Chronic kidney disease and inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: a potential pathogenic link by Hironari Hanaoka, Takumi Aoki, Taiji Kosaka, Shoichi Yoshinaga, Akiko Shibata, Ryota Sakai, Takahiko Kurasawa, Koichi Amano

“…Medications such as glucocorticoids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may also accelerate CKD progression. …”
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Comparative Antiviral Efficacy of Generic Sofosbuvir versus Brand Name Sofosbuvir with Ribavirin for the Treatment of Hepatitis C by L. Tang, M. Kamat, A. Shukla, M. Vora, C. Kalal, S. Kottilil, S. Shah

“…Chronic hepatitis C infection is a major cause for liver failure and liver cancer and can be treated with highly effective all oral directly acting antiviral (DAA) drugs. Generic versions of these DAAs are available in India. …”
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Research progress of GLP-1RAs in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus by Xu He, Xu He, Xu He, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao, PeiHang Li, PeiHang Li, YinJiang Zhang, YinJiang Zhang, GuoHua Li, HongYu Su, BiNan Lu, BiNan Lu, ZongRan Pang, ZongRan Pang

“…GLP-1RAs have been recognized as a new type of hypoglycemic drugs and widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Chemical Immobilization of Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus) with Ketamine Hydrochloride and Xylazine Hydrochloride: Hematology and Serum Biochemical Values by M. Veeraselvam, R. Sridhar, P. Perumal, M. G. Jayathangaraj

“…The use of combination of these drugs was found satisfactory for the chemical immobilization of captive sloth bears. …”
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The Neuroprotective Disease-Modifying Potential of Psychotropics in Parkinson's Disease by Edward C. Lauterbach, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Antonio L. Teixeira

“…Results indicate that, from a PD pathobiology perspective, the safest drugs (i.e., drugs least likely to promote cellular neurodegenerative mechanisms balanced against their likelihood of promoting neuroprotective mechanisms) include pramipexole, valproate, lithium, desipramine, escitalopram, and dextromethorphan. …”
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Phenotyping the males of mouse and rat strains with genetically defined behavioral disturbances in a model of sexual activation by M. A. Tikhonova, T. G. Amstislavskaya

“…Sexual dysfunctions are caused by aging, stress, or side effects of psychotropic drugs; they are symptoms of a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. …”
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Pantoprazole Decreases Cell Viability and Function of Human Osteoclasts In Vitro by Markus Prause, Claudine Seeliger, Marina Unger, Elizabeth Rosado Balmayor, Martijn van Griensven, Alexander Tobias Haug

“…Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonly prescribed drugs that decrease stomach acidity and are thus often used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease and as a preventative agent for the adverse effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the stomach mucosa. …”
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Hypertension Management in Brazil: Usual Practice in Primary Care—A Meta-Analysis by Rafael V. Picon, Juvenal S. Dias-da-Costa, Flavio D. Fuchs, Maria Teresa A. Olinto, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Sandra C. Fuchs

“…Thiazide diuretics and ACE inhibitors were the most used BP lowering medications as single drugs, but the control rate of hypertension is insufficient.…”
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A Novel Nitronyl Nitroxide with Salicylic Acid Framework Attenuates Pain Hypersensitivity and Ectopic Neuronal Discharges in Radicular Low Back Pain by Wen-Juan Han, Lei Chen, Hai-Bo Wang, Xiang-Zeng Liu, San-Jue Hu, Xiao-Li Sun, Ceng Luo

“…However, long-term use of these drugs causes unwanted side effects, which limits their implication. …”
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Biological activity produced by ruthenium chloride on perfusion pressure, left ventricular pressure and heart failure using an isolated rat heart model by Figueroa-Valverde Lauro, Rosas-Nexticapa Marcela, Alvarez-Ramirez Magdalena, Lopez-Ramos Maria, Aguilar-Sanchez Emilio, Mateu-Armand Virginia

“…Background: Several drugs have been used to treat heart failure, including digoxin, spironolactone, captopril, and valsartan; however, some of these drugs can produce different secondary effects. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Implementing Electronic Prescription in an Oncology Referral Hospital in Recife, Brazil by Diana Carla Gouveia Falcão, Ana Lara Vieira Soares, Hermes Castro de Araujo-Junior, José Kilderlan Nascimento de Souza-Filho, Natália Moura Farias de Medeiros, Paulo Victor Brasileiro Mota, Rodolfo Basílio Madeira-Neto, Tiago Costa Maia, Marcio Roberto Pinho Pereira, Maria Angelina Silva Medeiros

