background: endometriosis is a common gynecological problem associated with chronic pelvic pain. objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of current hormonal treatments of endometriosis associated pain. materials and methods: randomized controlled studies identified from databases of medline and cochrane systemic review groups were pooled. 7 rcts were recruited for evaluation in this review. da...

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According to current guidelines regarding the hospital management of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), short-acting inhaled 2 agonists are generally the preferred bronchodilators (evidence grade A).1 In the absence of a prompt response to those drugs, addition of a short-acting anticholinergic bronchodilator is recommended, although the effectiveness of this combina...

background: patellar mal tracking is responsible for pain and disability in patellofemoral pain syndrome (pfps). patellar kinesio taping may have different effects on short and long term usage. the aim of this study is to compare the effect of short term and long term patellar kinesio taping in patellar position on women with patellofemoral pain syndrome using magnetic resonance imaging (mri). ...

The partition coefficients (P-values) of certain new potential, stereoselective, reversible, long-acting local anesthetics have been determined in an n-octanol/ phosphate buffer system. These are derivatives of 2-phenoxyethyldialkylamine hydrochloride, and almost all of them are readily soluble in water. Their aqueous solutions have shown different absorption maxima, and these have been use...

Bronchodilators form the foundation of symptomatic treatment of COPD. Several long-acting bronchodilators are now available for use in COPD, but publications of large-scale studies of their efficacy have, for the most part, postdated the publication of major clinical guidelines. This article provides a critical review of large (> or =50 patients), double-blind, clinical trials of three long-act...