Articles Tagged With: drugs
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Direct-to-Consumer TV Ads Push Drugs of Scant Therapeutic Value
Many people assume TV ads for prescription drugs are for new, cutting-edge medications that represent groundbreaking advances. However, there is growing evidence suggesting otherwise.
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Report: Patients Sicker Now Than Before the COVID-19 Pandemic
Delayed care also driving longer lengths of stay, price increases for labor and supplies.
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Drugs of Abuse in Trauma Patients Part II: Central Nervous System Depressants
Drugs of abuse are commonly encountered in the trauma setting. Patient care may be affected by acute intoxication and chronic use of these substances. Central nervous system depressants can result in coma and respiratory depression in severe toxicity. The authors discuss common presentations, potential complications, and management of central nervous system depressants in the context of a trauma patient. -
Heart Failure-Exacerbating Medications
In a large, diverse cohort of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure exacerbations, almost half were on medications known to exacerbate heart failure; more than one-third were on these agents at discharge.
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Expensive Price Tags Keep Patients Away From Certain Neurology Meds
High costs have been connected to poor medication adherence for three common neurologic conditions.
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Heart Failure-Exacerbating Medications
In a large, diverse cohort of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure exacerbations, almost half were on medications known to exacerbate heart failure; more than one-third were on these agents at discharge.
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Researchers Testing Stem Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
NIH is funding a comparison of FDA-approved drugs against experimental stem cell approach.
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Methamphetamines in the Emergency Department: Part of the Drug Epidemic
The use and abuse of methamphetamine is a worsening global health problem that may be underestimated in light of the current opioid epidemic. Methamphetamines result in sympathetically mediated agitation and in psychiatric symptoms. Clinicians should be knowledgeable about the recognition and treatment of these disorders, as well as about the other complications, including arrhythmias, cerebrovascular accidents, seizures, dental issues, and systemic and local infections.
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FDA, HHS Introduce Drug Importation Plan
Proposal could provide two ways for safe importation of drugs intended for international markets.
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Researchers Examine Possible Capsule Option for HIV Drugs
Early research is focusing on a capsule that can deliver a week’s worth of HIV drugs in a single dose. If confirmed in advanced research, such an option could allow patients to stay compliant with the dosing regimen required to fight the virus successfully.