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ABSTRACT: The second of a two-part series, this article describes eight recently approved drugs, including the first drug approved for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, a first-in-class HIV attachment inhibitor, and a new intravenous injection indicated for the treatment of acute pain in adults for whom other treatments are ineffective.
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Drug Approval , Adenosine Monophosphate/analogs & derivatives , Adenosine Monophosphate/therapeutic use , Alanine/analogs & derivatives , Alanine/therapeutic use , Amisulpride/therapeutic use , Carbamates/therapeutic use , Cephalosporins/therapeutic use , Chlorophenols/therapeutic use , Drug Combinations , Fumarates/therapeutic use , Humans , Indans/therapeutic use , Organophosphates/therapeutic use , Oxadiazoles/therapeutic use , Piperazines/therapeutic use , Spiro Compounds/therapeutic use , Tetrazoles/therapeutic use , Thiophenes/therapeutic use , Tromethamine/therapeutic use , United States , United States Food and Drug Administration , COVID-19 Drug TreatmentABSTRACT
Spirometry is a crucial test used in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic has posed numerous challenges in performing spirometry. Dynamic-ventilatory digital radiography (DR) provides sequential chest radiography images during respiration with lower doses of radiation than conventional X-ray fluoroscopy and computed tomography. Recent studies revealed that parameters obtained from dynamic DR are promising for evaluating pulmonary function of COPD patients. We report two cases of COPD evaluated by dynamic-ventilatory DR for pulmonary function and treatment efficacy and discuss the potential of dynamic DR for evaluating COPD therapy.
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Lung/diagnostic imaging , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/diagnostic imaging , Radiographic Image Enhancement/methods , Radiography, Thoracic/methods , Aged , Asthma/diagnosis , Asthma/drug therapy , Bronchodilator Agents/therapeutic use , Drug Combinations , Fluticasone/therapeutic use , Formoterol Fumarate/therapeutic use , Glycopyrrolate/analogs & derivatives , Glycopyrrolate/therapeutic use , Humans , Indans/therapeutic use , Lung/physiology , Male , Middle Aged , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy , Quinolones/therapeutic use , Spirometry , Tiotropium Bromide/therapeutic use , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
With the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 patient worldwide and associated mortality, it is critical to come up with an effective treatment against SARS-CoV-2. Studies suggest that mortality due to COVID 19 is mainly attributed to the hyper inflammatory response leading to cytokine storm and ARDS in infected patients. Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1) analogs, AAL-R and RP-002, have earlier provided in-vivo protection from the pathophysiological response during H1N1 influenza infection and improved mortality. Recently, it was shown that the treatment with sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 analog, CYM5442, resulted in the significant dampening of the immune response upon H1N1 challenge in mice and improved survival of H1N1 infected mice in combination with an antiviral drug, oseltamivir. Hence, here we suggest to investigate the possible utility of using S1P analogs to treat COVID-19.