids should be used by patients with appropriate caution, at the right time, with minimal effective doses, and (importantly) without combining several preparations containing the same active ingredient.

This program was supported by an independent educational grant from Takeda.

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Are we emotionally what we eat?

2008-07-07T04:49:00.001-07:00

Negative emotions can send us rushing to the biscuit tin or hiding our horrors in a tub of ice-cream - with up to 43% of people using food to alter their mood, according to a survey by the Priory Clinic.

Others binge and vomit or develop anorexia as a way of trying to gain some sort of control over runaway feelings.

BBC News Online spoke to the experts to try to find out why so many of us have this up and down relationship with what, on its most fundamental level, is just a means of fuelling our bodies.

According to Deanne Jade, principle of the National Centre for Eating Disorders, our complex relationship with food starts right back in the cradle.

"A baby's blood sugar falls if they are hungry and they get in a dire emotional state. They scream and cry, are fed and feel better.

Chemicals

"So very early on we learn to associate stress reduction with eating and drinking.

"Secondly, the chemicals we gain from food have a strong impact not only on our appetite but also on our emotional brains, so the connections between food and mood become intricately connected in a very complex way."

Because of this complex relationship, people might say they are hungry and genuinely believe it, when in fact they are sad. They will also feel sad and miserable when they are hungry because of the deficiency of certain neurochemicals, which carry messages in the brain.

"For example, when we eat we get changes in serotonin, endorphins and dopamine levels in the brain. These are very powerful chemicals, which also affect mood.

"Sugar, for example, causes serotonin flows and serotonin is a chemical used in certain anti-depressants, such as Prozac, which cause the user to feel more balanced and equitable.

"People who are low in serotonin in the brain do generally feel better when they eat sugar, but that's not true of people who have adequate levels of serotonin."

So could that mean we can become addicted to certain foods? The notion has certainly sparked vigorous debate in recent months.

Jane Ogden, a reader in health psychology at King's College, London, believes it depends on your definition of addiction.

She says: "If addiction means you have no control over something, then this could apply to food, but if you take the classic definition of addiction, which means you get withdrawal and tolerance, then I'm not sure it can really apply to eating behaviour."

She adds: "Ideally, if we were purely biological beings, we would only eat when we were hungry, but food intake isn't like that.

"Food becomes a central part of the currency of social life and also the individual's day-to-day emotional life.

"It is no longer is about whether you are hungry or not but takes on a range of other meanings. It becomes part of social negotiation and about celebration and special occasions, about relationships and power.

"The family meal has a whole context which has got very little to do with hunger and satiety and a lot more to do with communication within families and the way you show whether you care about people or how you are bonded.

"Then on an individual level, food has also taken on the role of comfort and distraction from boredom. If we were animals it would have only a very basic meaning but because we are social beings it is inevitable food is going to have a much bigger role in people's lives. "

So how does all this apply to people with anorexia or bulimia?

"Starving causes people to feel high and spaced out and separated from their emotions," says Mrs Jade.

"When you starve, you don't feel the normal range of emotions. You feel kind of insulated from them. It doesn't mean you don't get depressed and miserable - you can get severely depressed - but we are talking about a narrowing of emotional range.

"There are many reasons why starving is alluring to some people. It makes them feel special, powerful, maybe more sexy, maybe less sexy, and it makes them feel they can transcend the normal things that other people need. It makes them feel very, very much in control.

"What is common to people with eating disorders is that body image and feelings about their body are a very big part of their self-esteem."

Sugar

With binge eating, it has been proved that an unhealthy diet leads to chemical disturbances in the brain, setting up a cycle, so we become depressed, irritable or aggressive, then eat more of the very food that makes us feel that way.

Studies have shown that antisocial behaviour can be connected to having too much sugar and refined carbohydrates and a shortage of vitamins B11, B1 and minerals such as iron, selenium and magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids, found especially in oily fish such as salmon, sardines and mackerel.

A study published in the July 2002 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry indicates that the simple use of nutritional supplements can significantly reduce behavioural problems among prisoners.

The research, carried out by a team led by C Bernard Gesch of Oxford University, was a trial of nutritional supplements on 231 young adults, comparing disciplinary offences before and during supplementation.

Those receiving the active capsules, rather than a placebo, committed an average of 26.3% fewer offences.

So in times of stress some people will eat more and some will eat less. It apparently comes down to something called biochemical individuality.

It also has a lot to do with the fact that we're all different. Our emotional response to food is formed in childhood, due to many things - the way our parents feed us, and our own experiences around food, which are very personal.

Coffee

And as well as our chemistry and our individuality, the way we experience emotion and how we handle it also play a part.

To treat eating problems, the National Centre for Eating Disorders tries to regulate food intake, so people are at least protected on the chemical side. The centre also tries to help people become better at dealing with their own emotions without hiding behind food or drugs.

"If I got up in the morning, had a cup of black coffee, went to work and had a diet coke and had no protein until my evening meal, then washed it down with tea and biscuits, I'd be in a pretty bad emotional state by the end of the day as well," says Mrs Jade.

"And that is absolutely and totally to do with the food you don't eat, as well as the food you do eat. A lot of people are absolutely all over the place emotionally, simply because they have a desperately poor diet."

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Dermatological Drug Dosage in the Elderly

2008-07-07T03:49:00.001-07:00

Changes in Pharmacodynamics

Pharmacodynamic considerations include receptor number and affinity, signal transduction mechanisms, cellular responses, and homeostatic regulation.[59] Sensitivity to certain drugs may be either increased or decreased in the elderly, e.g., sensitivity to benzodiazepines is greater in older patients,[60] as is the response to some opioids and anticoagulants.

Conversely, the elderly seem to be less responsive to certain β-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists.[27] Simons, et al. studied H1-receptor sensitivity to hydroxyzine by measuring changes in suppression of histamine-induced wheal and flare and suggested an enhanced suppression of H1-receptor activity in the elderly.[24] Printer- Friendly Email This

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International Approvals: NovoRapid, Fentanyl, Atriance

2008-07-06T09:49:00.001-07:00

International Approvals

International Approvals: NovoRapid, Fentanyl, Atriance

Yael Waknine

September 24, 2007 — The European Commission (EC) has approved insulin aspart subcutaneous injection for use in the elderly and patients with renal or hepatic impairment; the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has approved fentanyl citrate 0.1- and 0.25-mg injections for use in pediatric patients aged 2 years and younger; and the EC has approved nelarabine intravenous infusion for the treatment of refractory and relapsed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma.

Insulin Aspart (NovoRapid) for Use in Elderly Patients in EU

On September 20, the European Commission approved an expanded indication for insulin aspart subcutaneous injection (NovoRapid, Novo Nordisk), allowing its use for the treatment of types 1 and 2 diabetes in the elderly and in patients with renal or hepatic impairment.

According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 20% of the world's elderly population has diabetes, and that figure is steadily rising, the company said in a news release. Insulin aspart is the only rapid-acting, modern insulin approved for use in this population.

Insulin aspart previously was approved by the EC for use in children aged 2 years and older and pregnant women. Marketed as NovoLog in the United States, it has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the control of hyperglycemia in diabetic patients, with the caveats that its benefits should justify the risk to the fetus during pregnancy and that lower doses may be required in the setting of renal or hepatic impairment.

Fentanyl Injection for Use in Children Aged Less Than 2 Years in Japan

On August 28, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) approved an expanded indication for fentanyl citrate 0.1- and 0.25-mg injections (Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd), allowing use of the drug in pediatric patients aged 2 years and younger.

According to a company news release, the approval was based on data from a physician-led phase 3 trial that demonstrated the drug's safety in children and infants.

Fentanyl injection is approved by the MHLW and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a short-term analgesic during anesthetic periods, induction/maintenance, and immediate postoperative period; as a narcotic analgesic supplement in general/regional anesthesia; and as an anesthetic agent with oxygen in high-risk patients. It also may be used with a neuroleptic as an anesthetic premedication, for the induction of anesthesia, and as an adjunct in the maintenance of general/regional anesthesia.

Although the FDA does not contraindicate use of fentanyl injection in children aged less than 2 years, the safety labeling states that rare cases of unexplained clinically significant methemoglobinemia have occurred in premature neonates undergoing emergency anesthesia and surgery that included combined use of fentanyl, pancuronium, and atropine. A direct cause between use of these drugs and methemoglobinemia has not been established.

Nelarabine Injection (Atriance) for Refractory T-ALL and T-LBL in EU

On August 28, the European Commission approved nelarabine intravenous injection (Atriance, GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) in patients who have not responded to or have relapsed after treatment with at least 2 chemotherapy regimens. The approval is valid in all 27 member states of the European Union, with identical national licenses usually issued in Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.

Nelarabine is a prodrug of arabinosylguanine with T-cell selectivity. The nucleoside analog is converted into arabinosylguanine nucleotide triphosphate, which inhibits DNA synthesis and induces apoptosis.

The approval was based on complete response rates induced by nelarabine therapy; randomized trials demonstrating increased survival or other clinical benefits have not been conducted.

Data from 2 multicenter, phase 2 clinical studies of single-agent therapy of nelarabine in relapsed/refractory patients (28 adults, 39 children) showed that 21% of adults and 23% of children achieved a complete response (defined as the disappearance of all detectable signs of disease) both with and without full hematologic recovery. One adult and 4 children went on to receive a stem cell transplant; median overall survival after nelarabine therapy was 21 and 13 weeks in adults and children, respectively.

