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Preventable Cases of Oral Anticoagulant-Induced Bleeding: Data From the Spontaneous Reporting System
Conclusion: Our findings describe the most reported risk factors for preventability of oral anticoagulant-induced bleedings. These factors may be useful for targeting interventions to improve pharmacovigilance activities in our regional territory and to reduce the burden of medication errors and inappropriate prescription. Introduction Oral anticoagulant therapy is widely used for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, or for the prevention and treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (Raj et al., 1994; Monaco et al., 2017). Oral anticoagulants can be di...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 29, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Custom-compounded bioidentical hormone therapy: why so popular despite potential harm? The case against routine use.
Abstract Wide rejection of conventional hormone therapy (HT) after the initial publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) led to unjustified use of custom-compounded bioidentical hormones. In the USA, it became an unregulated drug manufacturer industry in disguise, without proper control and making false claims and misleading advertisements. Manufacturing quality is not ensured. Unspecific harm from compounding has occurred on a large scale, such as deaths from infected products and end-stage renal failure plus carcinoma due to confusion between different Chinese herbs. Oral estrogens increase venous throm...
Source: Climacteric - May 18, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: L'Hermite M Tags: Climacteric Source Type: research

Identification of baicalin from Bofutsushosan and Daisaikoto as a potent inducer of glucose uptake and modulator of insulin signaling-associated pathways
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2018Source: Journal of Food and Drug AnalysisAuthor(s): Yu-Ting Kuo, Chih-Chan Lin, Hsiao-Tzu Kuo, Jui-Hsiang Hung, Ching-Hsuan Liu, Alagie Jassey, Ming-Hong Yen, Shu-Jing Wu, Liang-Tzung LinAbstractType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia that can lead to long-term complications including heart diseases, stroke, retinopathy, and renal failure. Treatment strategies include stimulating glucose uptake and controlling blood glucose level. Bofutsushosan (BOF) and Daisaikoto (DAI) are two herb-based kampo medicines that have been demonstrate...
Source: Journal of Food and Drug Analysis - August 14, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Revealing new therapeutic opportunities in hypertension through network-driven integrative genetic analysis and drug target prediction approach
Gene. 2021 Jul 19:145856. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145856. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEpidemiological studies have established that untreated hypertension (HTN) is a major independent risk factor for developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD), stroke, renal failure, and other conditions. Several important studies have been published to prevent and manage HTN; however, antihypertensive agents' optimal choice remains controversial. Therefore, the present study is undertaken to update our knowledge in the primary treatment of HTN, specifically in the setting of other three important diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are remarkabl...
Source: Gene - July 22, 2021 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Kavita Sharma Prithvi Singh Md Amjad Beg Ravins Dohare Fareeda Athar Mansoor Ali Syed Source Type: research