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Abduelkarem AR, Guella A, Hamrouni AM, Hassanein MM, Nasr A, Rana O. Denosumab Use in Chronic Kidney Disease Associated Osteoporosis: A Narrative Review. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2023; 16:1809-1813. [PMID: 37719685 PMCID: PMC10503558 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s426869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients have a high incidence of bone disease and increased fracture risk, making effective management of their bone health a clinical challenge. Denosumab, a human monoclonal antibody, has been investigated as a therapeutic option in this patient population. In this review, we summarize the current evidence on the efficacy and safety of denosumab in CKD and HD patients. A comprehensive search of the relevant literature was conducted, including randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and meta-analyses. The findings suggest that denosumab reduces the risk of fractures and improves bone mineral density in all stages of CKD. The results of this review support the use of denosumab as a promising option for managing bone disease in CKD and HD patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abduelmula R Abduelkarem
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmacy Department, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Hamrouni AM, Sharif RS, Sharif SI, Hassanein MM, Abduelkarem AR. Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Geopolitics, Health, Economics, Education and Sociocultural Events. Healthc Policy 2022; 15:935-943. [PMID: 35547647 PMCID: PMC9084382 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s362337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The number of active cases of COVID-19 and deaths is markedly escalating. The pandemic had affected almost every aspect of our lives including geopolitics, health, economics, education, and sociocultural events. However, besides the negative impacts of the pandemic, there are some positive impacts as well, such as improving our awareness of the daily hygienic practices, emphasizing digital inequality, and increasing global collaboration in combating the crisis by intensifying scientific research to establish a promising vaccine. Other positive impacts are the activation and use of online education, also raising awareness about close family relationships and much more. This review addresses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on various important aspects of life.
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- Amar M Hamrouni
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy-University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy-University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy-University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Correspondence: Abduelmula R Abduelkarem, College of Pharmacy-University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Tel +971 6-5057443, Fax +971 6-5585812, Email
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Abduelkarem AR, Samorinha C, Sharif SI, Hamrouni AM, Hassanein MM. Distress symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown: A study with the general population of the United Arab Emirates. Pharm Pract (Granada) 2022; 20:2659. [PMID: 35919790 PMCID: PMC9296096 DOI: 10.18549/pharmpract.2022.2.2659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background: Since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has taken a series of preventive measures to control the spread of the Coronavirus. Dealing with the unforeseen challenges caused by the pandemic has had a profound impact on people all around the world. Pharmacists played an important public health role during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were the first point of contact with the public and the first source of information, providing accurate and reliable management and preventive measures. The aim of this study was to analyse the distress symptoms and the associated factors among a sample of the UAE population. Materials and Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study conducted over the period of September to October 2020. A bilingual online self-administered questionnaire was distributed among individuals aged 15 years and above. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results: Most of the students in the sample found online learning less effective than in-class learning. Among these, 49.9% and 62.8 % reported that they had normal sleep and eating habits, respectively. In all the sample, most of the participants (96%) were adherent to preventive measures. Higher levels of distress during the COVID-19 lockdown were found among females, individuals younger than 35 years old, those who neglected personal hygiene and who had worse quality of family gatherings and relationships. Conclusion: This study identified factors associated with distress symptoms experienced by people during the lockdown and perceived attitudes regarding online learning, preventive measures and changes in people’s behaviours and family environment. Knowledge about how lockdown has affected the lives of the populations can be used to design public health interventions aimed at promoting the health and well-being of the communities.
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- Abduelmula R Abduelkarem
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, University City Road - University City, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, University City Road - University City, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, University City Road - University City, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, PO Box 64141, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, University City Road - University City, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Hyder Pottoo F, Abu-Izneid T, Mohammad Ibrahim A, Noushad Javed M, AlHajri N, Hamrouni AM. Immune system response during viral Infections: Immunomodulators, cytokine storm (CS) and Immunotherapeutics in COVID-19. Saudi Pharm J 2021; 29:173-187. [PMID: 33519271 PMCID: PMC7833973 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Coronaviruses are non-segmented and single stranded positive-sense RNA (+ssRNA) viruses. To date, 06 human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are reported; α-CoVs (HCoVs-NL63 and HCoVs-229E) and β-CoVs (HCoVs-OC43, HCoVs-HKU1, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV). While, novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is the most recent member. The genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 is 82% similar to SARS-COV-1. The compelling evidences link the progression of viral infection of SARS-CoV-2 with excessive inflammation as a result of the exaggerated immune response and elevated production of "immunocytokines" resulting in cytokine storm (CS); followed by a series of events, like acute organ damage, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as well as death. Hence attempts to reduce cytokine storm are now being considered as a new paradigm shift in the clinical management of SARS-CoV-2. Tocilizumab (IL-6 blocker), Baricitinib (JAKs and AAK1 inhibitor), TNFα inhibitors (Infliximab, Adalimumab, Certolizumab) are currently being evaluated for possible block of the CS. Hence, rationalizing anti-inflammatory therapeutics would be the most judicious approach for significant reduction in COVID-19 mortality. In order to elucidate optimized and rationaled use of different therapeutics in COVID-19, we collated latest available information from emerging scientific evidences, integrated previous attempts as well as clinical successes, and various adopted approaches to mitigate past outbreaks with of SARS-CoV and MERS CoV.
