Intravenous in Medical News

Ongoing Study Shows That Endovascular Therapy is Associated With High Cure Rate for Childhood Eye Cancer

... If these treatments fail, physicians resort to intravenous chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Despite this ... preserving the eye and vision as well as avoiding intravenous chemotherapy, which is administered over the ... failed prior conventional treatments, including intravenous chemotherapy or radiation therapy; nine patients ...

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Announces Priority Review and Acceptance of NDA Submission for Acetavance(TM) for Treatment of Acute Pain and Fever

... a significant unmet need for a new class of intravenous medication to treat acute pain and fever in ... more than 53 million patient exposures to intravenous acetaminophen in countries outside the United ... is Cadence Pharmaceuticals' proprietary intravenous formulation of acetaminophen. Acetaminophen is ...

Crime, Drugs and Health Problems Face Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

... that some of these people are in due to their intravenous drug use is sometimes very poor and requires some ... Task Force reported that there were over 9000 intravenous drug users in Vancouver. In 2001, a Vancouver Coastal Health Study indicated there were 4700 intravenous drug users occupying the downtown eastside, and ...

3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo

... 150-milligram oral dose of CM (271), or three-day intravenous plus oral CM (90-mg intravenous on the first day plus 50-mg oral on the second ... oral CM group and 80 percent of those in the intravenous plus oral CM group achieved a complete response ...

Chemical can reproduce complications for some patients

... whether a solvent used in the production of intravenous (IV) bags and EC circuits could play a role. ... CHX can leach from PVC bags and IV tubing into intravenous fluids in sufficient concentrations to be ... no studies have made comparisons to clinical intravenous CHX exposure. Accordingly, the researchers ...

Individualized stroke treatment available for patients, though underutilized

... who arrive too late or have contraindications for intravenous thrombolysis, a drug treatment frequently used to ... cause of adult disability. To be effective, intravenous thrombolysis must be administered less than three ... who underwent CBT and were not eligible for intravenous thrombolysis. Patients were tested for neurologic ...

Sagent Pharmaceuticals Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Azithromycin for Injection

... will offer azithromycin in a 500 mg vial for intravenous use. The Company anticipates the launch of ... pneumoniae in patients who require initial intravenous therapy and pelvic inflammatory disease due to ... hominis in patients who require initial intravenous therapy. If anaerobic microorganisms are ...

European Commission and United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Both Approve New Options for Patients With Certain Primary Brain Tumors

... Schering-Plough Receives EU and US Approvals for intravenous Formulation of Temozolomide As Well As EU ... Commission and the US FDA both approved the intravenous (IV) formulation of temozolomide as an ... Regarding US Labeling for TEMODAR and TEMODAR intravenous Formulation TEMODAR (R) (temozolomide) is ...

Prism Pharmaceuticals' Study of Injectable Clopidogrel Accepted for Presentation at the American College of Cardiology

... of the first-in-man study of PM103, a novel intravenous formulation of clopidogrel bisulfate (the active ... effects of intravenous clopidogrel in humans Time: ... About PM103 PM103 is a proprietary, novel intravenous formulation of clopidogrel bisulfate. Clopidogrel ...

Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Purchases Land Use Rights to Grow its Business and Reduce Costs

... potential in China for domestically produced intravenous fluids. China consumes about seven billion ... of intravenous fluids every year, and the top two intravenous fluids producers in China can produce less than ... producing a blood plasma substitute, one kind of intravenous fluid among the many which the Company plans to ...

Senesco Announces Results of Pre-Clinical Efficacy, Toxicology and Dose Ranging Studies for Multiple Myeloma Therapeutic Candidate

... tolerated dose and the feasibility of long-term intravenous administration of SNS-01, were performed at the ... dose study in which normal mice received two intravenous doses of increasing amounts of SNS-01 (from 2.2 ... complexed to the other two components for intravenous delivery. About Senesco Technologies, Inc. ...

New form of intravenous iron treats anemia in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis

... Ferumoxytol, a novel intravenous form of iron that permits rapid administration of ... While current treatment guidelines recommend intravenous iron for these patients, many clinicians believe that oral iron is much safer than intravenous iron, which has been associated with ...

Hospital diabetes care standards not met by US academic medical centers

... and guidelines from the ADA include the use of intravenous insulin to control hyperglycemia in critically ill patients, but the study found that intravenous insulin was used in less than half of ICU ... patient outcomes and decrease hospital stay." intravenous insulin use is associated with better overall ...

