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Electrolyte Imbalance and Neurologic Injury
CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2023 Feb 15. doi: 10.2174/1871527322666230215144649. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeurologic injury continues to be a debilitating worldwide disease with high morbidity and mortality. The systemic sequelae of a neural insult often lead to prolonged hospital stays and challenging nutritional demands that contribute to poorer prognoses. Clinical management of a given condition should prioritize preserving the homeostatic parameters disrupted by inflammatory response cascades following the primary insult. This focused review examines the reciprocal relationship between electrolyte disturbance ...
Source: CNS and Neurological Disorders Drug Targets - February 15, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Jordan Poe Sai Sriram Yusuf Mehkri Brandon Lucke-Wold Source Type: research

Pharmacological interventions for preventing atrial fibrillation after lung surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
ConclusionCurrent clinical evidence supports the effectiveness of pharmacological intervention with beta-blockers, amiodarone, magnesium sulfate, or calcium-channel blockers to reduce the incidence of POAF after lung surgery in patients with lung cancer. In the absence of contraindications, prophylaxis with beta-blockers seems to be the most effective of the treatments studied.
Source: European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - October 12, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Waixenicin A, a marine-derived TRPM7 inhibitor: a promising CNS drug lead.
Abstract Ion channels are the third largest class of targets for therapeutic drugs. The pharmacology of ion channels is an important research area for identifying new treatment options for human diseases. The past decade or so has seen increasing interest in an ion channel protein belonging to the transient receptor potential (TRP) family, namely the melastatin subfamily member 7 (TRPM7), as an emerging drug target. TRPM7 is a bifunctional protein with a magnesium and calcium-conducting divalent ion channel fused with an active kinase domain. TRPM7 is ubiquitously expressed in human tissues, including the brain, ...
Source: Acta Pharmacologica Sinica - September 28, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Sun HS, Horgen FD, Romo D, Hull KG, Kiledal SA, Fleig A, Feng ZP Tags: Acta Pharmacol Sin Source Type: research

Orally Administered Crocin Protects Against Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through the Metabolic Transformation of Crocetin by Gut Microbiota
Conclusion Collectively, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic association studies provide evidence that the gut microbiota plays a vital role in the fate of crocin and crocetin in the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, the cross-interaction between gut microbiota and crocin might mediate the activation of the cerebral-protective effect of orally administered crocin. Ethics Statement This study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of ‘Institutional Animal Research Committee guidelines, Animal Ethics Committee of China Pharmaceutical University.’ The protocol was approved by the ‘An...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 29, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

In Brief: Pitavastatin Magnesium (Zypitamag) for Hyperlipidemia
Date: June 18, 2018 Issue #:  1549Summary:  The FDA has approved the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) pitavastatin magnesium (Zypitamag– Zydus) for use in adults with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. The FDA considers pitavastatin magnesium bioequivalent to pitavastatin calcium(Livalo), which was approved in 2009.1Statins remain the treatment of choice for most patients who require lipid-lowering therapy. Taken as an adjunct to diet modification, increased exercise, and smoking cessation, statins can reduce the risk of primary and secondary cardiovascular events and death in ...
Source: The Medical Letter - June 11, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: admin Source Type: research

A meta-analysis of pharmacological neuroprotection in noncardiac surgery: focus on statins, lidocaine, ketamine, and magnesium sulfate.
CONCLUSIONS: The available clinical data are still scarce. Our analyses indicate no protective effects by statins against perioperative stroke but some favorable trends toward delayed stroke. Further randomized trials are needed to unequivocally assess the neuroprotective potential of current pharmacological agents in non-cardiac surgery. PMID: 29630129 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - April 10, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Source Type: research

Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature in 2015.
CONCLUSION: Important recent additions to the critical care pharmacy literature include updated joint clinical practice guidelines on the management of spontaneous ICH, ACLS, and SVT. PMID: 28122702 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP - January 24, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Wong A, Erdman M, Hammond DA, Holt T, Holzhausen JM, Horng M, Huang LL, Jarvis J, Kram B, Kram S, Lesch C, Mercer J, Rech MA, Rivosecchi R, Stump B, Teevan C, Day S Tags: Am J Health Syst Pharm Source Type: research

Torsades de Pointes After Administration of Low-Dose Aripiprazole (February).
CONCLUSIONS:Five days of low-dose aripiprazole therapy was associated with the development of TdP in a man with minimal risk factors. Clinicians should be aware of this potential adverse drug event with aripiprazole. PMID: 23362038 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy - January 29, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Nelson S, Leung JG Tags: Ann Pharmacother Source Type: research