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Therapeutics

• Review: Chlorpromazine reduces relapse and leads to greater global improvement but increases adverse events in schizophrenia (1 December, 1998)
• Lovastatin reduced coronary events in healthy persons with low HDL cholesterol levels (1 December, 1998)
• Low-dose aspirin reduced the risk for cardiovascular events in treated hypertension (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Diuretics are more efficacious than β-blockers as first-line therapy for elderly patients with hypertension (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Survival benefit for early ACE inhibitor therapy is greater in some subgroups of patients with acute MI (1 December, 1998)
• Tirofiban plus heparin was more effective than heparin alone for unstable angina and non–Q-wave MI (1 December, 1998)
• Conservative management was more effective than invasive management in acute non–Q-wave MI (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Tacrine has some benefits and many adverse effects in Alzheimer disease (1 December, 1998)
• Donepezil was safe and effective in Alzheimer disease (1 December, 1998)
• Single-dose vitamin A reduced the severity of shigellosis in Bangladeshi children (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Hospital-at-home care does not improve patient health outcomes (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Screening may not improve vision in older persons (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Antibiotics do not resolve acute cough (1 December, 1998)
• Sildenafil improved sexual function in erectile dysfunction (1 December, 1998)
• Acute stroke unit care improved quality of life at 5 years (1 December, 1998)
• Ritonavir reduced AIDS complications and risk for death in HIV-1 infection (1 December, 1998)
• Review: Medical therapy, angioplasty, and bypass surgery are effective for stable angina in patients at different risk levels (1 December, 1998)
• Vein or polytetrafluoroethylene patch closure after carotid endarterectomy reduced stroke and recurrent stenosis (1 December, 1998)
• Omentoplasty did not prevent anastomotic leakage after colonic or rectal resection (1 December, 1998)