Antibacterial action of penicillin against Mycobacterium avium complex by D. Deshpande, G. Magombedze, S. Srivastava, T. Gumbo

“…CONCLUSIONS: Benzylpenicillin demonstrated a better bactericidal effect against MAC than guideline-recommended drugs before the development of resistance. Its role in combination therapy with other drugs with better efficacy than guideline-recommended drugs should be explored.…”
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Health effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS): A study among federal civil servants in Bayelsa State, Nigeria by Endurance Uzobo, Aboluwaji D Ayinmoro

“…Our findings showed that malaria treatment (β = 0.737, P < 0.05), prescriptions of drugs (β = 0.187, P < 0.05) and vaccinations (β = 0.422, P < 0.05) were good predictors of satisfaction levels and self-rated health status. …”
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Therapeutic Implications of Targeting Energy Metabolism in Breast Cancer by Meena K. Sakharkar, Babita Shashni, Karun Sharma, Sarinder K. Dhillon, Prabhakar R. Ranjekar, Kishore R. Sakharkar

“…The use of synthetic PPARγ ligands as drugs and their recent withdrawal/restricted usage highlight the lack of understanding of the molecular basis of these drugs, their off-target effects, and their network. …”
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Capnography and the Bispectral Index—Their Role in Pediatric Sedation: A Brief Review by Maria Sammartino, Barbara Volpe, Fabio Sbaraglia, Rossella Garra, Alessandro D'Addessi

“…Capnography in pediatric sedation assesses the effect of different drugs on the occurrence of respiratory failure and records early indicators of respiratory impairment. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Cardiac Tamponade Induced by Concomitant Use of Rivaroxaban and Amiodarone by Oreoluwa Oladiran, Jared Segal, Ifeanyi Nwosu, Salik Nazir

“…While most physicians are cognizant of the need for renal dosing of rivaroxaban, this article aims to increase awareness of its interactions with drugs that are also metabolized through the same hepatic CYP450 pathway.…”
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Diagnosis and treatment of the functional dyspepsia: clinical guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. A. Sheptulin, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. M. Kartavenko, V. A. Kiprianis, O. Z. Okhlobystina

“…Treatment is based on the stepwise approach, that includes general procedures, application of the drugs reducing hydrochloric acid secretion and normalizing motility and visceral sensitivity of the stomach and duodenum, in difficult to treat cases - psychopharmacological drugs and psychotherapeutic methods. …”
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Association of Dipeptidiyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors and Bullose Pemphigoid: A Report of Four Cases by Neslihan USLU, Kagan GUNGOR, Gonca TAMER, Bulent CAN

“…Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4i) are commonly used as antidiabetic medications. Although these drugs are generally recognized for their favorable clinical safety profile, emerging evidence points to the potential for adverse events associated with DPP4i. …”
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Bullous Lupus: An Atypical Case of Refractory Disease in a Patient with Sulfa Allergy by Maria Salgado Guerrero, Oscar Mena Miranda, Ana B. Arevalo, Nevena Barjaktarovic, Barbara Mendez

“…In this case report, we present a case of a 22-year-old African American woman with BSLE and impaired renal function with subsequent nephrotic range proteinuria concerning for lupus nephritis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, refractory to systemic corticosteroids, immunoglobulin, and mycophenolate mofetil, requiring dapsone after careful desensitization due to prior history of angioedema with sulfa drugs. This case highlights the importance of the prompt recognition of BSLE as the initial manifestations of SLE and illustrates the association of BSLE with severe disease and the benefit of concomitant use of dapsone with corticosteroids and other immunosuppressant drugs, even in patients with a history of sulfa allergy.…”
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Potential Role of Sugar Transporters in Cancer and Their Relationship with Anticancer Therapy by Moisés Blanco Calvo, Angélica Figueroa, Enrique Grande Pulido, Rosario García Campelo, Luís Antón Aparicio

“…Finally, we also go into the insights about the future design of drugs targeted against sugar utilization in cancer cells.…”
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Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Nephropathy: New Insights on Its Inhibition as New Therapeutic Targets by Akira Mima

“…Although anti-inflammatory or antioxidant drugs can show benefits in rodent models of DN, negative evidence from large clinical studies indicates that more effective anti-inflammatory and antioxidant drugs need to be studied to clear this question. …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Progress and Prospects by Feng Zhang, Zhuqing Li, Yanxin Wang, Chao Li, Chengzhi Lu

“…Increasing numbers of targets and drugs are being identified to ameliorate mitochondrial dysfunction and consequently slow DCM progression. …”
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Telomeres, telomerase, and cancer: mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutics by Songting Shou, Ayidana Maolan, Di Zhang, Xiaochen Jiang, Fudong Liu, Yi Li, Xiyuan Zhang, En Geer, Zhenqing Pu, Baojin Hua, Qiujun Guo, Xing Zhang, Bo Pang

“…From a therapeutic standpoint, combining telomerase-targeted therapies with drugs that mitigate the adverse effects of telomerase inhibition may offer a viable strategy.…”
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No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996 by A Patrick Gibb, Cheryl Thorson, Harry van den Elzen

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of resistance to antifungal drugs among yeasts isolated from sterile sites from patients in one hospital and the relationship of resistance to antifungal use, and to assess whether resistance was increasing.…”
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A Misleading Trismus by A. Galzerano, E. Sabatini, A. De Monte, D. Durì

“…We report the case of a 73-year-old women admitted to ICU with a diagnosis of tetanum supported by a mild trismus and treated with potentially unsafe drugs until the correct diagnosis was made.…”
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Cannabinoids: A New Group of Agonists of PPARs by Yan Sun, Andy Bennett

“…Discovery of potent synthetic analogs of the natural cannabinoids as clinically useful drugs is the sustained aim of cannabinoid research. …”
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Portrait de l’artiste en jeune femme : Wormwood (1890) de Marie Corelli by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas

“…In this novel, Corelli’s main character is an absintheur, and the plot unravels in Paris where decadent artists indulge in drugs. France then becomes an apt screen on which to project fin-de-siècle anxieties and to denounce immorality. …”
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Anthracyclines and Acquired Long QT Syndrome. A Case Report by Carlos Rodríguez Armada, Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés

“…Acquired long QT syndrome results from secondary causes and can be caused by more than 100 non-antiarrhythmic drugs. Cardiac arrest due to Torsades de pointes induced by drugs causing prolonged QT syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal event, even in hospitals. …”
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Combination of Anti-VEGF and Laser Photocoagulation for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Review by Laura N. Distefano, Jose Garcia-Arumi, Vicente Martinez-Castillo, Anna Boixadera

“…However, with the development of anti-VEGF drugs (bevacizumab, ranibizumab, and aflibercept), better outcomes were obtained in terms of visual acuity gain and decrease in macular thickness in some studies when antiangiogenic drugs were administered in monotherapy. …”
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Melatonin and its therapeutic prospects in gastroenterology by A. A. Svistunov, Mikhail A. Osadchuk, A. M. Osadchuk

“…To assess the role of melatonin drugs in gastroenterology and to outline its further application. …”
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Animal Models, Therapeutics, and Vaccine Approaches to Emerging and Re-Emerging Flaviviruses by Thomas J. Baric, Z. Beau Reneer

“…Mouse models provide us with a valuable tool to test the effectiveness of drugs and vaccines, yet for many flaviviruses, well-established mouse models are lacking. …”
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