• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

Objectives : This study is to evaluate the efficacy of aromatherapy, relaxation therapy and exercise therapy on depression. Methods : Survey of on nonpharmacotherapies on depression - related articles was done through online paper databases from 1998 to 2010 published in Korean journals. Results : 1. We found 30 articles from 1998 to 2010 published in Korean journals: Aromatherapy(16), Relaxation therapy(6) and Exercise therapy(8). 2. 14 of the 16 articles on aromatherapy reported that aromatherapy was effective in the decrease of depression. 3. 5 of the 6 articles on relaxation therapy reported that relaxation therapy was effective in the decrease of depression. 4. 6 of the 8 articles on exercise therapy reported that exercise therapy was effective in the decrease of depression. Conclusions : In this study, it seems that aromatherapy, relaxation therapy and exercise therapy were effective on reducing depression.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.330-339
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• 2012

Background : Hypertension is treated with both lifestyle modification and pharmacotherapy. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7), published in 2003, provides a streamlined management approach to hypertension for the primary care physician. The JNC-7 is the gold standard also in Korea. According to the JNC-7, special therapeutic considerations are recommended for high-risk individuals with compelling indications. The presence of compelling indications in any given patient should be considered when selecting specific pharmacotherapy to treat hypertension. However, in patients with compelling indications, it is unknown that hepatotoxicity is caused by Calcium Channel Blocker (CCB), one of 1st anti-hypertensive drugs. Now, the CCB is the most used 1st anti-hypertensive drug in Korea Therefore, we evaluated the changes in blood liver function parameters (ALT, AST, Total bilirubin, serum albumin) for the study group. Methods : We randomly collected and retrospectively analyzed Electronic Medical Record data (n=28,788) of patients, and who took calcium channel blockers(non-dihydropyridines; diltiazem, verapamil, dihydropyridines; amlodipine, barnidipine, benidipine, clinidipine, efonidipine, felodipine, isradipine, lacidipine, lercanidipine, nicardipine, nifedipine, nimodipine), with having liver function tests (LFTs) from July 1st 2009 to June 30th 2010 at the Seoul National University Hospital in Korea. Control groups are two antihypertensive agents: RAS blockade (ARB; candesartan, irbesartan, losartan, olmesartan, telmisartan, valsartan, ACE-I; cilazapril, enalapril, fosinopril, imidapril, perindopril, ramipril) and, Diuretics (loop; furosemide, torsemide, thiazide; hydrochlorothiazide[HCTZ], indapamide). Patients not having LFT results at these three standard points of time(baseline, during, medication, and after finishing medication) were excluded. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS (Version12.0) and Microsoft Excel (Version2007). Results : 711 patients who were treated CCB (297), RAS blockade (232) or Diuretics (182) monotherapy were selected for the study. In selected patients, liver damage degree(changes of each LFTs value) was higher in diuretics group than other groups, followed by RAS blockade and CCB. In diuretics group's was loop-diuretics group was higher than thiazide-diuretics group. In CCB group, Nondihydropyridine-CCB's damage degree was higher than Dihydropyrine-CCB's that. Conclusions : Despite the limitations due to the retrospective study, among patients with abnormal LFTs, the use of CCBs led to a less liver damage than other 1st anti-hypertensive agents. It can be recommended CCBs as one of the initial treatments of hypertension in patients with liver disease.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.255-264
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• 2014

Objective: The aims of this study are to investigate the total volume of prescribed medicines against Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the trends of usage by analyzing the claims-data from the Korea National Health Insurance Service. Method: The demographic and claims-data were included the major AD treating medicines such as donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine, and analyzed during the period of 2010~2012. The assessing criteria were gender, age, habitation, types of medical institution, code of ingredients, outcomes of treatment, volume and amount of claims, and the numbers of patients with dementias. After trimming the data, it were analyzed by the market size, demographic traits, characteristics of medical service, characteristics of each anti-AD medicine, etc. Results: Among the chosen 4 medicines, donepezil had the top prescription volumes. Most prevalent prescribing preparations of donepezil were conventional types. However, among the non-conventional types, oro-dispersible formulation is the fast increasing one in both volume and growth rate. This specialized preparations to improve both toleration and adherence, tend to being prescribed generally at the tertiary medical institutions. While the younger patients with mild-to-moderate AD mostly treated by expensive medicines in resident at the tertiary hospitals, the rest older patients with severe AD have been treated non-expensive one at long-term care facilities. Conclusion: AD is a chronic illness therefore, long-term use of therapeutic medications are highly important. If an anti-AD treatment was applied steadily in the earlier stages, it would be achieved not only improving the quality of life of patient but also reducing the expenses in the medical and nursing cares. As the socioeconomical impacts of AD is expanding, healthcare professionals need to aware the importance of pharmacotherapy and to improve sociopolitical fundamentals.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2011

