Dr. Butler answers the question: 'What Is An ACE Inhibitor?' — -- Question: What is an ACE inhibitor, how does it work, and when is it used to treat heart failure? Answer: ACE inhibitors are very ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the impact of a syntenin inhibitor on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) entry. Study: A ...

Most medicines for Alzheimer’s disease improve your symptoms rather than treat the disease itself. A type of drug that’s often prescribed soon after you’re diagnosed is called a cholinesterase ...

Your doctor has recommended expanding your treatment plan for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to include an interleukin 6 (IL-6) inhibitor — a biologic that’s often prescribed when conventional ...

Since the first US Food and Drug Administration approval of a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor in 2011, the number of these medications available — and their treatment indications — have continued to grow ...

Nearly 10 years after the first JAK inhibitor was approved for a dermatologic disorder, more uses are imminent, with fewer ...

Ruxolitinib cream is the first FDA-approved JAK inhibitor for skin repigmentation in people with vitiligo, paving the way for additional oral and topical JAK inhibitors to treat this autoimmune ...

In the CAPItello-291 trial of capivasertib plus fulvestrant, 73% of patients had already received a CDK4/6 inhibitor. As ...

It is important to be proactive and take care to prevent and/or reduce the likelihood and impact of adverse effects associated with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. This could allow ...

JAK inhibitor treatment is not associated with stunted growth in children with common inflammatory diseases, according to a ...