
Wang Li HsuanTaipei Medical University | TMU · Department of Pharmacy
Wang Li Hsuan
Doctor of Philosophy
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Higher serum cholesterol levels have been associated with an increased risk of dry eye disease (DED). The relationship between statin (HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitor) use and DED in patients with hyperlipidemia remains unclear. To investigate the association between statin use and the risk of DED in patients with hyperlipidemia, we conducted a populat...
Objective
To investigate the effect of higher cumulative defined daily dose per year (cDDD/y) compared with lower cDDD/y of statin use in the incidence of any joint osteoarthritis (OA).
Design
In this population-based retrospective cohort study, patients who were aged ≥40 years were newly initiated on statin therapy between 2002 and 2011, and had...
Background
The lipid‐lowering and anti‐inflammatory effects of statins and fibrates may ameliorate periodontitis. Patients with hyperlipidemia tend to have a worse periodontal status. This study assessed the association between the use of statins/fibrates and the incidence of chronic periodontitis in patients with hyperlipidemia in Taiwan.
Methods...
Several studies have indicated that lipoproteins might contribute to the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this population-based retrospective cohort study, patients with hyperlipidemia were divided into two groups (study groups I and II) based on whether or not they were receiving antihyperlipidemic agents. The comparison...
Objectives
This study applied the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in shared decision making (SDM) to understand behavioral intention in patients with type 2 diabetes with regard to injection therapy for blood sugar control.
Methods
A cross sectional study was conducted. Two hundred and fifty-four patients with type 2 diabetes participated this st...
Objective: To investigate the association between statin use and risk of gout in patients with hyperlipidemia.
Methods: In this population-based retrospective cohort study, patients ≥20 years and diagnosed as having incident hyperlipidemia between 2001 and 2012 were identified from the 2000 Longitudinal Generation Tracking Database in Taiwan. Regul...
The use of oral anticoagulants for patients with new-onset hyperthyroidism-related atrial fibrillation (AF) is controversial. We aimed to evaluate the clinical benefits of warfarin therapy in this population. This retrospective cohort study used a data-cut of Taiwan Health and Welfare Database between 2000 and 2016. We compared warfarin users and n...
Purpose
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues reduce testosterone levels to castration levels in patients with prostate cancer. However, the role of testosterone in atopic diseases has remained undefined. We aimed to investigate this role.
Materials and methods
This retrospective cohort study was conducted using the National Health Insur...
Paclitaxel is a prescribed anticancer drug used to treat various cancers. It is a substrate of cytochrome P-450 (CYP-450) enzymes. Despite its efficacy, paclitaxel has severe side effects. Herbal medicines are commonly used to treat the side effects of chemotherapy. They can be administered before, during, and after chemotherapy. Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-...
Background: Nonselective beta-blockers (NSBBs) can reduce the incidence or mortality of certain types of cancers, and NSBBs exert a protective effect on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis. However, the potential preventive effect of NSBBs has not yet been investigated in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who have a high...
Silymarin is a bioflavonoid compound mostly used in patients with chronic hepatic diseases (CHDs). It has been shown to inhibit retinal angiogenesis in in vitro and in vivo animal studies. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision impairment worldwide, and no definite preventive measures for AMD exist at present. Through t...
The aim of this study was to investigate drug interactions of L‐dopa/carbidopa with catechin and green tea essence in rabbits following the simultaneous administration via an intramuscular injection of catechin or via an intragastric route for green tea essence with L‐dopa/carbidopa. Results indicated that catechin at doses of 10, 20, and 50 mg/kg...
Background
Prescriptions for gastric acid–suppressive agents, including proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine type-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), are rising. However, little data exist regarding their association with dementia in the Asian population. The objective of this study was thus to investigate the impact of the use of PPIs and H2RAs...
The risk of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) in primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) has rarely been explored. To explore the association between BRONJ and pSS, we conducted a population-based propensity-score-matched cohort study using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database, including pSS patients receiving antiosteo...
What is known and objective
Proton‐pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine‐2‐receptor antagonists (H2RAs) are two of the most widely used acid‐suppressive drugs (ASDs). Some studies have reported that prenatal ASD exposure may increase the risk of asthma and other allergic diseases. This study investigated the effects of ASDs on the risk of atopic der...
Objective
The effect of statins and fibrates on the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of statins and fibrates on the risk of COPD in patients with hyperlipidemia.
