STL Volume 15 Number 2
Update on Drugs and Drug News: February 2010
Update on Imiquimod 3.75% Cream Zyclara™, Acyclovir + Hydrocortisone Cream Xerclear®/Lipsovir®, as well as drug news on Titanium dioxide (TiO2).
Drug Treatments for Skin Disease Introduced in 2009
An overview and update of skin conditions and treatments introduced in 2009 including Imiquimod Cream 3.75% Zyclara™, Telavancin Vibativ™, Photopheresis System THERAKOS™ CELLEX™, Romidepsin ISTODAX®, Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride XYZAL®, Calcitriol Ointment Vectical™, Etanercept Enbrel® and other drugs.
Pruritus: Control of Itch in Patients Undergoing Dialysis
Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus is a significant clinical symptom affecting more than 50% of patients on hemodialysis. Treatment of Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus should be undertaken according to individual benefit-risk ratio assessments.