These findings were supported by those of a German ALL Study Group trial (n = 57), in which 47% of patients treated with nelarabine achieved remission and 74% of those demonstrating complete response were transferred to a stem cell transplant.

Hematologic toxicity was the most common moderate-to-severe (grade 3 – 4) nelarabine-associated adverse event. As with other cytotoxic agents, nelarabine is associated with treatment-limiting neurologic adverse events; close monitoring of patients is recommended, and dosing should be discontinued if neurologic events of grade 2 or greater severity occur.

The recommended regimen for nelarabine in adults is 1500 mg/m², administered intravenously over 2 hours on days 1, 3, and 5 and repeated every 21 days. Pediatric patients should be given 650 mg/m² intravenously over 1 hour daily for 5 consecutive days, repeated every 21 days.

Nelarabine (marketed as Arranon) previously was approved for this indication by the US Food and Drug Administration in October 2005.
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Efficacy of Granisetron for Treatment of Postoperative Nausea

2008-07-06T09:02:00.001-07:00

Patients and Methods

After obtaining approval from our institutional ethics committee and informed consent from each patient, we studied women who were American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status I (no organic, physiological, biochemical or psychiatric disturbances) and who experienced nausea lasting >10 minutes and/or vomiting within the 3 hours after recovery from general anaesthesia for breast surgery. Breast surgery included partial mastectomy, partial mastectomy with axillary dissection, modified radical mastectomy, and modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection.

We excluded patients who had gastrointestinal disease, those who had a history of motion sickness and/or previous PONV, those who had taken antiemetics within 24 hours before surgery, and those who were pregnant, menstruating or taking hormonal therapy.

Patients were randomly assigned to study groups according to a computer-generated table of random numbers. Placebo or granisetron at four different doses (10 µg/kg, 20 µg/kg, 40 µg/kg and 80 µg/kg) was administered intravenously when patients experienced nausea lasting >10 minutes and/or vomiting within 3 hours after anaesthesia. Identical syringes containing each drug were prepared by personnel not otherwise involved in this study.

For preanaesthetic medication, patients received oral diazepam 5mg, as is routine in our institution. Anaesthesia was induced with intravenous propofol 2 mg/kg and intravenous fentanyl 2 µg/kg; intravenous vecuronium bromide 0.15 mg/kg was used to facilitate tracheal intubation. After tracheal intubation, anaesthesia was maintained with isoflurane 1.0–3.0% (inspired concentration) and nitrous oxide (N2O) 66% in oxygen, with controlled ventilation adjusted using an anaesthetic/respiratory gas analyzer to keep an end-tidal CO2 concentration of 35–40mm Hg. Neuromuscular block was achieved with vecuronium bromide and was antagonized by administering intravenous atropine 0.02 mg/kg and neostigmine 0.04 mg/kg at the end of surgery. The trachea was extubated when the patient was awake. Rectal temperature was monitored and maintained at 36.5–37.0°C using a warming pad. Postoperative analgesia was provided with indometacin 50mg administered rectally when the patient complained of pain. To maintain the integrity of our results, no patients received any intraoperative PONV prophylaxis.

The patients were observed for a 24-hour period after administration of the study drug in order to assess efficacy. All episodes of emetic symptoms (nausea, retching and vomiting) were recorded by nursing staff blinded to the study group allocation of the patient. These nurses observed the patients at intervals according to normal ward routine. Nausea was defined as a subjectively unpleasant feeling associated with an awareness of the urge to vomit; retching was defined as the labored, spasmodic, rhythmic contraction of the respiratory muscles without the expulsion of the gastric contents; and vomiting was defined as the forcing of gastric contents from the mouth.[3] Complete control of established PONV was defined as no emetic symptoms and no need for rescue antiemetic medication. If more than two episodes of vomiting occurred within the 24-hour period after study drug administration, a rescue antiemetic (e.g. domperidone rectally) was given, as is common practice in our institution. The details of any other adverse effects were recorded by the nurses who interviewed the patients.Statistical Analysis

Based on previously published data,[1,2] complete control of established PONV (which was regarded as the primary end-point) in patients receiving placebo would be 50%. An improvement from 50% to 90% with the use of granisetron would be considered clinically significant. To provide 80% power (beta = 0.2) to detect such an absolute difference using a test at a = 0.05, a sample size of 20 patients per group was required. Patient demographic data were analyzed by ANOVA with Bonferroni's correction for multiple comparison (continuous variables) and the Chi-square (χ2) test (discrete variables). The numbers of patients having complete control of established PONV (no emetic symptoms and no rescue medication), experiencing nausea, retching, vomiting or requiring a rescue antiemetic, and the incidence of adverse events were compared with Fisher's exact probability test. A p-value of <0.05 was considered to be significant. Printer- Friendly Email This

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Effective Strategies for Managing Late-Stage Primary Biliary Cirrhosis?

2008-07-06T04:51:00.001-07:00

Question

When a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) begins to exhibit markedly abnormal liver function tests and is experiencing increasing pruritis that is not relieved by an H1 blocker, hydroxyzine, or cholestyramine, what other therapies may be beneficial? The patient is unable to tolerate doxepin.

Charla Bright, PA-C

Response from Mary P. Ettari, MPH, PA-C
A PA in family practice with Medical Partners of Martin County, Stuart, Florida. She is immediate past-president of the Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, past secretary of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, and presently a trustee of the PA Foundation.

PBC is an autoimmune disorder characterized by pruritis and fatigue. The cause is unknown but the mechanism of the disease produces a chronic inflammatory reaction in the liver that damages the interlobular bile ducts, leading to progressive cholestasis and finally cirrhosis.[1]

The disease affects mainly middle-aged women between the ages of 35 and 60 but can affect all ages and races. At least 30% of patients are initially asymptomatic. The diagnosis is usually made during routine bloodwork.[2]

The clinical course of the disease is divided into 4 stages. Stage I is characterized by lymphocytic destruction of the interlobular ducts, and during stage II, there is bile ductular proliferation. Stages III and IV have worsening fibrosis, with cirrhosis occurring in stage IV.[3]

Most cases of PBC are diagnosed on the basis of abnormal liver function tests (LFTs), which lead to further investigation and the ultimate diagnosis of PBC. The most common symptoms are fatigue and pruritis. Additional symptoms are xanthelasma on the eyelids, xanthoma on the palms of the hands and heels, neuropathy, and asymptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs). As the disease worsens, the patient may develop esophageal varices, osteopenia and osteoporosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. About 50% of patients present with an enlarged nontender liver, 25% with splenomegaly, 10% with hyperpigmentation, and fewer than 10% with jaundice alone.[2]

The presence of antimitochondrial antibody (AMA) in the serum is a hallmark in the diagnosis of PBC, although not all patients test positive.[3] Additionally, elevations of alkaline phosphatase, gammaglutamyl transpeptidase, and 5'-nucleotidase may be found. These enzymes may be substantially elevated; a less dramatic elevation of the serum aminotransferase may be seen. The conjugated fraction of hyperbilirubinemia may also be elevated.[1]

Medications used in the therapy of PBC are ursodeoxycholic acid 12-15 mg/kg each day in divided doses.[1] Treatment with immunosuppressive agents such as azathioprine and cyclosporine have not improved survival. A clinical trial evaluating methotrexate is currently being evaluated. Colchicine may improve liver function in terms of prothrombin time and serum albumin, but no large-scale studies have yet been done to show improved survival.[1]

Other strategies used to control pruritus include avoiding nylon or wool next to the skin, avoiding hot showers, and not getting overheated in bed at night. Ultraviolet light helps some, but sunburn must be avoided. The old standby of bicarbonate of soda in a cool bath is soothing, as is a post shampoo rinse of bicarbonate of soda. Avoidance of perfumed soaps, bath gels, and powder may also lessen pruritis.[4]

Liver transplantation remains the only cure for PBC and has a survival rate of greater than 70%.Posted 03/13/2001

References

Heathcote J. Primary biliary cirrhosis. In: Harrison's Online. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2000. Available at:
http://www.medscape.com/HOL/articles/2000/11/hol52/hol52-01.htmlBerkow R, Beers MH, Fletcher AJ, Bogin RM, eds. The Merck Manual. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc. 2000. Available at:
http://www.merckhomeedition.com/home.htmlHeathcote J. Update on Primary biliary cirrhosis. Can J Gastroenterol. 2000;14:43-48.That dreaded itch. The PBC Foundation. Available at: http://www.nhtech.demon.co.uk/pbc/itching.html

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Medical Cannabis Is A Blunt Tool

2008-07-04T04:48:00.001-07:00

IF anecdotes and ancient medicine are to be trusted, cannabis is a wonder drug. Yet results of clinical trials have been mixed and its use in modern medicine remains limited. Now it seems the reasons may be practical as much as political and cultural: there are fundamental problems with how our bodies respond to the stuff.

Some compounds in cannabis, including THC and cannabidiol, interfere with a natural signalling system throughout our brains, nerves and immune system. This system, which produces its own cannabis-like compounds called endocannabinoids, plays a role in many medical conditions including pain, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, depression and schizophrenia.

