Index by author
December 01, 2010; Volume 77,Issue 12
Malone, Donald
- You have accessMAO inhibitors: Risks, benefits, and loreMolly Wimbiscus, MD, Olga Kostenko, MD and Donald Malone, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 859-882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09103
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors were the first antidepressants introduced. Interest in their use is reviving.
Mandell, Brian F.
- You have accessWhy is fixing the plumbing so difficult?Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 840; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77b.10012
For carotid stenosis, a catheter-based procedure would seem safer than endarterectomy, but reality is not always so simple.
- You have accessManaging gout: How is it different in patients with chronic kidney disease?Hossam El-Zawawy, MD, MS and Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 919-928; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09080
The goals are the same, but the choice and dosage of drugs may need to be modified.
Manson, Joann E.
- You have accessVitamin D and the heart: Why we need large-scale clinical trialsJoann E. Manson, MD, DrPH, FAHACleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 903-910; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77gr.10004
Despite enthusiasm for vitamin D, no large-scale primary prevention trial has used cardiovascular disease or cancer as a prespecified primary outcome.
Messerli, Franz H.
- You have accessShould alpha-blockers ever be used as antihypertensive drugs?Giacomo Rossitto, MD, Ganesh Kamath, MD and Franz H. Messerli, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 884-888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10058
They are not first-line drugs, but they can be second-line or third-line add-on drugs if blood pressure is not under control.