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- Faheem Hyder Pottoo
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Fundamentals of Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O.BOX 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard, New-Delhi, India
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, College of Medicine, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Abduelkarem AR, Sharif SI, Bankessli FG, Kamal SA, Kulhasan NM, Hamrouni AM. Obesity and its associated risk factors among school-aged children in Sharjah, UAE. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0234244. [PMID: 32502178 PMCID: PMC7274381 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The most prevalent nutritional disorders worldwide are childhood overweight or obesity. Various factors clearly contribute to the childhood obesity epidemic. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of childhood obesity in children of primary schools, and determine the influence of eating behavior and lifestyle in such a condition. Methods The study based on a cross sectional survey including school children aged 6–11 years. Pupils were from different schools in Sharjah, UAE. Outcome measures used in this study covered health characteristics; child habits and lifestyle; disease status and medication. Results The number of pre-validated surveys distributed was 932 and those returned counted to 678, giving a response rate of 72.8%. More than half (379; 55.9%) of the participants were females and 191 (28.2%) of the children were obese or overweight. Almost one quarter (162; 23.9%) of the children was physically inactive. Additionally, candy and fast food consumption was significantly high (370; 54.6%) and (324; 47.8%) respectively. Participant’s food, age and time spent on TV were significantly associated with body mass index (BMI). Conclusion Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Emirate of Sharjah is high in both genders and across all ages of the study population. Contributing factors may include; sedentary lifestyle, consumption of unhealthy food and family history. There is a need for an immediate attention and measures to reduce the prevalence of obesity and associated diseases.
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- Abduelmula R. Abduelkarem
- Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacoetherapeutics Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacoetherapeutics Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacoetherapeutics Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacoetherapeutics Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacoetherapeutics Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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1 Relaxation responses of the rat isolated duodenum to the putative M1 muscarinic receptor agonist, McN-A-343, were examined to determine whether the response was due to the release of known non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic relaxant neurotransmitters and to establish the involvement of M1 muscarinic receptors. 2 The role of ATP was examined with the P2 receptor antagonist, suramin, which at 30 mum antagonized the relaxant responses to alpha,beta-methylene ATP. The same dose, however, failed to inhibit the relaxation by McN-A-343. 3 The role of nitric oxide (NO) was examined with the NO synthase inhibitor, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 100 microm), which failed to inhibit the responses to McN-A-343. As NO mediates relaxation of the duodenum via cGMP generation through guanylyl cyclase, whether the relaxation by McN-A-343 was also via cGMP was examined with the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). The relaxation responses to the NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetyl penicillamine, were inhibited in the presence of ODQ (3 microm), but not those by McN-A-343. 4 Release of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was examined with the GABAA receptor antagonist, bicuculline (10 microm), which shifted the concentration-response curves for the relaxation of the duodenum by GABA to the right. There was a similar degree of shift in the concentration-response curve for McN-A-343 by bicuculline indicating that release of GABA from enteric neurones of the duodenum could explain the relaxation response to McN-A-343. 5 To test whether the muscarinic receptors mediating the relaxation of the duodenum were of the M1 subtype, the susceptibility to the selective competitive antagonist, pirenzepine and the selective muscarinic toxin from green mamba, MT7, was examined. Pirenzepine (1 microm) shifted the concentration-response for McN-A-343 to the right in a parallel fashion with a dose ratio of 33.3 +/- 20.2. This yielded a pA2 value of 7.5, which concords with those for other responses reputed to be mediated via M1 muscarinic receptors. The toxin MT7 was used as an irreversible antagonist and following incubation with the duodenum was washed from the bath. An incubation time of 30 min with 100 nm of MT7 caused a significant parallel shift in the concentration-response to McN-A-343 confirming the involvement of M1 muscarinic receptors. 6 This study has confirmed that McN-A-343 relaxes the rat duodenum via muscarinic receptors of the M1 subtype and that these receptors are probably located on enteric neurones from which their stimulation releases GABA.
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- A M Hamrouni
- Division of Pharmacology, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3XF, UK
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