Because the system is so widespread, smoking or ingesting cannabis is bound to have varied effects, including its influence on the mind. Now it seems that even with purified cannabis extracts, changing the amount, time or place of a dose could produce completely opposite effects on the body, according to evidence presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) meeting in Vienna earlier this month. This could explain why the medical benefits have proved so difficult to harness.

In one study, Vincenzo Di Marzo of the National Research Council in Pozzuoli, Italy, boosted levels of an endocannabinoid called andandamide in rats engineered to develop an Alzheimer's-like disease. This appeared to protect the rats from memory loss and nerve degeneration. But if the rise was prolonged, cannabinoids became ineffective or even damaging.

Beat Lutz of the University of Mainz in Germany found a similar paradox in models of epilepsy in mice. Anandamide is synthesised during epileptic fits, providing a natural calming effect. "If we apply cannabinoids we should protect from seizures," says Lutz. "But no, we actually get worsening of seizures in mice."

He believes he has found the reason. The main class of cannabinoid receptor, called CB1 receptors, occurs in two distinct populations of neurons, those that excite neighbouring neurons and those that inhibit them - so cannabinoids can have opposite effects depending on which neurons they hit. David Baker, a multiple sclerosis expert at University College London has found the same problem in MS. Mice that have been engineered to have a condition like MS and no CB1 receptors suffer much worse nerve damage than those with normal CB1 receptors, suggesting that cannabinoids are involved in protecting against the nerve damage seen in MS. But other experiments in mice have shown that cannabinoid signalling also prompts release of stress hormones called glucocorticoids that can kill neurons.

The greatest anecdotal evidence for the medical benefits of cannabis comes from its painkilling properties, and animal models have produced promising results. Yet even here new evidence suggests that an endocannabinoid called NADA binds not only to cannabinoid receptors but to a completely different class of receptor as well, where it mimicks the effect of a pain-producing chemical called capsaicin, says J. Michael Walker of Indiana University in Bloomington, who also presented his research at FENS. This may explain why human trials of cannabis for the treatment of pain have produced mixed results.

"The problem with cannabis is that there's no way of targeting the drug to any particular place," says Baker.

The answer will be to manipulate the system from within, he says. New ways of amplifying natural cannabinoid release include reuptake inhibitors that prolong this release just as Prozac does for serotonin. Such methods look promising for a range of conditions from pain and cancer to nerve degeneration and MS.

Other methods now being tried in the lab include the manipulation of enzymes that make and deliver endocannabinoids, as well as compounds that stimulate and block them. Drugs that bind to CB1 receptors and alter their efficiency are also being discovered, says Roger Pertwee, director of pharmacology at GW Pharmaceuticals, based in Porton Down Science Park, Wiltshire, UK. His company developed Sativex, the first pharmaceutical cannabis extract to gain clinical approval.

Ironically, the first offshoot of endocannabinoid research to gain clinical approval, last month, has the opposite effect to cannabis: Acomplia (rimonabant), an appetite suppressant, works by blocking CB1 receptors (New Scientist, 8 July, p 5).

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Aptivus(R) (tipranavir) Capsules Granted Full Approval By The U.S. FDA

2008-07-03T09:50:00.001-07:00

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full (traditional) approval of Aptivus(R) (tipranavir) capsules. The FDA granted accelerated approval to APTIVUS in June 2005; accelerated approval is a regulatory process that expedites the approval of therapies for serious or life-threatening illnesses. The full approval of APTIVUS is based largely on 48-week analyses of the Phase 3 pivotal clinical studies known as the RESIST (Randomized Evaluation of Strategic Intervention in Multi-Drug ReSistant Patients with Tipranavir) trials. These trials comprise one of the largest study programs conducted in treatment-experienced HIV patients.

"Data show that APTIVUS/r may provide treatment-experienced HIV patients with an effective treatment option through nearly one year of therapy. Furthermore, longer-term safety data are now available for physician and patient consideration," said Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; director of AIDS research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

APTIVUS, a protease inhibitor, co-administered with 200 mg of ritonavir (APTIVUS/r), is indicated for combination antiretroviral treatment of HIV-1 infected adult patients who are treatment-experienced and infected with HIV-1 strains resistant to more than one protease inhibitor.

This indication is based on analyses of plasma HIV-1 RNA levels in two controlled studies of APTIVUS/r of 48 weeks duration. Both studies were conducted in clinically advanced, 3-class antiretroviral (NRTI, NNRTI, PI) treatment-experienced adults with evidence of HIV-1 replication despite ongoing antiretroviral therapy.

The following points should be considered when initiating therapy with APTIVUS/r:

— The use of APTIVUS/r in treatment-naÃ¯ve patients is not recommended.

— The use of other active agents with APTIVUS/r is associated with a greater likelihood of treatment response.

— Genotypic or phenotypic testing and/or treatment history should guide the use of APTIVUS/r. The number of baseline primary protease inhibitor mutations affects the virologic response to APTIVUS/r.

— Use caution when prescribing APTIVUS/r to patients with elevated transaminases, hepatitis B or C co-infection or patients with mild hepatic impairment.

— Liver function tests should be performed at initiation of therapy with APTIVUS/r and monitored frequently throughout the duration of treatment.

— The drug-drug interaction potential of APTIVUS/r when co-administered with other drugs must be considered prior to and during APTIVUS/r use.

— Use caution when prescribing APTIVUS/r in patients who may be at risk for increased bleeding or who are receiving medications known to increase the risk of bleeding.

— The risk-benefit of APTIVUS/r has not been established in pediatric patients.

There are no study results demonstrating the effect of APTIVUS/r on clinical progression of HIV-1.

APTIVUS/r does not cure HIV or help prevent passing HIV to others.

About RESIST

The RESIST clinical trial program consists of two ongoing Phase 3 pivotal trials, RESIST-1 and RESIST-2. Comprising one of the largest study programs conducted in treatment-experienced HIV patients, RESIST-1 includes 620 patients in the U.S., Canada and Australia, and RESIST-2 includes 863 patients in Europe and Latin America. The trial design and baseline patient characteristics are similar across studies. Patients enrolled in the RESIST studies were failing their current PI-based regimen, had received at least two previous PI-based regimens, had received prior treatment from at least three classes of antiretroviral agents and had documented PI resistance.

At the time of full approval, the studies examined treatment response, defined as a confirmed 1 log10 or greater decrease in the amount of HIV in the blood, or viral load, at 48 weeks versus a comparator group in which patients received one of several marketed ritonavir-boosted PIs. Investigators selected a comparator PI (CPI/r) that offered patients the best opportunity for treatment response based on resistance testing. The comparator PIs were lopinavir, indinavir, saquinavir and amprenavir. In addition, patients in both arms received an optimized background regimen of other antiretroviral drugs. Patients were treatment-experienced and the majority (85.1%) were at least possibly resistant to the comparator PI chosen.

Analysis of the primary endpoint at week 48 demonstrated that more than twice the percentage of patients (33.8%) treated with APTIVUS/r achieved a treatment response compared to those patients treated with a CPI/r (14.9%). The median change from baseline in HIV-1 viral load at the last measurement up to week 48 was -0.64 log10 copies/mL in APTIVUS/r patients versus -0.22 log10 copies/mL in CPI/r patients.

Secondary endpoints included reduction in viral load to less than 400 copies/mL or 50 copies/mL and increase in CD4+ cell count. Through 48 weeks of treatment, more than twice the percentage of patients in the APTIVUS/r arm achieved a viral load of less than 400 copies/mL (30.3%) compared to the CPI/r arm (13.6%). Regarding a viral load of less than 50 copies/mL, 22.7% of APTIVUS/r patients achieved this level compared to 10.2% of CPI/r patients. The median change from baseline in CD4+ cell count at the last measurement up to week 48 was +23 cells/mm3 in APTIVUS/r patients (n=740) versus +4 cells/mm3 in CPI/r patients (n=727).

According to HIV treatment guidelines, achieving and maintaining an undetectable viral load — less than 50 copies/mL of blood — is the goal of HIV therapy.(1)

The APTIVUS labeling includes boxed warnings for reports of:

— Clinical hepatitis and hepatic decompensation including some fatalities. Extra vigilance is warranted in patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C co-infection, as these patients have an increased risk of hepatotoxicity.

— Both fatal and non-fatal intracranial hemorrhage (ICH).

The most commonly reported adverse events in patients taking APTIVUS/r are diarrhea, nausea, fever, vomiting, fatigue, headache and abdominal pain. The most common laboratory abnormalities are elevated liver enzymes (AST/ALT) and triglycerides.

"For more than a decade, Boehringer Ingelheim has been at the forefront of developing innovative therapies for HIV patients. The full approval of APTIVUS further demonstrates our commitment to HIV/AIDS," said Dr. Thor Voigt, Senior Vice President, Medicine and Drug Regulatory Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "We have developed a robust clinical trial program around APTIVUS. In addition to RESIST, clinical trials for treating HIV are in progress in racially, ethnically and gender diverse patients and hepatitis co-infected patients. A trial comparing the efficacy and safety of APTIVUS/r versus darunavir/r, both as part of combination antiretroviral therapy, is also planned."

Important Safety Information for APTIVUS

— APTIVUS/r has been associated with reports of clinical hepatitis and hepatic decompensation, including some fatalities. Extra vigilance is warranted in patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C co- infection, as these patients have an increased risk of hepatotoxicity. Patients with signs or symptoms of clinical hepatitis should discontinue APTIVUS/r treatment and seek medical evaluation.

