E-drug: Table of contents of Prescrire International, December 99
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Table of contents of Prescrire International
December 99 - Volume 8, Nr. 44
Prescrire International is the English language edition of La revue
Prescrire. It consists of a selection of articles of international interest
from the monthly French-language journal La revue Prescrire. Prescrire
International contains evaluations of new drugs and new indications,
information on adverse effects, and assessments of therapeutic
interventions.
EDITORIAL
The lowest common denominator
NEW PRODUCTS
Clopidogrel (new preparation)
Better than aspirin for intermittent claudication
Raloxifene (new preparation)
No better than oestrogen in the general population
Entacapone (new preparation)
Comparative data are lacking in parkinsonian patients
Nifuroxazide in acute diarrhoea (OTC preparation)
Useless
Perindopril + indapamide (new preparations)
Don't use fixed-dose antihypertensive combinations initially
Levonorgestrel intrauterine device (new preparation)
May be an alternative to copper IUDs
Penciclovir cream (new preparation)
No better than aciclovir cream
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Anaemia due to ACE inhibitors in renal failure
Poppers intoxication
Neurological and cardiac events on phenylpropanolamine
Neurological disorders after zidovudine exposure in utero
Headache due to antimigraine 5HT1 receptor agonists
REVIEWS
Choosing a macrolide
Spiramycin is the safest
Consumption and dangers of ecstasy
Misleading reputation of safety
DISCUSSION
Our correspondence
with the WHO about the hypertension guidelines
We have stopped the process to become collaborating centre
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