본 연구는 치과의원에 내원한 일부 외래환자를 대상으로 측두하악장애 실태와 음식섭취능력을 파악하여 삶의 질을 향상하고자 대전광역시 소재 5개 치과의원에 내원한 외래환자 208명을 대상으로 2010년 1월부터 9월까지 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 실시하였다. 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상, 악습관 및 이상기능, 음식섭취능력에 대해 조사 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 조사대상자의 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상을 보면 악관절 동통 45.7%, 관절잡음 45.2%, 저작 시 동통 41.3%, 개구 시 동통 38.0%, 비저작시 동통 19.7%, 관절탈구 13.0% 순으로 나타났다. 2. 성별에 따른 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상을 보면 관절탈구별로는 남자군 18.0%, 여자군 8.3%로 관절탈구를 보였으며(p=0.038), 저작 시 동통별로는 남자군 49.0%, 여자군 34.3%로 저작 시 동통을 보였으며(p=0.031) 유의하게 높았다. 3. 성별에 따른 악습관 및 이상기능을 보면 이악물기별로는 남성군 35.0%, 여성군 22.2%로 이악물기를 보였으며(p=0.041), 이갈이별로는 남성군 21.0%, 여성군 9.3%로 이갈이를 보였으며(p=0.018) 유의하게 높았다. 4. 연령에 따른 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상을 보면 악관절 동통별로는 21-30세군에서 자주 27.8%, 가끔 25.0%로 52.8%가 악관절 동통을 보였으며(p=0.001) 유의하게 높았다. 5. 연령에 따른 악습관 및 이상기능을 보면 두통여부별로는 31세 이상군에서 48.3%가 두통을 보였으며(p=0.046) 유의하게 높았다. 6. 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상에 따른 음식섭취능력을 보면 관절잡음이 없는 군일수록(p=0.000), 저작시 동통이 없는 군에서(p=0.000), 악관절 동통이 없는 군 일수록(p=0.000) 유의하게 높았다. 7. 악습관 및 이상기능에 따른 음식섭취능력을 보면 이악물기가 없는 군에서(p=0.000), 이갈이가 없는 군에서(p=0.000), 두통이 없는 군에서(p=0.000) 유의하게 높았다. 8. 조사대상자의 측두하악장애에 따른 치료방법을 보면 휴식 30.8%, 물리치료 24.0%, 약물치료 16.4% 순으로 나타났다. 저작 시 동통별로는 저작 시 동통에서 36.0%로 약물치료가, 악관절 동통별로는 악관절 동통에서 자주 52.4%, 가끔 40.5%로 약물치료와 물리치료가 유의하게 높았다(p=0.000). 이상의 연구결과를 종합하여 볼 때 측두하악장애의 복합요인에 대한 관리 조사가 병행되어 치료 및 예방 등에 대한 프로그램의 구축과 음식섭취능력을 높여 삶의 질이 향상되어지도록 신체적, 사회적, 문화적, 심리적인 측면을 고려함과 동시에 개인차가 심하기 때문에 다각적인 후속 연구가 계속 되어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 비만대사연구학술지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.4-13
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• 2022

Currently, pharmacotherapy is becoming essential for obesity, owing to its expanding and increasing epidemiology. In this review, novel peptide-based drugs of four classes are covered: GLP-1 receptor agonist, GIP/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist, glucagon/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist, and a combination of amylin receptor agonist/GLP-1 receptor agonist. Semaglutide is a next-generation GLP-1 receptor agonist with a longer duration and stronger weight and glucose reduction effects than liraglutide and dulaglutide. In the STEP1 trial, semaglutide 2.4 mg reduced body weight by approximately 15% in people with obesity with similar or milder adverse events than liraglutide 3.0 mg. Tirzepatide, a GIP/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist, also has a long duration and strong weight- and glucose-lowering effect. According to SURPASS-2, 3, and 4, in patients with BMI≥25 kg/m² and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), tirzepatide 15 mg reduced the initial body weight by >13%. Cotadutide, a glucagon/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist, showed weaker weight-lowering effects than semaglutide and tirzepatide, while it was comparable to that of liraglutide in a phase 2 clinical trial for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with BMI≥25 kg/m² and T2DM. Additionally, its effect on the liver was noticeable. The long-acting amylin receptor agonist cargrilintide combined with semaglutide can be another effective option for obesity treatment. Even in a small phase 1 trial with a short study period of 20 weeks, cargrilintide 2.4 mg/semaglutide 2.4 mg reduced by 17% of initial body weight in people with BMI 27-39.9 kg/m². In coming several years, semaglutide, tirzepatide, and cargrilintide/semaglutide will become available for obesity treatment in Korea.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.213-234
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• 2023