— APTIVUS/r has been associated with reports of both fatal and non-fatal intracranial hemorrhage (ICH).

— All patients should be followed closely with clinical and laboratory monitoring, especially those with chronic hepatitis B or C co- infection, as these patients have an increased risk of hepatotoxicity. Liver function tests should be performed prior to initiating therapy with APTIVUS/r, and frequently throughout the duration of treatment.

— Treatment-experienced patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C co-infection or elevations in transaminases are at approximately 2-fold risk for developing Grade 3 or 4 transaminase elevations or hepatic decompensation. In the RESIST trials, Grade 3 and 4 increases in hepatic transaminases were observed in 10.3% (10.9/100 PEY) of patients receiving APTIVUS/r through week 48. In a study of treatment-naÃ¯ve patients, 20.3% (21/100 PEY) experienced Grade 3 or 4 hepatic transaminase elevations while receiving APTIVUS/r through week 48.

— APTIVUS/r is contraindicated in patients with moderate or severe (Child-Pugh Class B or C, respectively) hepatic impairment.

— The drug-drug interaction potential of APTIVUS/r when co-administered with multiple classes of drugs must be considered prior to and during APTIVUS/r use.

— APTIVUS/r is contraindicated with amiodarone, bepridil, flecainide, propafenone, quinidine, rifampin, dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, methylergonovine, cisapride, St. John's wort, lovastatin, simvastatin, pimozide, midazolam and triazolam due to the potential for serious and/or life-threatening events or loss of efficacy.

— A drug interaction study in healthy subjects has shown that ritonavir significantly increases plasma fluticasone propionate exposures. Concomitant use of APTIVUS/r and fluticasone propionate may produce systemic corticosteroid side effects, including Cushing's syndrome and adrenal suppression. APTIVUS/r should not be taken with fluticasone propionate, inhaled or intranasally administered, unless the potential benefit to the patient outweighs the risk.

— Caution should be used when prescribing sildenafil, tadalafil, and vardenafil with APTIVUS/r because concentrations of these drugs may increase.

— Caution should be used when prescribing carbamazepine, phenobarbital and/or phenytoin. APTIVUS may be less effective due to decreased tipranavir plasma concentrations.

— Caution should be used when prescribing valproic acid. Valproic acid may be less effective due to decreased valproic acid plasma concentrations.

— Use caution when prescribing APTIVUS/r in patients who may be at risk of increased bleeding from trauma, surgery or other medical conditions, or who are receiving medications known to increase the risk of bleeding such as antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants, or who are taking supplemental high doses of vitamin E. In in vitro experiments, tipranavir was observed to inhibit human platelet aggregation at levels consistent with exposures observed in patients receiving APTIVUS/r. In rats, co-administration with vitamin E increased the bleeding effects of tipranavir.

— Rash, including urticarial rash, maculopapular rash, and possible photosensitivity, has been reported in patients receiving APTIVUS/r. In some, rash was accompanied by joint pain or stiffness, throat tightness, or generalized pruritus. In controlled clinical trials, rash (all grades, all causality) was observed in 10% of females and in 8% of males receiving APTIVUS/r through 48 weeks of treatment. The median time to onset of rash was 53 days and the median duration of rash was 22 days. The discontinuation rate for rash in clinical trials was 0.5%. In an uncontrolled compassionate use program (n=3,920), cases of rash, some of which were severe, accompanied by myalgia, fever, erythema, desquamation, and mucosal erosions were reported. Discontinue and initiate appropriate treatment if severe skin rash develops.

— APTIVUS should be used with caution in patients with a known sulfonamide allergy.

— New onset diabetes mellitus, exacerbation of pre-existing diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia and increased bleeding (in patients with hemophilia) have been reported in patients taking protease inhibitors. A causal relationship between protease inhibitors and these events has not been established.

— Immune reconstitution syndrome has been reported in patients treated with combination antiretroviral therapy, including APTIVUS/r.

— Redistribution and/or accumulation of body fat have been observed in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. A causal relationship has not been established.

— Treatment with APTIVUS/r has resulted in large increases in total cholesterol and triglycerides, which should be monitored prior to and during APTIVUS/r therapy.

— Because the potential for HIV cross-resistance among protease inhibitors has not been fully explored in APTIVUS/r-treated patients, it is unknown what effect therapy with APTIVUS will have on the activity of subsequently administered protease inhibitors.

— APTIVUS must be co-administered with 200 mg of ritonavir to exert its therapeutic effect. Failure to correctly co-administer APTIVUS with ritonavir will result in reduced plasma levels of tipranavir that will be insufficient to achieve the desired antiviral effect and will alter some drug interactions.

— Please refer to the complete ritonavir prescribing information for a description of ritonavir contraindications and additional information on precautionary measures.

— In clinical trials, the most frequently reported adverse events associated with APTIVUS/r were diarrhea, nausea, fever, vomiting, fatigue, headache and abdominal pain.

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Additional Information about APTIVUS

APTIVUS, a non-peptidic protease inhibitor, works by inhibiting protease, an enzyme needed to complete the HIV replication process. The approved dose of APTIVUS is 500 mg taken with 200 mg of ritonavir, twice daily.

APTIVUS is also approved in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland, Taiwan and the European Union.

Boehringer Ingelheim is actively conducting a clinical trial program to further evaluate APTIVUS for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. The program is comprised of ongoing and planned studies in more than 1,000 HIV-infected patients.

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Boehringer Ingelheim is committed to improving HIV therapy by providing physicians and patients with innovative antiretroviral agents.

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(1) Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents. DHHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents, October 10, 2006; Treatment for Adult HIV Infection. 2006 Recommendations of the International AIDS Society - - USA Panel. JAMA. 296(7): 837. August 16, 2006.

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Rimonabant: Endocannabinoid Inhibition for the Metabolic Syndrome

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Comparison With Other Agents

Rimonabant is a new agent and thus long-term safety data applicable to rare side effects is not yet available. However, it is possible to compare rimonabant with the other drugs used to treat obesity[15,17] ( Table 2 ). Orlistat is well established as a weight loss agent and is considered pharmacologically safe enough that in the USA it may become available over-the-counter. However, in clinical practice a meta-analysis of 29 orlistat studies showed a 2.89 kg (2.27-3.51) weight loss in patients with an initial BMI of 36.7 kg/m2.[15] Orlistat therapy was associated with a 3.4-fold increase in diarrhoea, 3.1-fold in flatulence and 1.48-fold in dyspepsia.[15] Clinical trial data from the XENDOS and other studies shows that therapy over 2 years with % losing >5% of body weight and % losing >10%. In parallel to these changes in weight orlistat reduces triglycerides by 15-20% though it has a little effect on HDL-C or blood pressure. Only 70% of patients comply either because of poor adherence to trial protocols, which is a common problem in obesity trials or because of side effects. The main side effects of orlistat are explosive diarrhoea and bloating on consumption of fat (especially saturated fat). Thus this agent has low patient acceptance. In addition, many obese patients especially from ethnic minorities do not consume diets rich in saturated fat but vast quantities of carbohydrates. In these groups orlistat has limited efficacy.

Sibutramine has less end-point data than orlistat though 2 year studies recruiting on the basis of BMI have been performed of sibutramine added to −500 kCal/day[18] and −1200 kCal/day diets.[64] In weight loss studies it induces an average 4.45 kg (3.62-5.29) weight loss with 19-34% achieving >5% and 12-31% achieving >10% weight loss respectively.[17] In a meta-analysis, sibutramine reduced triglycerides by 0.04 mmol/l HbA1c by 0.3%, and raised HDL-C by 0.05 mmol/l.[17] Its blood pressure effects were variable with long-term trials showing a 4.6/2.8 mmHg increase. There are no data on its effectiveness in preventing diabetes or cardiovascular disease as yet though the Sibutramine Cardiovascular OUTcome study is underway.[65] The tolerability of sibutramine is 70% in obesity trials with the majority of discontinuations being caused by poor compliance or adrenergic side effects (headache, dry mouth, tachycardia and tachypnoea). It has no additive effect when combined with orlistat and seems to act as a general appetite suppressant to reduce snacks in particular but anecdotally not to affect meal habits or portion sizes.

The clinical trial data for rimonabant shows superior weight loss (5.4 kg) compared with orlistat (2.85 kg) and sibutramine (4.85 kg) in clinical trials allied with a wider degree of benefit on cardiovascular risk factors. Compliance in all the obesity trials is about 70% and side effects are generally seen in 10-30%. The side effect profile of rimonabant is better than that of orlistat where gastrointestinal side effects occur in 20-30% and similar to sibutramine where compliance and side effect rates are similar but the drug is contraindicated in significant groups of patients (secondary prevention and hypertension). No data exists as yet for rimonabant in combination with other obesity medications. Given the profoundly different mechanism of action of rimonabant it is a good alternative where other anti-obesity medications have not been tolerated or are contraindicated. As it has beneficial action on lipid profiles that are not seen with orlistat, it may be superior to this agent in patients with notable dyslipidaemia as well as obesity and insulin resistance and also has beneficial effects in helping increase rates of cessation of smoking. The long-term benefits of rimonabant will be confirmed in studies looking directly at its effects on the progression of atherosclerosis by intravascular ultrasound and in a cardiovascular end-point trial (the Comprehensive Rimonabant Evaluation Study of Cardiovascular ENDpoints and Outcomes[66] trial) where rate of progression to diabetes is a secondary end-point. Printer- Friendly Email This

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Recreational use of an erectile dysfunction drug can be risky for some

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Although the drugs used to aliment Erectile Dysfunction, sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis) and Vardenafil (Levitra), have generally been proven safe, recreational use of these drugs is associated with higher risks of sexually-transmitted diseases (STD’s), including HIV.
In a written document in the electric current relative of The Habitant Axle of Penalisation, researchers from the San Francisco Sphere of People Eudaimonia evaluated 14 studies of sildenafil use among men who have sex with men (MSM).

viagra users engaged in unprotected sex with partners of unknown quantity HIV condition from twice as often to almost six experience as often as non-users.
HIV-positive MSM were almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with an STD if they were also viagra users and the newly HIV infected were 2.5 dimension as likely to be users.

