BACKGROUND/AIMS In our earlier study, indomethacin potentiated α7 acetylcholine (ACh) receptor responses by activating protein kinase C (PKC). The present study was conducted to gain further insight into the indomethacin action on PKC. METHODS PKC activity was assayed in PC-12 cells or under the cell-free conditions. PKC-ε was knocked-down using the siRNA to silence the PKC-ε-targeted gene. A...

Domperidone is practically insoluble prokinetic drug; the systemic bioavailability of the drug following oral administration is only 13-17% because of extensive presystemic metabolism in the gut wall and liver. The applicability of the solid dispersion technique as a method for enhancing absorption of the drug through achieving better dissolution characteristics and better bioavailability for d...

Terconazole is a new, broad-spectrum, triazole antifungal agent. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of a 6-day course of a terconazole vaginal suppository (80 mg) with two doses of oral fluconazole (150 mg) for the treatment of severe vulvovaginal candidiasis (SVVC). In this prospective, randomized case-control study, 140 consecutive patients with SVVC were enrolled at...

BACKGROUND Ulcerative proctitis (UP) usually presents as fresh rectal bleeding. Successful treatment using topical mesalamine 5-aminosalicyclic acid (5-ASA) 500 mg BID suppository led to developing a once-a-day formulation that could contribute to better acceptability and ease of use by patients. The objective of this randomized trial, conducted in 18 centers, was to compare efficacy of 2 modes...

Indomethacin, a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent which inhibits prostaglandin biosynthesis, is an effective inhibitor of mammary carcinogenesis in rats. However, the activity of indomethacin as a chemopreventive agent is limited by toxicity. The present studies were conducted to determine if the toxic and anticarcinogenic effects of indomethacin can be modified by the phenolic antioxidant, b...

Let be a compactly supported positive measure on the real line, with associated Christo¤el functions n (d ; ). Let g be a measurable function that is bounded above and below by positive constants on supp[ ] . We show that if g is continuous on some compact set J , then for a.e. x 2 J , we have