Articles Tagged With: Pharmacology
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Cheap, Common Steroid Shows Efficacy Against COVID-19
British researchers are excited about their discovery, but full results have not been published.
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Selpercatinib Capsules (Retevmo)
Selpercatinib should be prescribed to treat metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive, non-small cell lung cancer and advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer.
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Mother’s Little Helper Swiped from Junior’s Stash?
Adults are abusing ADHD medication for non-medical purposes at an alarming rate. -
Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZeneca’s Prilosec
FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions -
Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZeneca’s Prilosec
FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions -
Pharmacology Watch: High-Dose Rofecoxib Confirmed Prothrombotic, Study Shows
High-Dose Rofecoxib Confirmed Prothrombotic, Study Shows; Losartan Better Than Atenolol for LVH Treatment; Lisinopril, Not Losartan, Improves Myocardial Perfusion; New Fluoroquinolone Study; Warfarin After MI Better Than Aspirin Alone; FDA News -
Pharmacology Watch: High-Dose Rofecoxib Confirmed Prothrombotic, Study Shows
Debate over the cardiovascular effects of COX-2 inhibitors has raged for more than a year since a special communication was published in JAMA last August suggesting an increase in cardiovascular events with rofecoxib (Vioxx). Now a large retrospect, the cohort study from the Tennessee Medicaid program seems to confirm the prothrombotic effects of rofecoxib, at least in high dose. -
Fungus from the Pharmacy: An Unusual Outbreak of Nosocomial Fungemia
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Pharmacology Update: Clindamycin 1% and Benzoyl Peroxide 5% Topical Gel (DUAC)
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Pharmacology Update: Risedronate (Actonel) — A New Weekly Option for Osteoporosis