Pharmacological therapy

Drug therapy to achieve the recommended target blood pressure remains the cornerstone of the management of hypertension. Today, there are strong evidences from randomized controlled trials that antihypertensive drugs are more effective than placebo at reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.

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The low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is established as a causative agent of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and lowering plasma LDL-C levels represents the main approach to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. Statins remain the cornerstone of drug therapy for dyslipidemia.

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Low back pain in lumbar spondylosis remains one of the most prevalent conditions, imposing a significant socio-economical burden. Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of low back pain treatment between NSAIDS and electro-acupuncture combined with infrared light (TCM) in patients with lumbar spondylosis.

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Guidelines and recommendations developed and/or endorsed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) are intended to provide guidance for particular patterns of practice and not to dictate the care of a particular patient.

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Regulated gene expression may substantially enhance gene therapy. Corre-lated with structural differences between insect ecdysteroids and mamma-lian steroids, the ecdysteroids appear to have a benign pharmacology without adversely interfering with mammalian signaling systems. Conse-quently, the ecdysone receptor-based gene switches are attractive for appli-cation in medicine.

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Because clinical trials of pharmacological neuroprotective strategies in stroke have been disappointing, attention has turned to the brain’s own endogenous strategies for neuroprotection. Two endogenous mechanisms have been characterized so far, namely ischemic preconditioning and ische-mic postconditioning.

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