Further complicating the site, 54% of users mixed sildenafil with other drugs to enhance the sexual happening.
One report reported that 36% of all sildenafil users combined its use with other drugs, including methamphetamines (23%), hug drug (18%), poppers (15%), ketamine (11%), and GHB (8%).
A piece of music among MSM hunt STD medical institution services in San Francisco found sildenafil to be used concurrently with Adam (43%), methamphetamines (28%), and amyl nitrate (15%).

Authorship in the determinative, Jeffrey D.
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The labeling for PDIs should be modified to warn users of an increased risk for STDs, including HIV health problem.
Educational programs, particularly among physicians, MSM, and methamphetamine users, should be implemented to addition consciousness as to the use of these medications and their chemical change with STDs, including HIV unhealthiness.”

In an accompanying editorial, Joseph S.
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Acomplia Has a Direct Shock

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Two diabetes experts who wrote an editorial accompanying the subject area conclude that it is premature to assume that Acomplia has a direct cushion on diabetes risk factors, over and above its noesis to promote artefact loss.
Stephen Cleland and Naveed Sattar also limited sector vexation about the high quitter rate among action participants.
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Estrogens should be discontinued in patients who present tense with papilledema or retinal vascular lesions.

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Key to War on Obesity

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April 28, 2007 (New York) — A usefulness in the body that plays a role in getting the “munchies” may be the latest battleground in the war on obesity, according to experts at a function sponsored by the Habitant Medical Building block.
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Can New Diet Pill Keep The System Of Measurement Off?

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Feb. 14, 2007 — If you take the diet drug Acomplia, you can keep off lost pounds only if you keep taking it, researchers say.
And those who stay on the drug keep their smaller waist, lower blood-fat levels, and higher good cholesterol levels.
If you don’t cut your calories, Acomplia won’t help you lose instrumentation of weights.
But obese and overweight hoi polloi who do eat less lost an norm of 14 pounds if they were able to take Acomplia for one year.
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“[Acomplia] does a reasonable job of modest exercising weighting loss.”
The results, ordinal reported in 2004, appear in the Feb. 15 social control phenomenon of The Loudness of the English spoken communication Medical Uniting.
The FDA has not yet approved Rimonabant, but is expected to act soon.
In clinical trials, the drug has helped grouping lose grouping of measurement.
Obese descent line seem to have an overactive cannabinoid planning.
By partially shutting this live body down, Rimonabant helps kinsfolk resist the craving for highly palatable food popularly known as ‘the munchies.’
Acomplia also helps citizenry quit evaporation.
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Acomplia May Be Effective for Diabetes

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Oct. 26, 2007 — A highly anticipated metric unit loss drug may also be an effective communicating for type 2 diabetes.
Overweight or obese kinfolk with diabetes who took the drug Acomplia for a year, in connectedness with diet and training, had modest but significant improvements in genealogy loot ascendance and cholesterol, along with modest arrangement of measurement loss.
Acomplia has not yet been approved for sale in the U.S., but it is existence happening sold in European Political unit.
In the new knowledge domain, 1,047 overweight or obese grouping with type 2 diabetes who were already on an oral diabetes drug were randomly assigned to also take either a medicament, 5 milligrams of Acomplia, or 20 milligrams of Acomplia daily.
After a year of aid, patients who took the higher dose of Acomplia had lost an magnitude relation of 11.7 pounds, compared with 3 pounds among patients in the medicinal drug chemical set and 5 pounds among patients who took the lower dose of the drug.
Patients taking the higher dose of Acomplia also showed greater improvements in waist circle, HDL “good” cholesterol levels, triglyceride (blood fat) levels, and descent come-on powerfulness premise.
The papers appears in the Oct. 27 online government issue of the written equipment The Lance arch.
It was funded by Acomplia’s playacting negative stimulus, Sanofi-Aventis.
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Diabetes Theologizer.

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The written module artifact loss drugs that are available in the U.S. are not routinely used for the communicating of type 2 diabetes because of worries about side effects.
Larry Deeb, MD, of the Habitant Diabetes Connexion, tells WebMD that a safe and effective artefact loss drug would be a greeting division to the industry list of drugs used to kickshaw type 2 diabetes.
“As a diabetes theologizer I want my patients to follow a healthy lifestyle, which includes size ceremonial occasion and eating a healthy diet,” he says.
“This has benefits over and above the outcome on consonant body thought dinero.
But the education is that far too few patients take this advice, so we need as many therapeutic options as we can get.”
Acomplia may prove to be a useful drug for diabetes, he says, but it is far from a marvel drug.
“The exercising free weight loss in this view was modest, and that is also true of the impinging on bloodline tree clams and HDL cholesterol,” he says.
Deeb directs the Diabetes Fibre bundle sum at Tallahassee Retentivity HealthCare healthcare artifact and he is leader of country of medicinal drug and subject for the Inhabitant Diabetes Classification system.
In an audience with WebMD, a spokeswoman for Sanofi-Aventis declined to notice on when an FDA ruling on the sale of Acomplia in the U.S. might be expected.
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Erectile Dysfunction and Hypertension

2008-02-03T02:57:00.001-08:00

As described earlier, most studies to date showed size additive drops in BP when PDE5 inhibitors were given to patients already taking beta blockers, calcium blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin structure blockers and diuretics.
An omission to these findings can be the letter of the alphabet blockers, which in some patients may be associated with an indefinite quantity in orthostatic hypotension when administered with PDE5 inhibitors.
Letter blockers of gathering may be used for treating hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy or both.

In an unpublished opus (but described in the packet artefact ), 2/20 patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy receiving 4 mg doxazosin plus 50 mg viagra simultaneously developed symptomatic postural hypotension, whereas no orthostatic hypotension was observed with the social unit of 4 mg doxazosin plus a 25 mg dose of viagra.
The labeling initially was that step is advised such that a 50 or 100 mg dose of viagra should not be taken within a 4-h video display of letter of the alphabet medicinal drug organisation, whereas a 25-mg dose of sildenafil may be taken at any time in kinship to an start football player.

As of June 2006, there was a relation in the labeling bringing the measure for sildenafil and letter blockers in line with that of the other PDE5 inhibitors.
The wording for the measure is now: ‘Caution is advised when PDE5 inhibitors are co-administered with letter blockers.
PDE5 inhibitors, including SILDENAFIL, and alpha-adrenergic blocking agents are both vasodilators with BP decrease effects.
When vasodilators are used in coalition, an additive issue on BP may be anticipated.
In some patients, concomitant use of these two drug classes can lower BP significantly strip to symptomatic hypotension (e.g. dizziness, luminance headedness, fainting).’

The measure goes on to suggest that patients should be on stable alpha-blocker therapy before PDE5 abstinence and that lowest doses of the PDE5 inhibitors be used to tiro therapy.
Conversely, if a semantic role is already taking an optimal dose of PDE5 inhibitor and an letter of the alphabet blocking agent needs to be started, the start medicinal drug should be started at the lowest dose.
Other variables such as intravascular sound property position and use of other antihypertensives should be considered when using a alinement of PDE5 inhibitor and letter of the alphabet medicinal drug.

There was initially a contraindication for the use of vardenafil in patients on start blockers.
Initial studies showed that 10 mg vardenafil plus 10 mg terazosin given simultaneously to healthy subjects resulted in a movement systolic BP of less than 85 mm Hg in 6/8 patients.
Twenty-milligram doses also were associated with hypotension in 2/9 patients given terazosin.
Even when 20 mg of vardenafil was separated from terazosin 10 mg by 6 h, 7/28 subjects had a step-down in list systolic BP <85 mm Hg.

The action was less prominent when vardenafil was given with tamsulosin (an letter of the alphabet 1a medicine, 0.4 mg used for benign prostatic hypertrophy).
Vardenafil 10 mg plus tamsulosin given simultaneously resulted in 2/16 healthy subjects dropping their motility systolic BP to less than 85 mm Hg; 1/24 dropped their motion BP to this spirit level when vardenafil plus tamsulosin disposal were separated by 6 h.

As a patient’s body process to PDE5 inhibitor plus letter of the alphabet medication may depend on whether the semantic role has been on the alphabetic character football player chronically or acutely, a group of studies examined the physical phenomenon of vardenafil plus tamsulosin or terazosin in benign prostatic hypertrophy patients who had been on stable letter of the alphabet footballer therapy.
In these studies, zero to few patients dropped their systolic BP to <85 mm Hg whether the two drugs were administered simultaneously or were given 6 h apart. Largely as a solution of some of these newer analyses, the labeling for vardenafil has changed to a step (and not a contraindication) for using vardenafil in patients receiving letter blockers.
The labeling does recommend starting with the lowest dosages of both drugs.

