Tag: Prescription Drugs
Opioid-Related Payments Linked to Increase in Opioid Rx
Receipt of any opioid-related payment from industry in 2014 tied to increase in opioid claims in 2015
Fx Risk Should Be Monitored in Bisphosphonate Drug Holiday
Lower femoral neck bone mineral density and T scores for fracture versus non-fracture group
Evidence Lacking for Impact of PDMPs on Drug Overdoses
Evidence insufficient that drug monitoring programs increase or decrease opioid overdoses in U.S.
Intravesical Gemcitabine Therapy Cuts Bladder Cancer Recurrence
Immediate post-resection gemcitabine reduces recurrence over 4 years in low-grade bladder cancer
Pharmacists Can Play Role in Identifying Frailty
Pharmacists should review patient medication records and identify meds that may up frailty risk
Unit-Dose Packaging Cuts Accidental Peds Opioid Exposures
Relative decrease in buprenorphine-naloxone exposure after transition to unit-dose packaging
Pediatric Pharmacists Face Unique Challenges
Medication dosing errors are more common in pediatrics; manipulation of dosage form required
Doctors Generally Confident With Deprescribing for Elderly
Lack of time and difficulty engaging patients, caregivers reported as barriers to deprescribing
Certain Anticholinergic Drugs Appear to Raise Dementia Risk
Dementia link seen with antidepressant, urological, and anti-Parkinson's drugs
Potentially Inappropriate Meds Use Prevalent in Cancer Patients
But baseline potentially inappropriate medication use has no correlation with most poor clinical outcomes
