A new class of oral anti-diabetic drug may cut hypoglycaemic events and lead to weight loss.... It may also lead to weight loss and cut hypoglycaemic events, data suggested. In contrast, some current ... reporting hypoglycaemic episodes, at 52 weeks. They found no difference in blood glucose control between ... hypoglycaemic events compared with 40.8 per cent on glipizide. However, there was evidence that glycosuria ...
Use of the oral contraceptive pill may increase the risk of urinary incontinence among women...their use of contraceptives over a three-year period. Women who used oral contraceptives were found ... suggest that oral contraceptive pill use may be associated with a modestly increased risk of urinary ... .' No biological link between oral contraceptive use and incontinence has yet been established, but changes ...
Mouthwashes containing alcohol can cause oral cancer and should be removed from the shelves, media...examined the role of alcohol in the development of oral cancer, focusing on a study that found that the risk of developing oral cancer increased 50-fold in heavy drinkers compared with those who never drank ... studies showed that high strength alcohol caused oral cancer by eliminating the lipid component ...
Asthma treatment with oral steroids in UK general practice should be studied to ensure systemic...The suggestion follows the publication of a paper arguing that oral steroids should be prescribed ... underprescribed. 'Although inhaled corticosteroids may yet be proved to be as effective as oral corticosteroids ... , said use of oral steroids by GPs and in A E should be investigated. He told GP that a short course ...
Oral steroids can reduce polyp size and improve the sense of smell in patients with chronic...and were assigned to receive either oral prednisolone 25mg a day or a placebo for two weeks. All ... -term effects of oral steroids in this setting. Previous studies had either not included a placebo control ... in the prednisolone group. The researchers concluded: 'We found that an initial two-week course of oral steroid ...
Oral treatment with the developmental drug apixaban is more effective than current injectable...to receive either apixaban or enoxaparin. Half received oral apixaban 2.5mg twice daily, started 12 ... . Apixaban treatment 'offers a convenient and more effective orally administered alternative' to enoxaparin ...
Patients on oral glucocorticoids are five times as likely as other patients to develop TB
Two oral drugs being investigated as possible treatments for MS have shown significant reduction...and The London school of Medicine and Dentistry, who led the cladribine study, said: 'The introduction of an oral therapy, particularly one that has no short-term side-effects and is as easy to use as oral cladribine ...
in the studies were treated using mechanical therapy with or without adjunctives and oral hygiene education. Compared with no treatment, scaling or root planing and oral hygiene with or without antibiotics ...
Oral lichen planus Clinical features White or grey streaks in a linear or lacy pattern particularly on the buccal mucosa and side of the tongue. Usually bilateral. Soreness or a roughness ... such as betamethasone tablet. Systemic steroids and/or azathioprine occasionally for painful or erosive oral LP ...
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