Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – January 1, 2011
January 1, 2011
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To Get Flu Shots: Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Get ready to recommend flu vaccine to your pregnant and postpartum patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than one-fourth of pregnant women in the United States were vaccinated against seasonal influenza during the 2007-08 flu season. -
Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception: Rarely, at Least in Some Places
Post-marketing surveillance outside the United States of the two FDA-licensed rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq (Merck, licensed in 2006) and Rotarix (GSK Biologicals, licensed in 2008), have identified a very low but increased risk (1 case/100,000 vaccinated infants) of intussusception following Rotarix vaccination. -
FDA Tentatively Approves Fixed-dose Lamivudine/zidovudine
On Oct. 18, 2010, the FDA granted tentative approval to fixed-dose combination lamivudine/zidovudine tablets, 150 mg/300 mg, indicated for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults. -
Pharmacology Watch: Rivaroxaban: Another Warfarin Replacement
In this issue: Rivaroxaban may be dabigatran's first competitor; a new way to measure non-adherence to medication therapy; FDA Actions.