E-drug: Table of contents Prescrire International April 99
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Table of contents, Prescrire International, April 99 - Volume 8, Nr 40
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EDITORIAL
Choosing among protease inhibitors
NEW PRODUCTS
1998 Prescrire Awards
A Golden Pill for indinavir
Carvedilol (new preparation)
Its value in heart failure is not yet adequately documented
Zidovudine + lamivudine (new combination)
makes antiretroviral treatment more convenient
Zolmitriptan (new preparation)
No advantage over sumatriptan
Clofazimine (new preparation)
A major antileprous drug
Rivastigmine (new preparation)
No better than donepezil in Alzheimer's disease
Iloprost (new indication)
No proven benefit in advanced lower-limb arterial disease or
thromboangiitis obliterans
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Welcome withdrawal of amineptine in France
A measure long overdue
Hepatitis B vaccine and demyelination (cont'd)
Preliminary results of two case-control studies
Fat distribution and HIV protease inhibitors
Mainly a cosmetic problem
Tolcapone withdrawn
Reports of fatal hepatitis
Male infertility due to anabolic steroids
Mainly sportsmen
REVIEWS
The choice of HIV protease inhibitor
Indinavir currently the first choice
Prevention of diarrhoea in young children
Five interventions for developing countries
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