Tag: Prescription Drugs
Actionable Drug-Gene Interactions Common in U.K. Primary Care
Actionable drug-gene interactions identified in 19.1 to 21.1 percent of all new prescriptions for 56 drugs
Once-Weekly Semaglutide Promising for Weight Loss
Weekly semaglutide plus lifestyle intervention resulted in substantial, sustained, clinically relevant weight loss for overweight, obese
Tirbanibulin Superior to Placebo for Actinic Keratosis
Significantly more patients treated with tirbanibulin had complete clearance of lesions at day 57
Psychoactive Prescription Meds Use, Misuse High for Young People
20.9 and 34.7 percent of youth aged 12 to 17 years, 18 to 25 years using psychoactive prescription medications report misuse
Combination Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Authorized for COVID-19
EUA issued for combination of bamlanivimab and etesevimab in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 at high risk for disease progression
Human Rabies Immunoglobulin Safe, Prevents Rabies in Children
Twenty-eight of 30 participants had rabies virus neutralizing antibody titers ≥0.5 IU/mL on day 14 after HRIG150 postexposure prophylaxis
Peginterferon Lambda Accelerates SARS-CoV-2 Decline in Outpatients
After controlling for baseline viral load, patients receiving peginterferon lambda significantly more likely to have undetectable viral load
Medicaid Expansion Tied to Increase in Diagnoses of HIV
Medicaid expansion also tied to increase in preexposure prophylaxis use
Breyanzi Approved for Certain Types of Large B-Cell Lymphoma
The CAR T cell therapy OK'd for patients who have not responded to or have relapsed after receiving two or more other systemic treatments
Bimekizumab Superior to Ustekinumab for Plaque Psoriasis
More patients met targets for improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, Investigator's Global Assessment response at week 16
