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From 2011 to 2017

2011 to 2017 Saw Increase in Spending on DMTs for MS

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Increase in annual expenditures on MS DMTs mainly driven by increases in per-prescription costs
Intensive systolic blood pressure control lowers the risk for major cardiovascular events

Intensive Systolic BP Control May Not Benefit All Older Adults

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No real benefit seen for adults ≥80 years with lower cognitive function
Among patients with schizophrenia

Antipsychotic Use Safer Than No Use in Schizophrenia

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No increase seen in severe morbidity, hospitalization when compared with periods of nonexposure
Adults with type 2 diabetes newly prescribed a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor have a lower incidence of gout than those prescribed a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist

Gout Incidence Down With SGLT2 Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes

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Gout incidence rate significantly reduced with SGLT2 inhibitor versus GLP-1 receptor agonist
A proposal for California to contract generic drug companies to make medications would make the state the first in the country to produce its own medications.

California May Start Producing Its Own Medicines

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Proposal also includes a single market for drug pricing in the state
Starting antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected infants within hours of birth does not seem to result in a higher proportion of infants who attain and sustain viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy

Early Antiretroviral Therapy May Not Achieve HIV Remission in Infants

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Similar proportion of infants attain, sustain viral suppression when starting <48 hours, two to 14 days after birth
For patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes with ring sideroblasts who have been receiving regular red-cell transfusions

Luspatercept Mitigates Anemia in Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

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Transfusion burden reduced in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes with ring sideroblasts
Individuals with Alzheimer disease initiating antipsychotics have an increased risk for head injuries and traumatic brain injury

Antipsychotic Initiation Ups Risk for Head Injury, TBI in Alzheimer Disease

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TBI injury risk up for quetiapine versus risperidone users
From 2007 to 2017

Prevalence of Buprenorphine-Waivered Prescribers Increasing

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Increase seen from 2007 to 2017; growth faster in counties with higher rates of opioid-related OD deaths
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be underreporting overdose deaths caused by opioids and other drugs

CDC Data May Be Underreporting Scope of Overdose Deaths

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Number of deaths in Florida 19 to 39 percent higher using Florida Medical Examiners Commission data