Objectives: To investigate current status of randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) registration for suicide attempters. Methods: The World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO-ICTRP) was used to search for data using 'suicide' as a search term. All registration information of RCTs registered up to April 2023 were collected. Results: Among a total of 68 RCTs registered, the United States ranked the highest in terms of quantity in this field (n=30, 46.15%), whereas Asia had only six (8.82%). A total of 62 (91.18%) RCTs involved individual interventions, while nine (13.24%) RCTs involved group interventions. Among individual interventions, 11 (16.18%) and 54 (79.41%) RCTs were on pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, respectively. Within psychotherapy, there were a total of 17 (25%) studies utilizing digital media, with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) via phone being the most common approach. Among non-digital media-based studies, CBT was used the most frequently (n=11, 16.18%), followed by attempted suicide short intervention program (n=6, 8.82%). There were no studies using interventions from East Asian traditional medicine, including Korean medicine (KM). The most frequently used main outcome was the Beck scale for suicidal ideation. Conclusions: Studies on suicide attempts in Asia, especially in South Korea, are very scarce. Despite vigorous psychotherapeutic research in this field, KM psychotherapy has not been used. Thus, KM clinical trial for suicide attempters might be planned in the future based on our findings.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2017

Objective: Infection is very common in the elderly, so there is a high prevalence of antibiotics use among this population. Especially, due to the emergence of resistant bacteria, the use of vancomycin is growing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors associated with vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity in elderly patients. Methods: The subjects of this study were patients over 18 years old who received intravenous vancomycin in a general hospital located in Gangneung-si, Korea between August 1, 2013 and July 31, 2015. Data collection regarding vancomycin use and baseline characteristics was conducted using computerized hospital database. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors associated with vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity. Results: A total of 290 patients were finally included, and 191(66%) out of these patients were age 65 or older. The incidence of vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity was 11.0%, 12.6%, and 7.0% in the all adult patients, the elderly patients, and the non-elderly patients, respectively. There were significant differences in comorbidities between patients with nephrotoxicity and patients without nephrotoxicity in the all adult patients, and there were significant differences in vancomycin duration, comorbidities, and number of nephrotoxic agents between patients with nephrotoxicity and patients without nephrotoxicity in the elderly patients. However, according to the logistic regression analysis, there was no significant risk factor that increases the incidence of vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity in all three age groups. Conclusion: There were no differences in risk factors that increase the incidence of vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity between all adult patients, elderly patients, and non-elderly patients. Further studies with larger sample sizes to identify risk factors associated with vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity in the elderly to improve the outcome of pharmacotherapy are required.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2007

통증은 주관적인 증상이며 이전의 경험에 의해 많이 영향을 받지만, 환자가 없는 증상을 만들어내는 것이 아니라 실재하는 것이다. 객관적인 병리가 뒷받침되는 통증은 쉽게 설명되고 치료할 수 있지만 그렇지 않은 통증은 많은 혼란과 좌절을 초래한다. 통증의 종류는 1) 해부학적인 특징과 객관적인 소견이 있는 경우 2) 해부학적인 특징이 있고 객관적인 소견이 없는 경우 3) 해부학적인 특징이 없고 스트레스, 신체화 증상과 연관된 경우 4) 해부학적인 특징이 없고 신체적인 손상과 연관이 있는 경우로 나눌 수 있다. 만성 통증의 경우 감정적, 신체적 또는 성적인 학대를 당한 병력이 있는 경우가 많다. 심리적으로 신체화 증상은 고통스런 기억을 억압하고 관심을 구하는 과정에서 나타난다. 또한 학대의 병력이 생리학적인 변화를 유발하거나 발달과정 중에서 통증에 대한 감수성을 높이고 유기적인 변화를 일으키는 것으로 생각된다. 스트레스와 연관된 통증의 치료에는 운동, 명상, 인지치료, 약물치료, 바이오피드백 치료 등의 다각적인 방법이 필요하다. 인지치료는 통증에 대한 환자의 인식과 대처방식을 바꿈으로써 통증을 경감시키는 방법으로 스트레스로 인해 발생하는 통증치료에 효과적이다. 약물치료로는 주로 항우울제 계열의 약물이 효과적인데, 항우울제는 기분증상의 호전과 무관하게 통증을 경감시키는 효과를 갖고 있다. 긴장이완 훈련과 병행하는 바이오피드백 치료 역시 통증치료에 효과적일 수 있으며, 그밖에 적절한 운동과 명상요법 같은 방법 역시 통증치료에 도움이 될 수 있다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2007

임신 및 수유기 동안의 우울증의 치료에 관한 연구 실적을 고려했을 때 일반적인 우울증과는 구분하여 치료계획을 수립하는 것이 필요하다. 이에 저자들은 체계적인 검색을 통해 광범위하게 조사를 하였으나, 임신과 수유기 우울증 환자의 약물치료에 대한 근거는 아직까지 전체적으로 부족한 것으로 생각된다. 임신과 수유기 우울증의 치료는 그 시점과 개개인의 상황에 따라 최선의 의사결정을 해야 한다. 의사 결정은 위험과 이득에 관한 평가에 기초해서 이루어져야 하는데, 여기에는 약물치료의 위험과 우울증의 위험, 약물의 위험과 대체 치료의 위험, 그리고 정신치료의 효과가 지연되었을 때의 위험과 산모의 안전에 대한 위험 등을 모두 저울질 해보는 것이 포함된다. 또한 임신과 우울증 그리고 치료의 이득과 위험에 대해 산모와 보호자에게 충분히 상담을 해주고 동의를 구한 후에 치료가 이루어져야 한다. 증상을 조기에 발견하여 치료하는 것이 중요하고, 일단 치료가 시작되면 출산 후까지 지속적으로 재발 예방을 해야 한다. 각 치료법은 우울증의 정도에 따라 선택하는 것이 바람직한데, 경도에서 중등도 우울증의 경우 정신사회적 치료법과 더불어 광선치료와 같은 비약물학적 치료를 먼저 제공하고, 중등도에서 심한 정도의 우울증이나 재발 위험이 높은 우울증의 경우 정신사회적 치료와 약물치료를 함께 실시하도록 한다. 또한 자살의 위험성이 있는 우울증이거나 약물을 잘 견딜 수 없는 경우라면 전기충격요법을 활용할 수 있다. 약물을 선택할 때에는 정보에 기초하여 약을 선택하는 것이 바람직하고 용량도 치료 반응을 얻을 수 있는 가능한 최소한의 용량을 선택하도록 하며, 시기에 따라 약물의 용량을 조절해야 한다. 지난 10여 년간 선택적 세로토닌 재흡수 차단제의 임신과 수유기 동안의 안전성에 관한 연구 결과들이 발표되고 있고, 일차 치료제로써 선택되어지고 있다. 하지만 일반적으로 비교적 최근에 출시된 항우울제들은 임신이나 주산기 동안에 산모나 태아에게 미치는 영향에 대해 연구가 상대적으로 덜 이루어졌기 때문에 아직까지는 덜 권장되고 있다. 결론적으로, 임상의들은 임신과 수유기 동안의 우울증 치료 전략을 현재까지 수행된 연구 근거의 양과 수준을 감안하여 받아들여야 하고, 아직까지 명백한 결론을 이끌어 내기에는 부족하기 때문에 향후 관련 분야의 연구 결과들에 대해 예의 주시하여야 한다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2008

Dyslipidemia is the multiple lipid metabolic disorders which is one of the high risk factors for the atherosclerotic diseases. It increases the morbidity and mortality and therefore, must be treated with antilipidemic agents. HMG-Co A reductase inhibitors (statins), one of many antidyslipidemic agents, have shown to be significant improvement from the various cholesterol levels. Especially, data from many comparative trials suggest that rosuvastatin is more effective than atorvastatin among many other statins. The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy and safety between rosuvastatin and atorvastatin in the treatment of Korean patients with dyslipidemia. Currently the Korean Society of Lipidology and Atherosclerosis based on the Korean health screening data suggests that Korean patients with dyslipidemia should be treated by the target cholesterol levels according to the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines of the US National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP-ATP III). We reviewed retrospectively all medical histories of the total 392 dyslipidemic patients with atorvastatin or rosuvastatin from June 1st, 2004 to August 31st, 2006 in Chungbuk National University Medical Center. Patients were classified as total 4 groups by the NCEP-ATP III Guidelines. The numbers of enrolled patients were each 5 mg atorvastatin (n=34), 10 mg atorvastatin (n=148), 5 mg rosuvastatin (n=94) and 10 mg rosuvastatin (n=82). In comparison between groups, rosuvastatin groups in the lowering LDL-C had better efficacies, and the results were each 22% (5 mg atorvastatin), 33.3% (10 mg atorvastatin), 35% (5 mg rosuvastatin) and 41.3% (10 mg rosuvastatin) with the dose relationship (P=0.000). Rosuvastatin groups also have shown to be more significantly reducing Total Cholesterol levels compared to atorvastatin groups with the no dose relationship (P=0.000). In the lowering of non-HDL cholesteroles, rosuvastatin groups showed significantly better efficacies than atorvastatin with the dose-relationship (P=0.000). Each medication groups did not demonstrate the differences in the changing of HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels (P=0.096, 0.309, respectively). In conclusion, rosuvastatin was better efficacious than atrovastatin in reducing LDL-C Total Chol, and Tg. Therefore, rosuvastatin is a good antilipidemic agents for Korean patients with dyslipidemia and it can use to minimize the morbidity and mortality related to the cardiovascular diseases in Korean.