Drugs preventive strategies

The central facet of many drug prevention strategies is that... 

Try to avoid this drug combination Preventative strategies... 

In addition, stimulus-control and cue-exposure techniques (see Chapter 5) can be used effectively as relapse prevention strategies. Stimulus control means that the client learns how to control her or his level of exposure, and under what conditions, to a particular cue that had been associated with drug use. Cue exposure, as you may remember, uses exposure and response-prevention strategies in session to reduce the power of a drug-use cue to trigger cravings or urges to use. 

Zullo A, Hassan C, Campo SM et al. (2007) Bleeding peptic ulcer in the elderly risk factors and prevention strategies. Drugs Aging 24(10) 815-828... 

Any attempt to memorize hundreds of potential drug interactions to prevent dangerous interactions is unproductive. Rather, a child psychiatrist should have a basic understanding of the types and timing of possible drug interactions and then develop prevention strategies in prescribing psychotropics. These may include... 

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Studying Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention Strategies. NIDA NOTES 14 1999, 5. 

Trial Prevention strategy Drug Number of patients and sex Age (years) Baseline cholesterol level (mmoi/L) Follow-up (years) Primary endpoint... 

Lau K-W Sigwart U. Restenosis—an accelerated arteriopathy pathophysiology, preventive strategies and research horizons. In Edelman ER, Levy RJ, eds. Molecular Interventions and Local Drug Delivery. London W. B. Saunders Co. Ltd., 1995 1-28. 

At therapeutic dosimetries in vivo, the main photodynamic mechanism for vascular SMC depletion is apoptosis (10). Re-endothelialization appears to be accelerated after PDT and may contribute to the sustained inhibition of neointimal formation (26,45-47). If so, this would be an important advantage over other restenosis prevention strategies such as brachytherapy or certain drug-eluting stents. 

Fig. 19.1. Cumulative proportions of patients referred to the Early Use of Existing Preventive Strategies for Stroke (EXPRESS) study clinic in phases 1 — and 2 (—) prescribed new medication, (a) Any statin drug (in patients not already on a statin) (b) clopidogrel (usually in addition to aspirin) ...

In general, drug-induced nephrotoxicity is reversible but given the high morbidity and mortality associated with AKI and the frequent and necessary use of drugs in critically iU patients clinicians should be aware of the potential nephrotoxicities and mechanisms. Thus this review will discuss mechanisms of drug-induced AKI and preventive strategies. We wiU discuss broadly... 

Research evidence indicates that mass media prevention strategies do not result in significant changes in patterns of alcohol or drug use. 

Skirrow, J., Sawka, E. (1987). Alcohol and drug abuse prevention strategies An over iew. Contemporary Dru Problems, 14, 147-241. 

Only a handful of smdies have formally evaluated the cost-effectiveness of VTE prevention strategies. The acquisition costs of graduated compression stockings, heparin, and warfarin are considerably less than those of the LMWHs, DTls, and fondaparinux. However, the acquisition cost for drug therapy is relatively small when compared with the overall cost of care. Economic analyses must take into account the efficacy of the strategy, treatment complications, and monitoring costs. 

Olyaei AJ, de Mattos AM, Bennett WM. Nephrotoxicity of immunosuppressive drugs new insight and preventive strategies. Curr Opin Crit Care 2001 7 384-389. 

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