Prism Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval of NEXTERONE(R) for Life-Threatening Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia

... solvent-based limitations of conventional intravenous amiodarone and to improve patient care and ... are included in the labeling of conventional intravenous amiodarone. Importantly, NEXTERONE does not carry ... adverse effects leading to discontinuation of intravenous amiodarone therapy were hypotension (1.6 ...

Arterial infusion using gabexate mesilate: Is it effective therapy for severe acute pancreatitis?

... was 5-fold higher than that delivered by intravenous injection, and trypsin activities in pancreatic ... was 32-fold higher than that delivered by intravenous injection. However, until now, CRAI using ... as follows: (1) Gabexate mesilate is the only intravenous protease inhibitor that has been proven effective ...

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Topline Results of Phase III Clinical Trial of Acetavance in Laparoscopic Surgery

... other placebo-controlled clinical trials with intravenous acetaminophen, reported safety events from the ... postoperative pain or fever demonstrated that intravenous acetaminophen has a hepatic safety ... to only 3.1% of subjects who received intravenous acetaminophen. In addition, the company ...

Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study

... Review urges tighter controls for intravenous use, standardization of practices ... Safety , shows that most mistakes involving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) resulted from ... medication is hooked straight into a patient's intravenous (IV) line. The patient can self-dose by pushing a ...

Nile Therapeutics, Inc. Reports 2008 Third Quarter Financial Results

... are to assess the safety and tolerability of intravenous infusions of CD-NP in patients with heart ... and non-invasive hemodynamic parameters of intravenous infusions of CD-NP in patients with heart ... study is to assess hemodynamic effects of intravenous infusions of CD-NP in patients with heart ...

Dual treatment for stroke leads to improved recovery rates, reduced mortality

... It appears that stroke patients who receive both intravenous thrombolysis a minimally invasive treatment that ... was routinely available for patients treated with intravenous thromboysis. Outcomes were compared with a ... data to support the benefit of combination of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular treatments." Since ...

Radiopharmaceutical Cardiolite has 15 Percent More Market Share than Myoview for September 2008

... of studies involving pharmacologic stressing with intravenous adenosine, intravenous dipyridamole, intravenous regadenoson and intravenous dobutamine. About the Myocardial Perfusion ...

Ondansetron reduces vomiting, hospital admissions in children with gastroenteritis

... ondansetron helps reduce vomiting, the need for intravenous fluids and hospital admissions in children with ... the brand name Zofran and is available as an intravenous infusion, tablet, disintegrating tablet or in ... the likelihood that children would require intravenous fluids by nearly two-thirds, and halved the risk ...

'Hibernation-on-demand' drug significantly improves survival after extreme blood loss

... administration of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulfide, or H2S the molecule that gives ... and 67 percent of rats (eight of 12) given intravenous hydrogen sulfide survived at least two weeks the ... In the second group, 12 rats received a single intravenous dose of sulfide solution about 20 minutes after ...

Study shows that administering calcium and magnesium effectively reduces neurological sensitivity

... (NCCTG) have shown that patients who receive intravenous calcium and magnesium before and after the ... study, 50 of the 102 patients enrolled received intravenous calcium and magnesium along with ... adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer and an intravenous placebo. Study results showed that the use of ...

Arpida Provides Comprhensive Overview of Pivotal Phase III Trial Data

... results of the two pivotal Phase III trials with intravenous iclaprim in complicated Skin and Skin ... studies carried out, Arpida is confident that intravenous iclaprim has compelling properties, both in terms ... filed a New Drug Application with the US FDA for intravenous iclaprim in cSSSI in March 2008. The complete ...

Immunotherapy: enlisting the immune system to fight cancer

... groups of three to six patients with increasing intravenous doses of ipilimumab (0.5, 1.5 or 3 mg/kg), a ... In this trial, the researchers gave patients an intravenous dose of MFECP1, a recombinant fusion protein ... a prodrug. Then, researchers gave patients an intravenous bis-iodo phenol mustard prodrug which is ...

Antidepressants Can Increase Depression, Impulsivity and Suicide Risk by Decreasing Dopamine

... normal D2 receptor activity. Both groups received intravenous Ritalin which increases dopamine activity. ... and methamphetamine. A NIDA study, revealed intravenous nicotine 0.7 mg (equivalent to lowest nicotine cigarettes) was preferred by rhesus monkeys over intravenous heroin and cocaine. Nicotine increases ...

Oral osteoporosis meds appear to reduce the risk of jaw degradation

... but these individuals typically receive potent intravenous versions of the drugs. In 2003, case reports ... of the association. Concern was limited to intravenous bisphosphonates until May 2005, when the Journal ... individuals had received oral bisphosphonates, intravenous bisphosphonates, or neither. Next, the team ...

