Article: Metformin for Prevention of Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance With Olanzapine: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial

Article: COX-2 inhibitors before and after knee replacement reduce pain, increase range of motion.
Drug Week;  November 28, 2003 ;     589 words ......and 2 hours before TKA, 50 mg daily for 5 days postoperatively, and 25 mg daily for another 8 days, or matching...group compared with the placebo group during hospital stay and...group (6%) compared with the placebo group (26%), as well as a decrease...disturbances ...

Article: Metoclopramide treats Tourette's.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
Clinical Psychiatry News;  August 1, 2005 ;     130 words ......compared with a 12.6% reduction in a placebo group, reported Rob Nicholson, M.D...received metoclopramide starting at 5 mg daily, titrated as needed to a maximum...significantly from that in the placebo group. One patient had a 30-fold increase...

Article: Aspirin + celecoxib may protect against ulcers.(Gastroenterology)(Report)
Internal Medicine News;  November 1, 2006 ;     364 words ......endoscopy: celecoxib 200 mg once daily plus aspirin 81 mg daily (celecoxib group), naproxen...b.i.d. plus aspirin 81 mg daily (naproxen group), or placebo plus aspirin 81 mg daily (placebo group). Patients took the drugs...and 2% of those in the ...

Article: Topiramate prevented migraines in adolescents.(News)
Family Practice News;  August 15, 2008 ;     284 words ......three regimens for 16 weeks: 50 mg daily of topiramate (35 patients), 100 mg daily of topiramate (35 patients), or placebo (33 patients), Dr. Donald Lewis...was 72%, compared with 44% for placebo, according to Dr. Lewis, a pediatric...from baseline, compared with placebo, in ...

Article: Bone loss is prevented by clodronate therapy in postmenopausal women.
Clinical Trials Week;  March 17, 2003 ;     649 words ......group and +0.4% in 800 mg clodronate group [difference...group and -0.2% in the placebo group [difference between groups...and no change in the placebo group [difference between groups...differences between the placebo and 800 mg clodronate groups were...

Article: Perioperative vasopressin secretion treated by demeclocycline
The American Surgeon;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......prospective, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical...either a total of 1200 mg daily of demeclocycline or...significantly decreased in the placebo group (P < 0.01). The urine...of therapy (600-1200 mg daily) and reverses 2 to 6...demeclocycline or the placebo ...

Article: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Lamivudine in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection.
Hepatitis Weekly;  July 26, 1999 ;     402 words ......D. A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Lamivudine...and tolerance compared with placebo. METHODS: Four hundred and twenty-ni...randomized into lamivudine and placebo groups. Three hundred and twenty-t...patients received lamivudine 100 mg daily and 107 patients received ...

Article: Once-a-week risedronate ameliorates the risk of bone fracture.
Clinical Trials Week;  September 15, 2003 ;     572 words ......seen with the risedronate 5 mg daily dose, which has proven antifracture...trials forming an historical placebo group. We also constructed an...treatment group from the 5 mg daily arm of the VERT trials for...relative to the historical placebo group (1.2% versus 5.0%; ...

Article: Controversy About Lack of Placebo Group Decline in Alzheimers Clinical Trials
U.S. Newswire;  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......trials. In Alzheimer trials, if the placebo group does not worsen over the course of...Multiple Studies Reveals Process to Ensure Placebo Group Decline Lon S. Schneider, MD, professor...worsening over the course of the trial. Placebo group sample sizes less than 100 had a 37...

Article: New Gleevec(R) Data: Prolonged Efficacy with Approved 400 mg Daily Dose and Potential for Improved Response at Higher Dose.
PR Newswire;  December 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Second study shows patients on 800 mg daily achieved greater molecular response than patients on currently recommended 400 mg daily dose -- Patients in both studies were...certain form of leukemia** receiving 400 mg daily maintained their response to therapy long...

Article: Early Chemoprophylaxis With Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole for HIV-1 Infected Adults in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: A Randomised Trial.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  July 12, 1999 ;     414 words ......mg, sulphamethoxazole 800 mg) daily or a matching placebo. The...and 198 among 270 in the placebo group. Significantly fewer patients...co-trimoxazole group than in the placebo group had at least one severe event...62 patients (vs. 26 in the placebo group). ...

Article: Actonel(R) Provides Low Incidence of Vertebral Fracture in Osteoporosis Patients Through 7 Years.
PR Newswire;  June 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......group received Actonel 5 mg daily for 7 years; the other...switched to Actonel 5 mg daily for 2 years. For those...of an original 3-year placebo- controlled study with...patients received Actonel 5 mg daily for 7 years; 81 patients...treated with Actonel 5 mg ...

Article: Improved endometriosis pain tied to vitamins: small study of short-term use.(Gynecology)
OB GYN News;  December 15, 2003 ;     359 words ......daily) and vitamin C (1,000 mg daily) for 2 months before undergoing...lower than the levels in the placebo group. Levels of inflammatory markers...none of the women in the placebo group. Thirty-seven percent of...compared with 36% of the placebo group, and 24% of the ...

Article: Luteal Phase Fluoxetine Dosing Improves PMDD. (A Higher Dose Appears Better).
OB GYN News;  October 1, 2001 ;     330 words ......luteal phase dosing with fluoxetine (Prozac, Serafem) 20 mg daily significantly improved total scores and subscale scores...Indianapolis. Luteal phase dosing with fluoxetine 10 mg daily significantly improved mood and social functioning...received luteal phase dosing with fluoxetine 10 mg or 20 ...