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Mental health patients are more likely to reject treatment if it involves only medication

Patients Reluctant to Comply With Drug-Only Psychiatric Treatment

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Compliance more likely when doctors prescribe psychotherapy, researchers find
Only 20 percent of patients with resistant hypertension take all the medicine they're prescribed

Few Patients With Resistant High BP Take Rx As Prescribed

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Failure to follow doctors' orders leads to unnecessary and costly treatment, researchers say
The anti-inflammatory biologic drug anakinra (Kineret) does not reduce fatigue severity in women with chronic fatigue syndrome

Anakinra Ineffective for Reducing Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue

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Anti-inflammatory biologic offered no meaningful decrease in fatigue severity
For patients with BRAF wild-type metastatic melanoma

Cost-Effectiveness Compared for Metastatic Melanoma Treatments

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First-line pembrolizumab or nivolumab followed by second-line ipilumumab most cost-effective
For patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Blinatumomab Linked to Longer Survival in Adults With ALL

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Significantly longer overall, event-free survival for relapsed, refractory B-cell precursor ALL
For patients with suboptimally controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus

Metreleptin Doesn’t Improve Glycemic Control in T1DM

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Metreleptin associated with modest reductions in body weight and daily insulin dose
An experimental drug

Nemolizumab Found to Be Effective in Atopic Dermatitis

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Injectable drug significantly reduces pruritus, improves appearance of skin
A new treatment for dust mite allergies has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Odactra for House Dust Mite Allergies

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Year-round, once-a-day tablet that's taken sublingually
In treatment of insomnia

Past Prescribing Behavior Predicts Choice of Insomnia Rx

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Historical preference highly predictive of future prescribing behavior
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Reduced Health Care Use for Exenatide Regimens in T2DM

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Reduced costs for patients with exenatide-based regimens prescribed once weekly or twice daily