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E-DRUG: Table of contents Prescrire International, June 1998 - Volume 7 - Nr 35

  • Subject: E-DRUG: Table of contents Prescrire International, June 1998 - Volume 7 - Nr 35
  • From: "Prescrire / International " <[email protected]>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 05:45:48 -0400 (EDT)
E-drug: Table of contents of Prescrire International, June 1998 - Volume 7 

Nr. 35

Prescrire International is the English language edition of La revue
Prescrire. It consists of a selection of articles of international interest
from the monthly French-language journal La revue Prescrire. Prescrire
International contains evaluations of new drugs and new indications,
information on adverse effects, and assessments of therapeutic
interventions.

EDITORIAL
Assessing, reassessing


NEW PRODUCTS

Insulin lispro (new preparation)
Possibly helpful for diabetics who cannot always plan their meals

Liposomal doxorubicin (new preparation)  
Valid first- and second-line treatment for Kaposi's sarcoma

Substained-release nifedipine (new indication) 
Safer add-on therapies are available for betablocker-resistant stable
angina

Reteplase (new preparation) 
No clear superiority over alteplase and streptokinase

Etoposide phosphate (new preparation) 
More convenient than non esterified etoposide for use in the community

Ganciclovir ocular implant (new preparation)
Possibly helpful in rapidly progressive CMV retinitis

Felbamate (new preparation) 
For multiresistant Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Famciclovir (new preparation) 
Moderate benefit in herpes zoster; better documented than competitors


ADVERSE EFFECTS

News in brief
Drug-induced cystitis, IV paclitaxel, rubella vaccine, tianeptine,
minoxidil,
lithium, chlorambucil


REVIEWS

Insomnia: cognitive and behavioural therapy
Chloral hydrate: a risky old psychotropic drug
Hypotension and coronary events on nifedipine
Angioedema due to ACE inhibitors
Homeopathy again


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