CuraGen and TopoTarget Report Belinostat Results Presented at ASH and Provide Regulatory Update Following End-of-Phase II Meeting with FDA

... that updated clinical trial results on intravenous belinostat for the treatment of T-cell lymphomas ... on November 29, 2007 to review the development of intravenous belinostat for the treatment of PTCL. Based on ... T-cell lymphoma can receive from treatment with intravenous belinostat," commented Dr. Ranjana Advani, ...

Antibody responses in patients with Lyme arthritis

... successfully within a month with either oral or intravenous antibiotics. Nearly 60 percent of patients who ... even several years after 2-3 months of oral and intravenous antibiotic therapy. This confounding condition ... of 10 months, despite 2 to 3 months of oral or intravenous antibiotics. However, by 4 to 6 months after ...

Baxter Reports Strong Third Quarter Sales and Earnings

... as a result of strong global sales of anesthesia, intravenous solutions and parenteral nutrition products. ... GAMMAGARD LIQUID(TM) 10% [Immune Globulin intravenous (Human)] (IGIV) (known as KIOVIG(TM) in Europe). ... described in Note 11. (7) Principally includes intravenous solutions and nutritional products. (8) ...

Patients may have sweet and effective way to prepare for upper GI endoscopy: an anesthetic lollipop

... endoscopy are often attributed to conscious intravenous sedation. In this study, we compared the efficacy ... it decreased the need for or the amount of intravenous sedation, said study lead author Assaad Soweid, ... patients given the lidocaine lollipop required intravenous sedation compared with 96 percent of the patients ...

Cell transplantation and cardiac repair

... cell uptake by the heart could be an issue, the team hypothesized that an intravenous approach may overcome that potential. "We hypothesized that an intravenous approach might overcome this issue since the passage (diapedesis) of ...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals to Collaborate with Roche on Therapeutic Delivery Across Blood-Brain Barrier

... that could be attached to these potential therapeutics and, following intravenous administration, deliver the drug to the brain. "Our collaboration with ... deliver these compounds in therapeutic quantities across the BBB following intravenous administration" said Christopher Starr, Ph.D. CEO of Raptor. "It is our ...

B. Braun Anticipates Becoming First to Deliver FDA Approved 2g Cefazolin

... to its drug delivery portfolio, B. Braun will expand its broad spectrum of intravenous cephalosporin antibiotic therapies for the hospital setting: Cefoxitin, ... Drug Delivery System is a revolutionary system designed to simplify intravenous antibiotic delivery to patients, minimize the potential for medication ...

Landmark study demonstrates Gamunex improves health-related quality of life in patients with CIDP

... data demonstrate that long-term treatment with Gamunex (Immune Globulin intravenous (Human), 10% Caprylate/Chromatography Purified) improves and maintains ... there has been no FDA-approved dosing regimen for an effective course of intravenous immune globulin therapy to reduce neuromuscular disability and improve ...

CIDP Treated With Plasma-Derived Therapy

... seven individuals per 100,000 worldwide. The rare disease is treated with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), a plasma-derived therapy that replaces vital ... blood clotting factors for people with hemophilia, immune globulin intravenous used to prevent infections in people with immune deficiencies and other ...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Presents Final Results of Phase 1 Study of Oral Picoplatin Demonstrating Bioavailability

... therapeutic options become limited. Poniard is currently evaluating an intravenous formulation of picoplatin in a pivotal Phase 3 trial in patients with ... solid tumor malignancies were randomized to a single dose of either intravenous (120 mg/m squared) or oral picoplatin (200 mg, 300 mg or 400 mg). Four ...

Targeting oxidized cysteine through diet could reduce inflammation and lower disease risk

... impact of inflammation in critically ill patients by adding cysteine to intravenous or tube feeding. The results are published online this week in the ... and normal weight individuals and in critically ill patients requiring intravenous feeding. ...

Zone Diet Creator Dr. Barry Sears to Talk About Latest Book Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad

... 30 years to the study of lipids. He holds 13 U.S. Patents in the areas of intravenous drug delivery systems and hormonal regulation for the treatment of ... only generated from dietary fat, Dr. Sears reasoned that one could apply intravenous drug delivery principles to nutrition in order to control these ...

Patients, Senate, House Members Identify Significant Medicare Savings While Increasing Quality of Patient Care

... to patients and their caregivers when my son needed to be treated with intravenous medicines a few years ago. I believe he was able to heal faster because ... 'have nots'. All patients, including older and disabled Americans needing intravenous medications, should be allowed to undergo treatment in the comfort of ...