The research, published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, is an important step toward
an effective pharmacological treatment for MHE, a rare genetic condition that affects about 1 in 50,000 people worldwide.
There is currently a lack of
effective pharmacological treatments for anorexia.
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Perinatal mood disorders are treatable, and a range of
pharmacological (medicines), psychological (talking therapy) and social therapies (support groups) have been validated as
effective treatments for the range of perinatal mood disorders.
«As prescription opioid use is under national scrutiny and because surgery has been identified as an avenue for addiction, it is important to recognize
effective alternatives to standard
pharmacological therapy, which remains the first option for
treatment,» the authors write.
New
pharmacological approaches to target these changes will provide much needed and more
effective treatments to reduce the power of drug - related associative memories that drive opiate addiction.
Their drug comes as the
pharmacological industry is struggling to find an
effective Alzheimer's
treatment.
These results demonstrate that ABL kinase activity is required for osteolytic metastasis in breast cancer and suggest that
pharmacological inhibition of the ABL kinases may be an
effective treatment for bone metastasis.
They note that a related compound with better
pharmacological profiles than CLP257 was as
effective in reducing pain in rats as an existing pain
treatment called pregabalin, but it lacked the undesirable motor side effects that are often seen with that drug.
Although some people with hoarding problems may respond well to
pharmacological strategies used in the
treatment of OCD — such as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)-- the most
effective treatment, says Dr Jeffreys, is behavioural therapy.
These findings have important implications for prevention as well as
treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer and suggest that under conditions of reduced dietary fiber intake and / or decreased butyrate production in colon,
pharmacological doses of niacin might be
effective to maintain GPR109A signaling and consequently protect colon against inflammation and carcinogenesis.»
The new generation of
pharmacological treatment approaches to dementia attract most attention, but this study is a timely reminder that simple, early, psychosocial interventions with caregivers can be cost
effective in maintaining patients at home, while not increasing strain on relatives.
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effective either as a single
treatment or combined with another form of
treatment, such as a
pharmacological treatment or an individual, social or educational
treatment.