Tag: Prescription Drugs
Clinical Drug Diversion Costly to Health Care Organizations
Report finds 47.2 million doses lost due to health care worker misuse and theft in 2018
Postoperative Infection Rate Similar Across Biologics in RA
Glucocorticoid use ups risk for hospitalized infection, prosthetic joint infection after arthroplasty
Mometasone, Tiotropium Do Not Top Placebo in Mild Asthma
And budesonide-formoterol superior to albuterol for prevention of asthma exacerbations
Risk for Miscarriage Up With Benzodiazepine Use in Early Pregnancy
Risk similar for exposure to short-acting, long-acting benzodiazepines during early pregnancy
AAN: Oral BTK Inhibitor Superior to Placebo in Multiple Sclerosis
Fewer enhancing lesions seen in weeks 12 to 24 for 75 mg evobrutinib once daily versus placebo
Tool Predicts Seizure Risk During, After Pregnancy
Risk for seizures predicted for pregnant women with epilepsy on medication
Heart Patients at Risk When Pharmacies Close
Study shows link between pharmacy closures and medication noncompliance among patients with CVD
Fournier Gangrene Is Safety Concern With SGLT2 Inhibitors
FDA identified 55 cases of FG in patients on SGLT2 inhibitors from March 2013 through January 2019
Infection Risk Lower With Certain Psoriasis Treatments
Risk for serious infection reduced for new users of apremilast, etanercept, ustekinumab versus methotrexate
Prior Training Increases Internists’ Knowledge of PrEP for HIV
IM residents with training report more frequent prescribing, higher comfort level in educating patients