Patients and Methods
This study involved a retrospective cohort with a follow-up period of 6 year...
Background
Acid-suppressive agents (ASAs), which are mostly used in patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases (UGIDs), may influence the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods
A population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted. Patients with UGID who used ASAs and those who did not receive ASAs were identified. Patients witho...
Background
Periodontitis is a frequently cited extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn’s disease (CD). Despite a plethora of investigations and a recent meta-analysis linking CD and periodontitis, no study has estimated the risk of periodontitis among CD patients with respect to a comparison group nor has any investigation analyzed the effect of CD-...
Traditional herb medicine, golden thread (Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata) has been used to treat various diseases. Hyperglycemia induces generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and enhancement of oxidative stress which are risk factors for cancer progression and metastasis. In this study, we evaluated hypoglycemic effect of A. formosanus extra...
To prevent ephedrine-related products from being misused to produce amphetamine and/or its analogs, there's a need for more effective and achievable regulatory mechanisms for the health, police, investigational, prosecution and judiciary authorities in Taiwan. This review was conducted to evaluate the international and Taiwan's regulatory policies...
ent-16-Oxobeyeran-19-N-methylureido (NC-8) is a recently synthesized derivative of isosteviol that showed anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity by disturbing replication and gene expression of the HBV and by inhibiting the host toll-like receptor 2/nuclear factor-κB signaling pathway. To study its pharmacokinetics as a part of the drug development...
Background:
The effect of gout on the risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) is uncertain. Some studies have found that gout is a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction. This study examined the changes in risk of CAD in gout patients taking allopurinol and/or benzbromarone, and analyzed the dose-response relationship of both drugs w...
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) on the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) among patients with upper gastrointestinal disease (UGID).
Methods:
This was a retrospective cohort study with a follow-up period of 5 years. We identified 388,098 patients who were diagnosed with UGID between 2...
The relationship between androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and coronary heart disease (CHD) remains controversial. Furthermore, the majority of such studies focused on Caucasian populations, and there is still a paucity of studies among Asian populations. This population-based study aimed to investigate the relationship between ADT and CHD in an e...
The burden of cancer is likely to increase among the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive population as it ages due to successful antiretroviral therapy (ART). The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of cancer in HIV-infected patients.
This study was a matched nested case-control study. It was performed using the National Health...
The study was conducted to determine whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of acute pancreatitis compared with those without RA and to determine if the risk of acute pancreatitis varied by anti-RA drug use. We used the large population-based dataset from the National Health Insurance (NHI) program in Taiwan to conduc...
Statin may induce epithelial dysfunction of the bladder urothelium. Epithelial dysfunction was proposed as one of the major potential etiologies for bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC). In this study, we examined the association between statin use and BPS/IC using a population-based study.
This case-control study used the Taiwan Lo...
Crohn's disease (CD) is one type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that has been speculated to share prognostic factors with the development of stroke. There is controversial information in the literature regarding the association between CD and stroke. The present cohort study estimated the risk of subsequent stroke among CD patients compared wi...
Proteoglycans and glycosoaminoglycans play many roles in connective tissue formation, their accumulation in myxomatous tissues may influence the associated mechanical behaviour of the mitral valve, as well as the extracellular matrix of the eye. Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and mitral valve prolapse (MVP) may share similar phathophysiology. We hypothe...
No study has reported the relationship between statin use and sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). In this study, we examined the association between statin use and SSNHL using a population-based dataset.
A case-control study.
Taiwan.
The study sample was selected from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database. We identified 1263 subj...
Objective:
The recurrence rate after acute cystitis treatment failure with inappropriate antimicrobials remains unclear. The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between cystitis recurrence and nonadherence of antimicrobial prescriptions to national guidelines using a nationwide population-based data set.
Methods:
This was a retros...
Background
Several reports mention that statin (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor) use seems to be associated with several neurologic disorders and that the lipid-lowering effect of statins may contribute to some neural toxicity.
Objective
This study aimed to evaluate the association between statin use and Bell’s palsy using a population-based health...
Background
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and subsequent risk of pneumonia in patients with prostate cancer (PC) using a population-based dataset.
Methods
We obtained the data from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. We included 2064 PC in this st...
The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the development of atherosclerosis are increased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one type of IBD; however, there is controversy in the literature regarding the association between UC and stroke. The present cohort study estimated the risk of subsequent stroke...
