Tag: Prescription Drugs
Price Hikes for Hundreds of Medications
Prices of 411 drugs have increased an average of 5 percent
Guideline Issued for Testosterone Therapy in Adult Men
Testosterone recommended for men with sexual dysfunction who want to improve sexual function
APO(a)-LRX Found to Reduce Lipoprotein(a) Levels
Dose-dependent reduction found in patients with elevated lipoprotein(a) levels, cardiovascular disease
MIV-711 No Better Than Placebo for Pain Relief in Knee OA
But significant reductions seen in medial femoral bone area progression, medial femoral cartilage thinning
Neither Psychotherapy Nor Medications Favored for PTSD
Evidence insufficient to determine whether psychotherapy, medications are more effective
Machine Learning System Makes More Alerts for Med Errors
68.2 percent of MedAware alerts would not have been generated with clinical decision support system
Antiepileptic Drug Exposure Low in Breastfeeding Infants
Median percentage of infant-to-mother AED concentration ranged from 0.3 to 44.2 percent
Nurses Can Help Manage Drug Interactions in HIV/Hep C Treatment
Administration of simeprevir is more problematic with ART; sofosbuvir has fewest interactions with ART
Closures of Automotive Assembly Plants Tied to Opioid OD Deaths
Increases in opioid overdose mortality largest for non-Hispanic white men aged 18 to 34, 35 to 65 years
BMI, Survival Linked in NSCLC Treated With Atezolizumab
Overall, progression-free survival improved for patients with high BMI; link strongest with high PD-L1 expression