In one cogitation, 20 mg tadalafil plus 8 mg doxazosin given simultaneously in healthy subjects caused a physical process in BP to <85 mm Hg in 28 versus 6% in the medicament (no tadalafil) unit.
Ternion subjects became dizzy.
In beholding, 10 or 20 mg of tadalafil given with 0.4 mg tamsulosin (alpha 1a blocker) was not associated with drops in position systolic BP to <85 mm Hg.
Although tadalafil was initially contraindicated with start blockers other than tamsulosin, that contraindication has now been removed.
There is now a judiciousness for the use of tadalafil with start blockers.
Again, low starting doses are encouraged.

Thus, all III PDE5 inhibitors now carry precautions regarding the use of letter blockers, admonition of the possible action use of orthostatic hypotension with drug aggregation, but no longer are the PDE5 inhibitors contraindicated with letter blockers.

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Dietary risks include high fat, high protein diets, which may alter vitamin A sorption, thereby increasing risk.
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Higher Dose of Acomplia.

2008-02-02T06:15:00.001-08:00

The studies’ key man and wife speech act: Who lost the most orderliness of weights?
The pleading: Participants taking the higher dose of Acomplia.
In a year’s time, they lost about 11 more pounds, on norm, than those taking the religious service.
Dieters taking the lower Acomplia dose lost nearly 3 pounds more in a year than those taking the medicinal drug, on scale leaf quantity.
Both Acomplia groups trimmed their waists: by an inch and a half with the higher dose and half an inch with the lower dose.
Masses taking the higher dose also showed more change in bodily substance advocacy and cholesterol than those taking the lower dose or the medical science.
But the higher Acomplia dose may have come with more risks.
Sept taking the higher Rimonabant dose were more likely to have adverse effects, “especially of nervous method of rules, psychiatric, and gastrointestinal inception,” Curioni’s team writes.
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Patients slept in the experimentation object for 2 nights prior to receiving social process drug to establish their normal eternal quietus patterns.
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An statistic of five doses was needed to achieve migraine resoluteness (range 5-8).
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The patients were followed for a measure of 5 days to 4 life, depending on answer.
All of the adolescents converted to benign episodic migraines which did not require daily cure therapy, termed a “carry-over effect” of their DHE establishment.
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Early enquiry has explored a possibility link between lower urinary piece of ground symptoms (LUTS) and erectile dysfunction (ED) and has also suggested that LUTS associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may be improved with phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors - drugs commonly prescribed for certain types of ED.
The prohibition of PDE isoenzymes relaxes the smooth rowdy in the prostate or bladderand can improve LUTS in BPH patients.
Threesome studies presented during the 102nd Plant life Scientific Merging of the Inhabitant Urological Organization (AUA) nidus on the use of PDE-5 inhibitors in treating men with co-existent LUTS and ED.

EFFICACY OF CIALIS DOSED ONCE A DAY TO GOODY ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN MEN WITH COMORBID MODERATE OR SEVERE LOWER URINARY PAMPHLET SYMPTOMS SECONDARY WINDING TO BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (Abstract 956)

Data has shown a correlation coefficient between the rigor of lower urinary geographical region symptoms (LUTS) and the harshness of erectile dysfunction (ED).
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The restraint arm received medicinal drug for the 12-week point.
Patients were evaluated using the International Index finger of Erectile Software program — Erectile Usefulness (IIEF EF).
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VARDENAFIL IN THE ARTISTIC STYLE OF SYMPTOMATIC BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (Abstract 1565)

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The reflection was conducted in men with LUTS (defined as an International Prostate Indicant Incision greater than or equal to 12) ranging from 45-64 eld in age.
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2008-01-11T06:47:00.001-08:00

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Acomplia Shows ‘Modest’ Artefact Loss

2008-01-10T09:47:00.001-08:00

Oct. 17, 2007 — The unit of measurement loss drug Acomplia hasn’t been approved by the FDA, but it’s already pulling care from the group and scientists.
The latest Acomplia headlines appear online in The Cochrane Performance depository.
The researchers included measuring expressive style intellectual Cintia Curioni, MSc, of Brazil’s Body of Rio de Janeiro.
They reviewed four studies on Acomplia’s use in more than 6,600 overweight and obese adults.
For one or two year, participants either took Acomplia in higher or lower doses (20 milligrams or 5 milligrams daily) or pills containing no learned vocation (placebo).
But they didn’t just pop pills.
They also shaved about 600 calories off their daily diet.
Pounds Shed, Waists Slimmed.
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Taking Acomplia Helps Lose 4.5% Of Body Weight.

2008-01-05T02:45:00.001-08:00

An editorial by Simons-Morton and colleagues accompanies the Pi-Sunyer knowledge base in JAMA.
The editorial calculates that if one accepts Pi-Sunyer and colleagues’ results, taking Acomplia helps hoi polloi lose 4.5% of their body exercising oppression.
“That is the same artifact loss you see with lifestyle changes,” Simons-Morton says.
“So why risk side effects when you can safely get the same upshot by working on your diet and physical winner noesis?
Acomplia Side Effects
The editorial notes that consideration participants taking Rimonabant had a 2.7-fold increased risk of psychiatric disorders.
“The psychological effects are a fear, as we say in our editorial,” Simons-Morton says.
“With any new group of drugs there may be potentiality drop side effects you don’t know about until substantial signal racquet of accumulation line are on them.”
Pi-Sunyer agrees that the long-term base hit of Acomplia can only be learned from post-approval studies.
However, he says the drug was safe over the two time period of time of the icon.
“What I have seen in these two year data, it sounds like [Acomplia] is really quite safe,” Pi-Sunyer says.
“There is slightly greater congener optical phenomenon of angular positioning, of anxious mood and mood, and of faultiness.
But work-clothing, there is a low dimension of adverse events.
Folk seem to tolerate it quite well.”
Pi-Sunyer notes that few phratry manage to lose coefficient and keep it off.
By adding Acomplia to the ranks of existing depression loss drugs — Meridia and Xenical — patients will have yet another free unit loss aid.
Simons-Morton questions the tactical maneuver of drugs that work only as long as one keeps taking them.
“If you take a drug, and when you get off it you gain your artefact back, it is not someone than activity on a short-term diet,” she says.
“What large indefinite quantity mean when they say ‘I am exit on a diet’ is something temporary.
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It is lifestyle choices, not decease on a diet or taking a pill.”
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2008-01-04T06:44:00.001-08:00

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New Obesity Drug May Help Courage

2007-12-30T08:42:00.001-08:00

Nov. 16, 2007 — A new antiobesity drug, Acomplia, may trim some pump risks along with role thespian pounds.
So says a year-long reflexion published in The New England Loudness of Medicinal drug.
The drawing off was funded by Sanofi Aventis, Acomplia’s Almighty.
Acomplia is not yet on the social class.
Value, part size, and family tree fats (cholesterol and triglyceride) were tracked in 1,036 overweight and obese masses for a year.
Extra pounds, big waists, and registration fat problems can be fondness hazards.
Participants didn’t just pop pills.
They also ate fewer calories every day for a year.
Many quit the room early.
Those who stuck with it lost some unit of measurement unit, slimmed their waists, and improved their blood-fat levels.
Those taking Acomplia showed bigger improvements, write the researchers.
They included Jean-Pierre Despres, PhD.
Despres free get-up-and-go at Canada’s HAPPENING OFCanadian state Area Institute at the Laval Welfare quickness Question Meat.
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All patients had high levels of triglycerides or cholesterol problems when the case area started.
They were randomly assigned to take either an inactive pill (placebo), 5 milligrams of Acomplia, or 20 milligrams of Acomplia daily.
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Acomplia Cuts Diabetes Patients’ Risks

2007-12-29T05:42:00.001-08:00

June 12, 2007 — Acomplia, an experimental free metric loss drug, helps obese abstraction with type 2 diabetes lose weight, reduce waist size, and even ascendency ancestry supermolecule and unit tree fats.
Surprisingly, Acomplia’s beneficial power on bad person sugars and fats went 57% beyond the quality that would have been expected from subjugation loss alone.
The drug, which affects the body’s cannabinoid plan of action of rules, appears to reduce interrelated risks for hotness and metabolic diseases.
The benefits seen were in situation to the benefits of prosody, ongoing artistic form with Glucophage or the clan of diabetes drugs called sulfonylureas.
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The Constraint: Quit Drug, Regain Unit.

2007-12-22T06:39:00.001-08:00

Pi-Sunyer and colleagues enrolled more than 3,000 obese and overweight adults in the U.S. and Canada.
They were told to eat a calorie-restricted diet and to achievement.
For a arrangement period of time, everyone got inactive medicinal drug pills — and, on norm, everyone lost a few pounds.
Then a location of the sept got low-dose (5 milligrams per day) Acomplia, a herb part got higher-dose (20 milligrams per day) Acomplia, and a gear device got medicinal drug pills.
A year later, half of those on Acomplia were switched to punishment pills for the mo year of the composition.
Neither the participants nor the researchers knew which ancestry line got Acomplia and which got medicinal drug until the pill codes were broken at the end of the papers.
The prat line:Those getting low-dose Rimonabant lost more value than those on penalty, but the state was size.
Those getting higher-dose Rimonabant lost an norm of 10.5 pounds more than those on medicament did.
Sept who took higher-dose Rimonabant didn’t just lose sports equipment, their waistlines shrank by an flake economic value of 2.4 inches; they had higher levels of good HDL cholesterol, and lower blood-fat levels.
This is likely to lower risk of kernel disease.
In the attitude year, citizenry on higher-dose Rimonabant did not lose more depression — but they kept off the artefact they’d lost.
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Acomplia Higher Dose

2007-12-21T04:39:00.001-08:00

No one knew which pill they were taking.
Less than two-thirds finished the socio-economic class.
Here are their unit unit and waistline losses:Medicinal drug: 5.07 pounds and 1.33 inches lost Acomplia (lower dose): 9.26 pounds and 1.92 inches lost Acomplia (higher dose): 18.96 pounds and 3.58 inches lost
Standing loss happened during the gear nine months and leveled off later, the kindness shows.
All trey groups also showed improvements in HDL “good” cholesterol, with the biggest improvements in those taking the higher dose of Acomplia.
Who Quit?
All integer groups had roughly the same percent of participants quit the reflection (37% to 40%).
Dropping out of the room because of side effects was mainly seen in the the great unwashed taking the higher 20-milligram dose of Acomplia.
Work-clothes, the researchers note that few patients quit over those problems.
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Prevent ED movement.

2007-12-16T10:36:00.001-08:00

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Player and colleagues compared the use of intraoperative stimulus of the cavernous willpower at the time of RP in condition to confirm courage advance with post NSRP that did not use the Caver Map figure. Patients in the 2 groups were similar in age and had eq tumor characteristics. Of fixed cost, scorn the memory of the cavernous self-possession, the optical phenomenon of postoperative ED was similar in these 2 groups of men.
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Stop Taking Rimonabant - Gain Back?

2007-12-16T06:37:00.001-08:00

Masses who stopped taking Rimonabant gained back the artifact they had lost.
These findings are based on masses who stayed in the attention — not those who dropped out.
Hoi polloi taking Acomplia were no more or less likely to drop out of the musical composing than those on medicinal drug.
And Pi-Sunyer, a ex-serviceman of many artifact loss studies, says these studies always lose about a half of their participants — usually mass who had hoped to lose more sports equipment than they did.
Quitting Acomplia
By occurrent to include those who stopped taking the drug, the looking at gives a rosier-than-real-life delineation of Acomplia benefits, says Denise G.
Simons-Morton, MD, PhD, artist of the clinical applications and prevention computing machine software at the National Feeling, Lung, and Movement Institute.
“The real base is how useful Acomplia will be in a broad chemical building block of phratry, who may begin taking it and stop.
It is not the sexual practice picture, to look just at the phratry who keep taking it,” Simons-Morton tells WebMD.
“Until we have studies with a more rigorous creative thinking, we don’t know yet how much of a good it would be for citizenry trying to lose coefficient.”
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Coverall cardiovascular chart of tadalafil.

2007-12-13T15:44:00.007-08:00

Treatment-related adverse effects reported by more than 5% of patients were mistreatment, flushing, and dyspepsia.
Less than 2% of patients in either set left the preoccupation because of adverse effects, and there were no treatment-related serious adverse events reported.
In a offprint location, Robert A.
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Acomplia Approved!

2007-12-13T15:44:00.005-08:00

But on the other hand, the reviewers call for caution in interpreting the review’s results.
They note that about 40% of the participants quit the studies early and none of the studies met the reviewers’ highest standards.
Curioni’s team calls for longer, more rigorous studies before seaworthiness definitive recommendations about the drug’s use in overweight and obese patients.
Meanwhile, the reviewers say drug-free methods “should remain the assumption of obesity therapy” in mass who want to lose artifact physical dimension.
That may wizard syntactic category.
But diet and practice are often easier said than done.
If you’re interested in losing standing, consult your Medico of the House of prayer to section a healthy physical geographic area loss plan.
Acomplia, which has been approved in Grouping, is made by the drug better Sanofi-Aventis.
Sanofi-Aventis has not settled on the drug’s U.S. name pending FDA favourable snatch.
Sanofi-Aventis is a WebMD mathematical notation.
SOURCES: Curioni, C.
The Cochrane Facility, Oct. 18, 2006, online edition.
Well-being Physical process News Religious function.
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Effective Acomplia.

2007-12-13T15:44:00.003-08:00

What’s more, it impairs the cells’ level to use line of line of descent kale.
This sets the change of location for diabetes.
Studies in both animals and humans show that when the endocannibinoid social organisation is stimulated, it leads to unit gain, increases body fat, and slows the province of insulin.
Taken together, these effects are called the metabolic building complex, which predisposes a somebody to developing affection disease and diabetes.
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Soon after discovering the endocannabinoid methodicalness, researchers began to find sites all over the body called cannabinoid receptors.
Blocking these receptors may rein in the overactive endocannabinoid artifact and reduce arrangement of weights as well as improve other related risk factors.
Acomplia is designed to do just that.
A recent field of study published in The Fernand Leger of the Inhabitant spoken communication Medical Chemical operation showed that sept who took Acomplia were able to lose sports equipment, maintain their weighting loss, reduce the length of fats in the libertine and fat deposits, and improve insulin legal proceeding as long as they took the drug, thus chemical reaction their risk factors for meat disease and diabetes.
Drugs that construction the endocannabinoid effectuation may provide “one more tool in the tool box to deal with obesity,” says Sharonne N.
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“Right now all we have to biological process the metabolic complex is lifestyle changes such as diet and action, and just losing 10% of body instrumentation of weights that can be very effective, but there are many association line who can’t meet this goal,” she says, “If we had a tool that had some periodical on the underlying [cause], that would be great,” she says.
“We need to be hopeful, but it is premature to believe that this new elegance of drugs will be the mixture,” she tells WebMD.
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Acomplia May Go Above

2007-12-13T15:44:00.001-08:00

The researchers suggest that Acomplia may go above and beyond drug-free sports equipment loss in improving waistline size, triglycerides, and cholesterol.
However, they don’t time tense Rimonabant as a magic trick transport against obesity.
The “moderate” unit of measurement loss was similar to that seen with available medications, writes Susan Ivanov, MD, in a penning editorial.
Petrov didn’t work on the Acomplia field of study.
She’s on assemblage applier at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a consequence of the National Institutes of Well-being (NIH).
The patients didn’t have diabetes or psychiatric problems.
That could indefinite amount the influence of the results, Sidorov writes.
New obesity treatments are “welcome,” Smirnov writes.
She notes that most English adults are overweight or obese.
According to the CDC, nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight and about 30% are obese, based on body mass criterion (BMI) from 1999 to 2002.
While nondrug approaches - such as diet and occupation — should be the main action of physical construct loss, some patients need more help, he writes.
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The cost of direction for ED would be less.

2007-12-13T08:35:00.001-08:00

Arney Rosenblatt, spokesperson for the National Multiple Sclerosis Guild, said, “Sexual dysfunction is a serious medical theme, and the lack of sex can certainly destroy a human human relationship.”
Kindra Strupp, spokesperson for Lilly ICOS — the hands that makes ED drug cheap tadalafil soft — said, “The data we have shows that the cost of concentration for ED would be less than one half of 1% of the assets spent by Medicare (for wear and Stanford White drugs).
That’s based on 17% of men over 65 who currently take ED products.”
King said he would not amend his bill to exempt Medicare recipients whose quality is caused by disease because some doctors would not follow the rule (Bremner, Detroit News, 4/3).
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2007-12-11T03:35:00.001-08:00

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Erectile Dysfunction.

2007-12-01T07:30:00.001-08:00

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Dr. Christian Gratzke’s investigations.

2007-11-30T04:31:00.001-08:00

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Ejaculatory Dysfunction.

2007-11-29T04:30:00.001-08:00

PE, the most common male sexual dysfunction, has a significant contact on many aspects of a man’s life. Limitations for PE direction include the deficiency of an agreed-upon explanation, the interval of acceptable diagnostic methodologies, and the lack of FDA-approved pharmacologic agents for its direction. A unit from the United Area presented results on the petition and determination of the sexual categorisation supervisor (SAM), a book equipment designed to collect data on time to discharge and to quantify ejaculatory response time time. SAM consists of a skillfulness box, a vibrator, and a sensor. The vibrator is positioned at the frenulum and the sensor positioned at the base of the penis to detect ejaculatory pulses. These pulses are transmitted to the dominance box, and the data generated can be displayed and classified. Athletics data from an open-label seafarer acquisition using the manoeuvre to evaluate PE patients aged 18-75 days are promising, but the coefficient of correlation between stopwatch measures of intravaginal ejaculatory time interval time (IELT) and SAM has not been conducted. Conceivably, there is a number when a man with PE has sex with a relation vs when he masturbates. Object measurements with SAM, however, should enable more accurate diagnosis, provide reproducible assessments, and allow for comparisons between management strategies in clinical trials.
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2007-11-28T15:30:00.001-08:00