What is known and objectivePrior studies found that thiazolidinediones (TZDs) might have tumour-suppressor activity mediated through cell-cycle arrest, induction of apoptosis and inhibition of cell invasion. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of TZDs on the risk of cancer among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM...
To explore the effects of metformin dose on cancer risk reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Population-based cohort study.
National Health Insurance program Longitudinal Health Insurance Database.
A total of 65,754 age- and gender-matched patients without diabetes and no previous cancer diagnosis were extracted from the database.
We compare...
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease. Although two prior studies detected increased prevalence ratios of cerebrovascular disease among AS patients, the results of the two studies investigating AS and stroke are in conflict. Therefore, the present cohort study set out to estimate the risk of subsequent stroke in AS...
While an association between zolpidem use and fracture and road accident was previously proposed, this study aimed to further explore the frequency and risk of a wide spectrum of injuries in subjects prescribed with zolpidem in Taiwan.
We identified 77,036 subjects who received Zolpidem treatment between 2005 and 2007. We randomly selected 77,036 c...
Malawi is a sub-Saharan nation with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence of 12% and the largest proportion of those infected beings between the ages 15–49 years. In Malawi, HIV is not only a health problem but a socioeconomic one; the impact of which is being felt at family, community and national level. The fight against HIV is led by the...
From the screening of 21 microbial strains, Absidia pseudocylindrospora ATCC 24169 and Aspergillus niger BCRC 32720 were found to reproducibly transform isosteviol lactam (4α-carboxy-13α-amino-13,16-seco-ent-19-norbeyeran-16-oic acid 13,16-lactam) (3) into various compounds. Preparative-scale transformation of 3 with Abs. pseudocylindrospora yielde...
A number of hydroxylated diterpenoids were obtained from the microbial transformation of isosteviol lactone (4alpha-carboxy-13alpha-hydroxy-13,16-seco-ent-19-norbeyeran-16-oic acid 13,16-lactone) (2) with Mucorrecurvatus MR 36, Aspergillusniger BCRC 31130, and Absidiapseudocylindrospora ATCC 24169. Incubation of 2 with M. recurvatus and Asp.niger l...
The impacts of caffeic acid (3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid, CA) on the pharmacokinetics of levodopa (L-dopa) were studied in rabbits. A single dose of 5/1.25 mg kg(-1) L-dopa/carbidopa was administered alone or was co-administered with three different doses of caffeic acid (2.5, 5, and 10 mg kg(-1)), or a single dose of 5 mg kg(-1) caffeic acid was ad...
Tobacco consumption has been recognized as a factor mediating the interindividual variations in olanzapine's pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The primary objective of this study was to describe the dose effect of smoking on the dose–plasma concentration relationship and the pharmacokinetics of oral olanzapine in male schizophrenic patients us...
The dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of levodopa (L-dopa) was studied in rabbits by intramuscular administration. Three different doses of L-dopa/carbidopa (2/0.5, 5/1.25, and 10/2.5 mg/kg) were administered to six male rabbits via an intramuscular (IM) route, and one dose of L-dopa/carbidopa (2/0.5 mg/kg) was administered via an intravenous (IV) ro...
A simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method with reverse-phase column for the simultaneous quan-tification of caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and isoferulic acid in rabbit plasma was developed. An ODS column (150 mm × 4.6 mm I.D., 5 µm) was used as the stationary phase and the mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile/glacial ace...
Preparative-scale fermentation of isosteviol ( ent-16-oxobeyeran-19-oic acid) (1) with Mucor recurvatus MR 36, Absidia pseudocylindrospora ATCC 24169, and Aspergillus niger BCRC 32720 afforded nine known metabolites ( 2, 3, 5-10, and 14) and nine new metabolites ( 4, 11-13, and 15-19). The reactions involved stereoselective introduction of OH group...
Preparative-scale fermentation of gallic acid (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid) (1) with Beauveria sulfurescens ATCC 7159 gave two new glucosidated compounds, 4-(3,4-dihydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-5-methoxy-tetrahydro-pyran-2-yloxy)-3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-benzoic acid (4), 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxy-benzoic acid 3,4-dihydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-5-methoxy-tetrahydro...
A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method involving fluorescence detection was developed for the determination of mephenoxalone in human plasma. A Cosmosil 5C18-MS column (250 mm x 4.6 mm I.D., 5 microm) was used as stationary phase and the mobile phase consisted of water-acetic acid-acetonitrile (200:1:300) at a flow-ra...