AIM To performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine any possible differences in terms of effectiveness, safety and tolerability between existing colon-cleansing products in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS Systematic searches were performed (January 1980-September 2016) using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, CENTRAL and ISI Web of knowledge for randomized trials asses...

Risperidone is a white to slightly beige powder. It is practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in methylene chloride, and soluble in methanol and 0.1 N HCl. RISPERDAL® tablets are available in 0.25 mg (dark yellow), 0.5 mg (red-brown), 1 mg (white), 2 mg (orange), 3 mg (yellow), and 4 mg (green) strengths. Inactive ingredients are colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, lactose, magnesi...

A 2-year, 8-month-old boy was sent to the hospital by his pediatrician for an inpatient workup of fever of unknown origin. The child was born full term, had a normal newborn course, and was a healthy infant until he had a fever at 3 months of age due to influenza diagnosed by rapid in-office testing. This illness was managed as an outpatient, and the fever resolved after 2 days. However, the pe...

Premarin (Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Rouse Point, NY) is a widely used compound for estrogen replacement therapy for uterine bleeding in postmenopausal women. The compound is a pH-balanced mixture of conjugated estrogens (WyethAyerst Laboratories, Rouse Point, NY) occurring as sodium salts of water-soluble estrogen sulfate (including estrone, equilin, 17 -dihydroequilenin, 17 -estradiol, equile...

OBJECTIVE Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is the most common and painful oral inflammatory lesion with an unknown etiology. This study aims to determine the therapeutic effects of ibuprofen, diphenhydramine and aluminum magnesium simethicone (AlMgS) syrup on reducing oral aphthous ulcer pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-one patients with RAS participated in this double-blind clinical tri...