A
Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Safety
and Efficacy Study of Sitaxsentan Sodium (Thelin™) Treatment
with an Open-label Bosentan Arm in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension (PAH)
A
Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety an Pilot Efficacy
of Iloprost Inhalation Solution as Add-On Therapy with
Bosentan in Subjects with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Ambrisentan
in PAH - A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled,
Multicenter, Efficacy Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects with Pulmonary
Arterial Hypertension
UPDATE: Deadline Approaching for Potential Medicare Benefit; First
Application Deadline August 16
Due
to the relatively low number of applicants to date, it is likely
that those who apply for this benefit WILL RECEIVE COVERAGE OF
TRACLEER under this demonstration project. For this reason,
it is imperative that you submit an application AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
if you meet the criteria.
Health
News, India: Viagra can help mountaineers too
(LONDON)
Viagra can literally help scale peaks, among other things. The anti-impotency
drug can protect mountaineers from developing lung problems sometimes associated
with high altitude, researchers have found.
Pulmonary
Hypertension - A Patient's Survival Guide The premiere information resource
for people dealing with PH -- THIRD edition at the printers NOW!!!
The author, a PH patient herself,
knows what it is like to live with the disease. She talked to many
other patients, doctors, and researchers while writing the Survival
Guide. Dr. Ronald J. Oudiz and a team of physicians with a deep
knowledge of PH edited the book for accuracy.
New edition contains a chart
of 15 drugs used to treat PH; results of recent
clinical trials;
in-depth discussion of PH secondary to other diseases
or conditions;
a new chapter on what to eat if you have PH; and much, much more!
Seventy-seven
golfers turned out at the Crossgates Golf Course in Millersville, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, Friday, June 25, 2004, to remember Kipp Palmer,
as well as to raise over $7,000 for advocacy and research of this disease.
Kipp passed away as a result of PPH July 4, 1999; as in years past, Kipp’s
family and friends came from all across the country and were a great support.
A diagnosis
of pulmonary arterial hypertension once meant death would soon follow,
but research is extending patients' life spans and raising hope for an
eventual cure.
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