Excessive Treatment With Anticoagulants

Antianxiety treatment in patients with excessive hypertension.

OBJECTIVE There are no guidelines on how to treat patients with excessive hypertension. Anxiety is a common cause of excessive hypertension and therefore antianxiety treatment may be beneficial in these patients. We therefore compared the efficacy and safety of antianxiety treatment with sublingual captopril administration in patients with excessive hypertension and no evidence of acute target ...

Monitoring effects of oral anticoagulants during treatment with heparin.

pyrexia. This abated over 48 hours of treatment, which included tobramycin, and repeat endoscopic retrograde cholangiography showed a biliary tree free of stones. She made an uneventful recovery, and subsequently eight consecutive stool samples over a period of three months showed clearance of the salmonella. Comment This patient was a chronic carrier of S eastbourne despite a chole-cystectomy ...

Modafinil treatment of excessive sedation associated with divalproex sodium.

Divalproex is recognized as a first-line agent in the treatment of bipolar disorders (BDs) (1). However, sedation can be an unwelcome side effect of divalproex sodium treatment (2), and unwanted side effects can lead to patient noncompliance (3). Ultimately, noncompliance can contribute to hospitalizations (4). I present 2 cases in which patients treated with divalproex sodium for BD experience...

Emerging treatment options for excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy

New anticoagulants in the treatment of VTE.

Low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) and vitamin K antagonists make up the cornerstone of therapy for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) but have drawbacks making their use difficult in daily practice. Current research focuses on the development of new anticoagulant drugs that could be administered orally at a fixed dose, with fewer food and drug interactions and no need for monitoring...