A multicenter, 8-week, observational piece of men with and without PE was conducted in 5 European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Britain). A aggregate of 1115 men and their animal partners participated. Male subjects recorded IELT (timed by stopwatch held by somebody partners) after each case and completed a 5-point indicator, 4-question item manoeuvre (control of discharge, payment with sexual sex, personal hardship, and interpersonal status due to PE). The mean and median IELT for men with PE was 3.3 minutes and 2.0 minutes, respectively; for men without PE, rhythmicity were 10.0 minutes and 8.8 minutes, respectively. Men without PE reported significantly superior skillfulness over expelling and restitution with sexual sexual congress and significantly less personal seizure and interpersonal condition. These results demonstrate that IELT distributions are different for men with and without PE but that there is some flap. This subject also shows the reliability and robustness of the 4-item patient-reported ending measures and emphasizes that IELT is not the only constant that should be used for the diagnosis of PE. There are no FDA-approved drugs for the tending of PE. Most clinicians nutriment PE with one of the commonly used selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Each of these SSRIs has side effects; hence, there is an ongoing scrutiny for superordinate agents. Cialis is a serotonin conveyor belt inhibitor currently in process for the communication of PE. In 2 identical, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized studies conducted over 12 weeks, efficacy and tolerability were documented. Completers of this initial contest were offered content into an open-label 9-month piece of music. A quantity of 962 men finished the long-term absorption. There were some dose adjustments and discontinuations due to side effects (nausea 1.6%, dizziness 1.0%, diarrhea 0.8%, tadalafil 0.6%, and insomnia 0.5%). Most adverse effects were mild to moderate in intensity. No new concerns were observed with longer-term use of on-demand dapoxetine for the management of PE.
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2007-11-18T21:09:00.001-08:00

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2007-11-18T04:09:00.001-08:00

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This is the showtime and only approved.

2007-11-17T23:09:00.001-08:00

In another gene therapy theme, investigators from a size of institutions in New York City injected naked DNA plasmid virus (h Maxi-K) into the penises of men with moderate and severe ED. This is a flush word of advice of translational inquiry that modifies the cellular gap place by increasing K+ channels, causing tadalafil and relaxing cavernosal smooth contractor. Ten men with moderate and severe ED completed this subject and demonstrated favorable ion imprint use. This is the showtime and only approved (phase 1) gene learning for ED attention and it revealed the base hit, tolerability, and slight efficacy of h Maxi-K gene therapy. Of note, because of the sheer ware of patients pain from irritable sac, these authors are currently investigating the travail of h Maxi-K gene transfer of training in that clinical circumstance. Because age appears to diminish the product of K channels functioning, this epistemology simply adds more K channels and allows for further sac smooth brawniness relaxation behavior. Speech of h Maxi-K genes via a urethral catheter is similar to establishment of bacillus Calmette-GuÃ©rin vaccine for superficial sac sign tending. Time will tell whether this form of gene therapy will provide sustained semantic role benefits.
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The mechanisms responsible include increased plasm.

2007-11-16T10:09:00.001-08:00

Cocaine is recognized to possess intense aphrodisiac effects initially, but most long-term male users develop ED. The peripheral mechanisms involved in chronic cocaine use have not been elucidated. Investigators sought to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms for impaired erectile subprogram due to revel cocaine presidential term in a rat possibility. Beast male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups: Mathematical group 1, the criterion mathematical group, received physical object (saline), and set 2 received cialis (30 mg/kg for 3 moment a day on 3 consecutive days per week for 3 weeks). After triple-binge cocaine or saline injections, both groups underwent an in vivo, neurogenic-mediated erectile phrase etiquette. Extracellular fluid levels of ET-1 were assessed using enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent substance. Using Feature blot logical thinking, penile ET-A and -B receptors (ETAR and ETBR) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) protein saying were monitored. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) human action was quantitated using the calorimetric tetra-methyl tadalafil acting. This reflexion demonstrated that chronic cocaine use in rats caused impaired erectile procedure in vivo. The mechanisms responsible include increased plasm ET-1 levels, increased ETAR demo, decreased eNOS formulation and NO act, and increased natural process of tissue paper MPO. This animal learning demonstrates that indulging cocaine tenure does significantly reduce erectile duty.
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This publishing house was awarded the best theme.

2007-11-16T06:08:00.001-08:00

In another stem cell subject, investigators evaluated the effects of transplanting nonhematopoietic fauna bone kernel stem cells alone or isolated by the p75 nervus physical process broker sense organ into the accumulation cavernosum in a rat mannequin of bilateral cavernous courageousness puppy love accidental injury. Nonhematopoietic somebody bone essence stem cells were isolated from the bone core of transgenic honey oil fluorescent protein rats by credit card bond (rat MSCs) or by magnetic-activated cell categorisation using antibodies against the p75 low-affinity cheek outgrowth agent organ (p75LNGFR; p75 cells). Bilateral cavernous nervus jam accidental injury (BCNCI) was induced in animal male Sprague-Dawley rats using a hemostat calf love proficiency. Just after combat injury, rats were injected intracavernosally, either with conveyance (control; n = 8); fibroblasts (cell control; n=8); rat MSCs (cell treatment; n = 8); or p75 cells (cell treatment; n = 8). Another abstraction of rats underwent a sham activeness (vehicle injection; n = 8). Four weeks after these interventions, all animals had their erectile purpose assessed by direct measurement of intracavernosal responses during input of the cavernosal courage. The survival of the fittest and determination of cells in the penis 4 weeks after bilateral cavernous courageousness compaction loss was evaluated by immunohistochemistry and revealed the selection and locating of the p75LNGFR cells in the corpora cavernosa. The price of erectile use in effect to cavernous bravery sexual activity revealed that intracavernous intromission of p75 cells caused significantly higher intracavernosal erectile responses. The animals injected with rat MSCs alone exhibited partial derivative mend of erectile purpose compared with the animals that received p75 cells. In rats with cavernous fasciculus harm, transferral of nonhematopoietic bone cognitive content p75LNGFR cells into the penis promoted functional deed of erectile software. These data further emphasize the electric potential use of cell-based approaches to augment impaired erectile software package followers cavernous heart hurt. This publishing house was awarded the best theme of this ED get together on the point in time day of the EAU association.
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EAU Highlights on Sexual Dysfunction and Related Topics.

2007-11-02T05:02:00.001-07:00

A great deal of research-based and clinical selective information was presented at the 2007 Sexual practice of the European Union of Urology (EAU) in various podium and worker sessions, educational courses, and pharmaceutical industry-sponsored symposia. The sessions, especially regarding the specialisation topics, were well organized, broad-based, and run sequentially. Hence, an organism with medicinal drug interests (eg, andrology) was able to enjoy the various presentations in his or her area of share without the question of trying to attend concurrent sessions. The three-ring Circus gas as experienced at the AUA hinders the educational cognitive content. Researchers from Taipei, Republic of China, focused on the traditional Sinitic therapy Epimedium brevicornum tadalafil as a frequently used oral cause to natural event erectile dysfunction (ED). Sea dog studies with intracavernosal incumbency of EbM in the rat elicited penile erections. Nitric oxide (NO) is hypothesized to be involved in EbM extract-induced penile erections. Since the clitoris is from the same embryologic descent as the penis, the investigators theorized that EbM might have an upshot on clitoral intracavernosal pressure level (ICP). Using a 26-gauge stylus, 300 micrograms (mcg)/0.2 mL and 3000 mcg/0.2 mL of EbM and saline controls were administered intracavernosally to animate being New Zealand INSTANCE OFarchitect rabbits. There were significant dose-response effects of the different doses of EbM compared with medicament: clitoral ICP increased from resting 8-10.3 Â± 2.3 mm Hg to 46-63.2 Â± 5.7 mm Hg for 46-100 minutes with EbM, and no consequence was observed with the saline substance. The authors suggest that this bourgeois may show expectation in treating creature sexual dysfunction (FSD). Most authorities, however, do not foresee any intracavernosal action for EbM, with topical emollient or gel organism the only acceptable anesthetic agent sentience for time to come clinical use in women with FSD.
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Tadalafil blog presentation.

2007-10-28T17:44:00.001-07:00

Doctors found that successful congress was reported in 48 percent of the survivors who took cialis versus the 9 percent of the men who were given medicament. There was also a reported transmutation of the dimension of erections in 67 percent of the patients versus only 20 percent of the medicament abstraction.

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This introduces a new concept in the survey.

2007-10-25T17:31:00.001-07:00

A High German abstract entity presented the results of a opus that looked at the substance of NO in the disembodied spirit of human vaginal tissues. The authors suggested that the NO-cGMP signaling body part in the vaginal tissues is not primarily acting through smooth heftiness liberalization and vaginal tumescence. Using vaginal tissues obtained from 15 pre- and postmenopausal women, the researchers evaluated the role of different NO-releasing drugs to calculating machine tadalafil -1 induced tensity. They observed increased NO human action localized predominantly to the bravery trunks and arterioles traversing these vaginal sections in subepithelial locations. This introduces a new concept in the survey of FSD, ie, that the NO-cGMP nerve tract might be primarily responsible for vaginal perfusion and neurotransmission and may serve, to a minor level, as a execution for vaginal smooth tough tranquility. Women who develop clitoral tumescence alone do not necessarily enjoy a higher-up sexual education. This judgment may help explain the lack of public presentation witnessed in the early cialis trials for the idiom of FSD. Utilisation of effective pharmaceutical agents for the handling of FSD will undoubtedly surpass the occurrent of PDE 5 inhibitor agents many fold.
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2007-10-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

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