Oral glucose lowering drugs in type 2 diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease

Cláudia Nogueira, Selma B. Souto, Eduardo Vinha, Daniel Carvalho-Braga, Davide Carvalho

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a challenge in the treatment of type 2 diabetic patients. Renal impairment may affect drug clearance and other pharmacokinetic processes which can increase toxicity and drug to drug interactions or cause ineffective therapy …

Physical training in patients on hemodialysis has a beneficial effect on the levels of eicosanoid hormone-like substances

Ioannis Karamouzis, Dimitrios Grekas, Michael Karamouzis, Konstantinos Kallaras, Vassiliki Stergiou-Michailidou, Evangelia Kouidi, Asterios Deligiannis, Norma Vavatsi-Christaki

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OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the levels of vasoactive eicosanoid hormone-like substances PGE2, PGI2 and TXA2 in hemodialysis (HD)patients who were following a long-term physical training program …