25 research outputs found

    Effect of ritonavir on the pharmacokinetics of the benzimidazoles albendazole and mebendazole: an interaction study in healthy volunteers

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    Background: Benzimidazoles are often used concomitantly with protease inhibitors in patients with helminthic disease and HIV infection. Low bioavailability and extensive first-pass metabolism make benzimidazoles prone to pharmacokinetic drug interactions. The aim of the present study was to investigate potential drug interactions between the benzimidazoles albendazole and mebendazole and the potent CYP3A4 inhibitor ritonavir. Methods: Sixteen healthy volunteers were administered a single oral dose of 1,000mg mebendazole or 400mg albendazole (2 × n = 8). AUC, Cmax, and t1/2 of mebendazole, albendazole, and albendazole sulfoxide were studied in absence and after short-term (2 doses) and long-term (8days) treatment with ritonavir 200mg bid. Results: Pharmacokinetic parameters of albendazole and mebendazole were not changed by short-term administration of ritonavir. However, long-term administration of ritonavir resulted in significant changes in albendazole and mebendazole disposition, with a significant decrease in AUC0-24 (27 and 43% of baseline for albendazole and mebendazole, respectively) and Cmax (26 and 41% of baseline, respectively). Conclusion: The AUC0-24 of benzimidazoles decreased after long-term use of ritonavir, while no changes in pharmacokinetic profiles were observed under short-term administration. These findings might help to optimize benzimidazole efficacy when used in combination with protease inhibitor

    Opioide – Gefahren einer eindimensionalen Schmerztherapie

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    Die erfolgreiche Therapie von Schmerzpatienten stellt hohe Anforderungen an die Behandelnden. Immer komplexere Krankheitsbilder, therapeutischen Optionen und Angebote verleiten zu Simplizismen: der unkritischen gleichförmigen Antwort, nämlich der Gabe hochdosierter, kurzfristig wirksamer Opioide, auf komplexe schmerztherapeutische Fragestellungen. In den USA führte die übermässige Verschreibung dieser Medikamente, Hand in Hand mit wirtschaftlichen und strukturellen Gegebenheiten, zu einer Flut an Opioid-Abhängigen und gipfelte 2015 in der Opioid-Krise mit zahlreichen Todesfällen, so dass der nationale medizinische Notstand ausgerufen wurde. Auch in der Schweiz nehmen Opioid-Verschreibung und -Konsum signifikant zu. Droht uns hier ein ähnliches Szenario wie in den USA? Und welche Massnahmen können getroffen werden, dies zu verhindern? Die Antwort liegt in einer interdisziplinären, rationalen, multimodalen und indikationsgerechten Therapie, welche einem informierten und aktiven Patienten eine zufriedenstellende Lebensqualität ermöglicht

    Measurements of top-quark pair differential cross-sections in the eμe\mu channel in pppp collisions at s=13\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

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    Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying into Wb in pp collisions at s=8\sqrt{s} = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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    Measurement of the W boson polarisation in ttˉt\bar{t} events from pp collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 8 TeV in the lepton + jets channel with ATLAS

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    Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at s=8TeV\sqrt{s}=8\,\mathrm TeV{} with the ATLAS detector

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    Measurement of the bbb\overline{b} dijet cross section in pp collisions at s=7\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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    ATLAS Run 1 searches for direct pair production of third-generation squarks at the Large Hadron Collider

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    Charged-particle distributions at low transverse momentum in s=13\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV pppp interactions measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

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    Search for dark matter in association with a Higgs boson decaying to bb-quarks in pppp collisions at s=13\sqrt s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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