Case reports Juvenile idiopathic arthritis complicated by amyloidosis with secondary nephrotic syndrome – effective treatment with tocilizumab

Background Pharmacotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was seldom beneficial before clomipramine, a potent selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), became available. Subsequent progress in pharmacotherapy for OCD has increased the possibility of effective treatment for most sufferers.Method Randomised controlled trials of pharmacotherapy for OCD were reviewed, as well as reports of beneficial pharmacotherapy found in open trials and case reports.Results SSRIs are well-tolerated by patients with OCD, even in large doses. Prose roto n erg i c augmentation is seldom helpful but antipsychotic augmentations seem beneficial for many OCD patients with comorbid tics.Conclusions Potent SSRIs are the pharmacotherapy of choice for OCD, with a more limited role reserved for monoamine oxidase inhibitors. If one SSRI is ineffective, others may be beneficial. Non-drug therapies are also important in OCD: behaviour therapy is frequently helpful but infrequently available and neurosurgery is sometimes helpful when all other treatments have failed.

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3. Other Secondary Nephrotic Syndrome

Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi ◽

10.2169/naika.98.1055 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 98 (5) ◽

pp. 1055-1061

Author(s):

Naoki Takahashi ◽

Hideki Kimura ◽

Kenji Kasuno ◽

Daisuke Mikami ◽

Hironobu Naiki ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nephrotic Syndrome ◽

Secondary Nephrotic Syndrome

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Long-term remission of nephrotic syndrome with etanercept for concomitant juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Pediatric Nephrology ◽

10.1007/s00467-010-1571-5 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 25 (10) ◽

pp. 2175-2177 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shuichi Ito ◽

Akiko Tsutsumi ◽

Tomonori Harada ◽

Aya Inaba ◽

Shuichiro Fujinaga ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nephrotic Syndrome ◽

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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Effective treatment of different phenotypes of chronic urticaria with omalizumab: Case reports and review of literature

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology ◽

10.1177/0394632015623795 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 320-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

A Kasperska-Zajac ◽

J Jarząb ◽

A Żerdzińska ◽

K Bąk ◽

A Grzanka

Keyword(s):

Effective Treatment ◽

Chronic Urticaria ◽

Case Reports ◽

Review Of Literature

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Severe Agoraphobia: A Controlled Prospective Trial of Behaviour Therapy

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.112.484.309 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 112 (484) ◽

pp. 309-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 176

Author(s):

M. G. Gelder ◽

I. M. Marks

Keyword(s):

Effective Treatment ◽

Single Case ◽

Case Reports ◽

Prospective Trial ◽

Antidepressant Drugs ◽

Behaviour Therapy ◽

Acetyl Choline ◽

Small Series ◽

Intensive Psychotherapy ◽

Retrospective Investigation

Severe agoraphobia is difficult to treat. Encouraging immediate results have been reported with diverse treatments, including intensive psychotherapy (Friedman, 1959), acetyl choline injections (Sim, 1964), antidepressant drugs (King, 1962) and more recently with behaviour therapy (Wolpe, 1958). It is this latter claim which this paper examines. Early reports (e.g. Meyer, 1957; Wolpe, 1958) suggested that behaviour therapy might prove to be a rapid and effective treatment, but a small series studied by Meyer and Gelder (1963) demonstrated that results were not always as effective as single case reports suggested, and showed clearly that the treatment was often lengthy, taking 80 hours on the average. A retrospective investigation of a larger series (Marks and Gelder, 1965; Cooper, Gelder and Marks, 1965) again failed to support the early claims, although it was shown that behaviour therapy is an effective treatment for circumscribed phobias such as fears of animals and insects.

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