Tag: Prescription Drugs
ATS: Hydroxyurea Can Up Lung Function in Sickle Cell Disease
Drug slowed down the annual decline children had been showing before starting treatment
For New Antipsychotic Users, Dose, Duration Impact Mortality
Lower mortality risk for modified standardized daily dose of 1 or less versus greater than 1
Hospitalists Need Strategies for Providing Adequate Pain Relief
Hospitalists report limited success for management of acute exacerbations of chronic pain with opioids
ATS: Indacaterol-Glycopyrronium Cuts COPD Exacerbations
More effective than salmeterol-fluticasone for patients with history of COPD exacerbations
Fall Risk Up With Initiation, Intensification of HTN Meds
Short-term fall risk up during 15 days after initiation, intensification of antihypertensive medication
Fewer Self-Injury Events With Lithium for Bipolar Disorder
Patients on one of the alternative mood stabilizers were 40 percent more likely to harm themselves
Two Years of Tamoxifen Offers Long-Term Survival Benefit
Survival benefit for premenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive primary breast cancer
Nilotinib Associated With Case of Scurvy
Drug appears to affect cutaneous metabolism; patient improved with ascorbic acid supplements
Misoprostol Should Be Considered in Postpartum Hyperthermia
Report of 21-year-old with severe hyperthermia, rigors, tachycardia, transient encephalopathy
Macitentan Doesn’t Reduce Number of New Digital Ulcers
Findings over 16 weeks among patients with systemic sclerosis and active ischemic digital ulcers
