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| Â | American Family Physician: Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension |
 | | Side effects related to prostacyclin use were common, including diarrhea, jaw pain, headaches and flushing. | | | American Family Physician: Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension | | | Concurrent medications included warfarin in 94 percent of patients, diuretics in 94 percent of patients, digoxin in 76 percent of patients and calcium channel blockers (started before initiation of prostacyclin therapy) in 30 percent of patients. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_9_60/ai_58252697
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| Â | Drug Watch: Prostacyclin in primary pulmonary hypertension [Oct 1994; 8-4] |
| | Randomized trial of conventional therapy alone vs. conventional therapy plus continuous infusion of prostacyclin in primary pulmonary hypertension. | | | A group of historical controls from the Mayo Clinic comprised patients studied before the drug was available. | | | The total number of patients on prostacyclin in all these studies was 149, and the results can only be regarded as preliminary. |
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http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier/band8/b8-4.html
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| Â | Prostacyclins: Pulmonary Hypertension Treatments |
| | Remodulin lasts longer than most prostacyclins like Flolan and is injected subcutaneously (under the skin) with a needle. | | | As stated above prostacyclin has been shown to improve blood circulation, allow exercise and extend the life of PPH patients who have been unresponsive to conventional therapy. | | | Most PH patients respond well to prostacyclin treatment and it is considered to be the leading therapy for severe PH. |
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http://www.pulmonary-hypertension-treatments.com/prostacyclin.html
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| Â | Prostacyclin for pulmonary hypertension in adults (Cochrane Review) |
| | Reviewers' conclusions: Intravenous prostacyclin or one of its analogues in addition to conventional therapy over 12 weeks appears to improve exercise capacity, NYHA functional class and several cardiopulmonary haemodynamic variables. | | | All the trials showed an improvement in exercise capacity. | | | There is some evidence that other routes of administration of the drug may also be effective with fewer side effects, which were mainly related to the indwelling catheter. |
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http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/revabstr/ab002994.htm
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| Â | Development of Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis Associated With Long-term Treatment of Primary Pulmonary ... |
| | Barst, RJ, Rubin, LJ, Long, WA, et al (1996) A comparison of continuous intravenous epoprostenol (prostacyclin) with conventional therapy for primary pulmonary hypertension: the Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study Group. | | | Development of Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis Associated With Long-term Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension With Prostacyclin | | | Development of Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis Associated With Long-term Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension With Prostacyclin -- Kesten et al. |
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http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/116/2/566
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| Â | Subthreshold Doses of Specific Phosphodiesterase Type 3 and 4 Inhibitors Enhance the Pulmonary Vasodilatory Response to ... |
| | Higgenbottam T (1987) The place of prostacyclin in the clinical management of primary pulmonary hypertension. | | | Subthreshold Doses of Specific Phosphodiesterase Type 3 and 4 Inhibitors Enhance the Pulmonary Vasodilatory Response to Nebulized Prostacyclin with Improvement in Gas Exchange -- Schermuly et al. | | | Subthreshold Doses of Specific Phosphodiesterase Type 3 and 4 Inhibitors Enhance the Pulmonary Vasodilatory Response to Nebulized Prostacyclin with Improvement in Gas Exchange |
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http://www.jpet.org/cgi/content/full/292/2/512
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| Â | A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DIABETIC NEUROPATHY TREATMENT |
| | Diabetic neuropathy is a progressive disease that is most probably caused by the effects of a chronic deficiency of prostacyclin and prostaglandins. | | | Under conditions of hyperglycemia it may restore depressed PGI2 production by the vascular wall (Kunisaki, 1992). | | | In the case of diabetics, it behaves very much like prostacyclin because it causes prostacyclin to be liberated by the body. |
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http://www.geocities.com/bsy53/dn/neuropat.html
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| Â | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cor pulmonale |
| | Calcium channel blockers, intravenous prostacyclin, or the oral medication bosentan may be used to treat pulmonary hypertension. | | | Diuretics may be given to remove excess fluid from the body. | | | Surgery may be used to reverse heart defects that cause cor pulmonale. |
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| Â | ARTHRITIS RELIEF 120 caplets MO151 |
| | Ginger, similar to curcumin, also inhibits the synthesis of thromboxane A2, a promoter of platelet aggregation and increases prostacyclin, an inhibitor of such activity (Medical Hypothesis 20:271, 1986). | | | In a study published in Prostaglandins Medicine (13:277, 1984), ginger was shown to inhibit platelet aggregation in vitro more effectively than onion or garlic. |
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http://www.youngagain.info/cgi-bin/product.cgi?id=1737
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| Â | Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia |
| | Intravenous Prostacyclin — see Primary or Unexplained Pulmonary Hypertension |
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| Â | Cholestrien Ingredients promotes Healthy Cholesterol Levels ------- |
| | Research on humans suggests that policosanol inhibits platelet aggregation, possibly by reducing the formation of thromboxane A2—a potent inducer of platelet aggregation—and increasing the production of prostacyclin, which is a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation. | | | Excessive platelet aggregation can lead to the formation of blood clots and increased cardiovascular risk. |
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http://www.naturalvigor.com/pages/cholestrien2.html
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| Â | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | For More Information on "prostacyclin" go to Britannica.com | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "prostacyclin" |
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=prostacyclin
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| Â | AJRCCM -- Sign In Page |
| | Pulmonary Artery Pressure-Flow Relations after Prostacyclin in Primary Pulmonary... |
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http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/165/3/338
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