“… Introduction The occurrence of errors in the prescription of antineoplastic oncological drugs constitutes a serious public health problem, directly affecting patient safety. …”
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Recurrent Pericarditis, an Unexpected Effect of Adjuvant Interferon Chemotherapy for Malignant Melanoma by Farhan Ashraf, Fady Marmoush, Muhammad Ismail Shafi, Ashish Shah

“…Drug-induced pericarditis is a well-described cardiac pathology that can result from a variety of medications; however, interferon-mediated pericarditis is extremely rare. …”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Syndrome Associated with Richter’s Transformation in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Nura El-Haj, Wilson I. Gonsalves, Vinay Gupta, Jacob P. Smeltzer, Sameer A. Parikh, Preet P. Singh, Naseema Gangat

“…Most cases are triggered by infectious agents, malignancy, or drugs. We describe the first case of a CLL patient presenting with HPS due to acquisition of EBV-related large cell lymphoma in the setting of profound immunodeficiency.…”
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Awake fiberoptic intubation in a pediatric patient with Tessier’s cleft: Navigating the challenges by Jyoti Sharma, Ruhi Sharma, Mohd A. Mir, Anju Grewal

“…Paediatric patients with orofacial defects pose unique challenges to the anaesthetist as management requires meticulous planning and preparation as well as titration of drugs to maintain spontaneous ventilation without losing the airway. …”
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A Mysterious DRESS Case: Autoimmune Enteropathy Associated with DRESS Syndrome by Abimbola Adike, Vaishnavi Boppana, Dora Lam-Himlin, Melissa Stanton, Steven Nelson, Kevin C. Ruff

“…Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction characterized by extensive mucocutaneous eruption, fever, hematologic abnormalities, and extensive organ involvement. …”
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Study of Endothelio- and Osteoprotective Effects of Combination of Rosuvastatin with L-Norvaline in Experiment by M. S. Sobolev, A. V. Faitelson, O. S. Gudyrev, D. S. R. Rajkumar, G. M. Dubrovin, A. V. Anikanov, N. U. Koklina, E. S. Chernomortseva

“…It was found that, after ovariectomy in rats, endothelial dysfunction of the vessels of the microcirculatory bed of bone tissue develops, leading to the appearance of osteoporosis, but the combination of the studied drugs prevents the decrease in the level of microcirculation in the bone tissue, thereby preventing the thinning of bone trabeculae and preventing the occurrence of microfractures in them.…”
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There May Be a Way to Say 'NO' to Gastric Injury Associated with the Combined Use of Aspirin and Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors by Jennifer J Williams, Paul L Beck

“…The use of other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for the relief of pain and inflammation has also increased (2). …”
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Studies of biofilms and phenotypic characteristics of Candida fungi by E. M. Lenchenko, N. P. Sachivkina

“…The search and testing of multilevel algorithms for biofilm identification when exposed to chemotherapeutic and disinfectant drugs for blocking the synthesis or destruction of the intercellular matrix in the development of superficial, deep and systemic candidiasis of animals are relevant for developing and improving diagnostic and antiepidemic measures. …”
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Examination and the State of Intoxication: Features of Legal Regulation and Observance of Human Rights and Freedoms by M. A. Sambor

“…The author of the article examines the state of alcohol, drugs or other intoxication, as well as the influence of drugs that reduce the attention and speed of reaction, as a measure to ensure the proceedings in cases of administrative offenses, and features of legal regulation of its use during documentation of administrative offenses, as well as the admissibility of using the obtained data as evidence in proceedings on administrative offenses. …”
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LAMA2 Congenital Muscle Dystrophy: A Novel Pathogenic Mutation in Bulgarian Patient by Ivanka Dimova, Ivo Kremensky

“…The exact molecular and clinical diagnoses, respectively, are a prerequisite for the most effective treatment; sometimes orphan drugs exist for some rare diseases. One of such drugs is Tarix, which was FDA approved and announced in 2016 for treatment of MDC1A. …”
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