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Here are the medications that clinical pharmacists at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY, can switch from IV to PO without first getting physician approval.
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Pharmacists in a recent project screened and counseled patients about their risk for bone fractures and found that most of them (78%) had no knowledge of their risk prior to the screening.
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Prevention of Cardiovascular Events with Aspirin and Vitamin in Type 2 Diabetics; Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of Type 2 Diabetics; Depression Care on Pain and Functional Outcomes Among Adults with Arthritis; Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Aspirin in Polycythemia Vera; Coronary Artery Calcium Score Plus Framingham Score for Risk Prediction; Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
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The following drugs are in various stages of clinical studies and trials.
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Greenfield RH. Behind the banning of ephedra: Misuse, abuse, and dangers. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(3):25-33.
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These drugs recently received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Some 20 trials dedicated to the pursuit of more rapid and more complete reperfusion have been published in the last few years, and sorting through the literature can be dizzying. The following article will highlight the major recent developments in AMI reperfusion therapy. It will accent which of the many therapeutic options currently are considered acceptable, and present treatment guidelines for the emergency physician faced with the patient who presents to the emergency department with acute ST elevation MI.
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