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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis rarely use triple therapy (methotrexate

Triple Therapy Rarely Used for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Factors tied to intensification to triple tx include age, region, outpatient visits, glucocorticoid use
Medication organization devices may cause medication-related adverse events in unintentionally nonadherent older people

Medication Organization Devices Tied to Adverse Effects

Study identifies design elements for future trials to evaluate device effectiveness in elderly
For adults with diabetic gastroparesis

Relamorelin Beneficial in Adults With Diabetic Gastroparesis

Drug is linked to significantly accelerated gastric emptying, reduced vomiting frequency
Neratinib and veliparib-carboplatin appear to be effective in women with specific subtypes of breast cancer

Neratinib Active in HER2-Positive, HR-Negative Breast Cancer

And higher pathologic complete response for veliparib-carboplatin in triple-negative breast cancer
Pharmacists often encounter fees imposed by prescription drug "middlemen" that adversely impact both pharmacies and patients and distort medication costs and reimbursement rates

Pharmacists Report Hidden Fees That Distort Prescription Costs

Direct and indirect remuneration fees, copay clawback fees skew cost of prescription meds
Deutetrabenazine results in improved motor signs at 12 weeks among patients with chorea associated with Huntington's disease

Deutetrabenazine Improves Motor Signs in Huntington’s

Improved motor signs for patients with chorea associated with Huntington's disease
Lixisenatide and glulisine as add-on to basal insulin result in a reduction in glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Beneficial As Add-On

Reduction in HbA1c with both lixisenatide, glulisine; less hypoglycemia with lixisenatide
There is a positive association between reported pharmaceutical payments and use of aflibercept and ranibizumab injections among ophthalmologists who prescribe anti-vascular endothelial growth factor medications

Pharmaceutical Payments Linked to Anti-VEGF Injection Use

Findings among U.S. ophthalmologists who prescribed anti-VEGF medications
Lisinopril therapy is associated with a significant reduction in incident conduction system disease

Lisinopril Therapy Cuts Incident Conduction System Disease

Factors independently associated with disease include increased age, male sex, white race, diabetes
The experimental drug midostaurin may reverse organ damage in patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis

Midostaurin Beneficial in Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis

Organ damage improved in 60 percent of patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis