{"title":"Current off-label Pharmacotherapeutics in the management of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)","authors":"A. Pathan","doi":"10.37881/1.511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.511","url":null,"abstract":"Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by a newly emergent coronavirus, Severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2, that was first recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. There are no FDA- approved therapeutics or drugs to treat, cure or prevent COVID-19. Some reported case studies indicated the significance of Chloroquine use in mild cases and Lopinavir and Ritonavir in severe cases of COVID-19 respectively. Indian Council of Medical Research, India issued a protocol which is to be implemented along with the WHO guidelines on clinical management of mild and severe acute respiratory infection when COVID-19 infection is suspected in Indian patients as a restricted public health emergency use.","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114213240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Siponimod: A new approved oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis","authors":"A. Pathan","doi":"10.37881/1.421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.421","url":null,"abstract":"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on 26 March 2019 approved Siponimod tablets to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease. The efficacy of Siponimod was shown in a clinical trial of 1,651 patients that compared Siponimod to placebo in patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) who had evidence of disability progression in the prior two years and no relapses in the three months prior to enrollment. The primary endpoint of the study was the time to three-month confirmed progression in disability. The fraction of patients with confirmed progression of disability was statistically significantly lower in the Siponimod group than in the placebo group. Siponimod also decreased the number of relapses experienced by these patients. In the subgroup of patients with non-active SPMS, the results were not statistically significant.","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124859254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Istradefylline: A new add-on drug to treat off episodes in adults with Parkinson’s disease","authors":"A. Pathan","doi":"10.37881/1.422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.422","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127145478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cannabidiol: FDA approved new drug for the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet Syndrome: Pharmacotherapeutics review","authors":"A. Pathan","doi":"10.37881/1.413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.413","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129759212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caplacizumab: First FDA-approved therapy in 2019 for the treatment of adult patients with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura","authors":"Feras Almarshad","doi":"10.37881/1.414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.414","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125137300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FDA-approves the first therapy in 2018 for the seizures associated with Dravet syndrome","authors":"A. Pathan, A. Alshahrani","doi":"10.37881/1.412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121320406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stiripentol: New approved drug for the Dravet syndrome: Pharmacotherapeutics review","authors":"A. Pathan","doi":"10.37881/1.415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.415","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132286414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Possible management of non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease","authors":"A. Pathan, A. Alshahrani","doi":"10.37881/1.332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.332","url":null,"abstract":"Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting approximately 1% of individuals older than 60 years and causing progressive disability that can be slowed but not halted, by treatment. The goal of the medical management of Parkinson's disease is to provide control of signs and symptoms for as long as possible while minimizing adverse effects. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is classically considered as a motor disease, with tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and gait problems as the classic motor features. However, non-motor manifestations (NMM) of PD have become increasingly recognized – they can often be more disabling than the motor symptoms. Non-motor manifestations of PD result from neuronal degeneration in widespread areas of the brainstem. Unfortunately, NMM is often underrecognized, and therefore, undertreated. The goal of this article is to provide a guide to recognizing and managing these NMM so that quality of life of the patient with PD can improve.","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"54 16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125533740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gold Standard of Symptomatic treatment in Parkinson disease: Carbidopa / Levodopa","authors":"A. Pathan, A. Alshahrani","doi":"10.37881/1.331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37881/1.331","url":null,"abstract":"Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting approximately 1% of individuals older than 60 years and causing progressive disability that can be slowed but not halted, by treatment. The goal of the medical management of Parkinson's disease is to provide control of signs and symptoms for as long as possible while minimizing adverse effects. Levodopa coupled with a peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor (PDI), such as carbidopa, remains the gold standard of symptomatic treatment of motor features of Parkinson's disease. It provides the greatest antiparkinsonian benefit with the fewest adverse effects in the short term. However, its long-term use is associated with the development of fluctuations and dyskinesias. This review article is written to summarize the clinical and pharmacological data of carbidopa and levodopa which will be helpful to neurologists and physicians.","PeriodicalId":383954,"journal":{"name":"NeuroPharmac Journal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115023740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}