Tag: Prescription Drugs
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors Protect the Heart
Findings show benefit for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes regardless of kidney function
Low-Cost Marketing of Stimulants to Physicians May Increase Rx Rates
Authors say that given misuse starts in adolescence, marketing to these providers should be examined
Rx Meds That Children Access Often Removed From Packaging
Grandparents' medications involved in 30.7 percent of prescription medication exposures in children 5 and younger
FDA Requests Market Withdrawal of Belviq Due to Cancer Risk
However, agency is not recommending special screening for patients who have taken the weight-loss drug
Adding Maraviroc to c-ART No Better in Advanced HIV
Incidence of severe morbidity similar for addition of maraviroc versus placebo to standard c-ART
Biologics Tied to Greater Reduction in Pediatric Psoriasis
However, methotrexate remains an effective treatment for pediatric psoriasis
Two Experimental Drugs for Rare, Inherited Alzheimer Disease Disappoint
Both drugs designed to target and neutralize amyloid beta in the brain
Resting-State EEG Can Predict Sertraline Treatment Outcomes
Sertraline-predictive EEG signature examined in four independent depression treatment sets
Speaker Conflicts of Interest May Bias Testimony About Drugs
Public speakers with conflict of interest more likely to provide positive testimony of psychiatric drug
Visit Adherence, Visual Acuity Linked in Macular Degeneration
Late, very late groups saw fewer letters than patients in on-time group for two measures of visit adherence
