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Therapeutics

• Simvastatin reduced mortality and vascular events in diabetes mellitus (18 February, 2004) Free
• Review: lower dose combination antihypertensive therapy is preferable to standard dose single drug therapy (18 February, 2004)
• Review: low dose diuretics are the best first line antihypertensive treatment (18 February, 2004)
• Decision aids reduced decisional conflict in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension (18 February, 2004)
• Carvedilol was more effective than metoprolol tartrate for lowering mortality in chronic heart failure (18 February, 2004)
• Review: nortriptyline and bupropion each increase smoking cessation rates (18 February, 2004)
• Inhaled corticosteroids were safely stepped down in chronic, stable asthma (18 February, 2004)
• Review: omalizumab reduces asthma exacerbations and daily steroid use (18 February, 2004)
• Therapeutic knee taping improved pain and disability in osteoarthritis of the knee (18 February, 2004)
• Rapid magnetic resonance of the lumbar spine was not better than radiographs for evaluating low back pain (18 February, 2004)
• Review: verteporfin plus photodynamic therapy reduces loss of vision in age related macular degeneration (18 February, 2004)
• Review: decision aids increase patients’ knowledge and realistic expectations and reduce decisional conflict (18 February, 2004)
• Review: alarms reduce nocturnal enuresis in children (18 February, 2004)
• Paroxetine controlled release was effective and tolerable for treating menopausal hot flash symptoms in women (18 February, 2004)
• Oral topiramate was effective as an adjunct to standardised medication compliance management in alcohol dependence (18 February, 2004)
• 4 layer bandaging reduced healing time and saved nursing time and cost in venous leg ulcer (18 February, 2004)