How Primary Care Can Better Treat Chronic Pain How Primary Care Can Better Treat Chronic Pain
Pain specialists offered tips for primary care clinicians when treating chronic pain.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 15, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Xylazine Increasingly Found in Canada's Illegal Drug Supply Xylazine Increasingly Found in Canada's Illegal Drug Supply
The drug, a tranquilizer for animals including horses and cattle, is hard for clinicians to identify, and users may not even know they have taken it.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 9, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: news
Praise for Final Methadone, Buprenorphine Rule Praise for Final Methadone, Buprenorphine Rule
A final federal rule that allows telehealth initiation of treatment and take-home doses of methadone increases access and removes stigma, say clinicians.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
2024 Will See Major Advances in Glaucoma Care 2024 Will See Major Advances in Glaucoma Care
Three new treatments for dry eye disease and a new procedure and remote monitoring platform for glaucoma are due to debut in 2024, with more in the pipeline.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Ophthalmology Source Type: news
Target These Serum Urate Levels to Prevent Gout Flares Target These Serum Urate Levels to Prevent Gout Flares
The findings " support the value of target serum urate levels in gout flare prevention in primary care, where most gout patients are treated. "Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 6, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Utility of NSAID Response Questioned for Longstanding AxSpA Utility of NSAID Response Questioned for Longstanding AxSpA
Positive response to NSAIDs was not a distinguishing feature between patients with longstanding axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and patients with non-axSpA chronic back pain.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 5, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Biogen's Abandonment of AD Drug No Surprise, Experts Say Biogen's Abandonment of AD Drug No Surprise, Experts Say
More than 2 years after its controversial accelerated FDA approval, Biogen says it will halt development and commercialization of aducanumab and focus on lecanemab.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 1, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Schizophrenia Med Safe, Effective for Bipolar Mania Schizophrenia Med Safe, Effective for Bipolar Mania
Iloperidone, an atypical antipsychotic approved for schizophrenia, appears to be safe and effective in the treatment of bipolar mania, phase 3 results of an RCT showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 1, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
US FDA Warns Consumers Over Copycats Of Bausch + Lomb Eye Drops US FDA Warns Consumers Over Copycats Of Bausch + Lomb Eye Drops
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday warned consumers not to use unapproved eye drops that closely resemble Bausch + Lomb ' s Lumify product for redness...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 31, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: news
Switching From IV to Oral Antibiotics Safe, Study Shows Switching From IV to Oral Antibiotics Safe, Study Shows
Patients infected with gram-negative bacteria who were switched to oral antibiotics from an IV had comparable rates of death to those who kept receiving the drugs through an IV.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 30, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Vertex Non-opioid Painkiller Meets Main Goal in Late-stage Trials Vertex Non-opioid Painkiller Meets Main Goal in Late-stage Trials
Vertex Pharmaceuticals ' experimental drug reduced acute, post-surgical pain without the risk of addiction, a major milestone in the company ' s decades-long efforts to bring a...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 30, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
Europe Approves Neutropenia and Schizophrenia Treatments Europe Approves Neutropenia and Schizophrenia Treatments
Recommendations were also endorsed to institute measures to reduce risks from cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 26, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Europe Approves Exblifep for UTIs and Pneumonia Europe Approves Exblifep for UTIs and Pneumonia
Exblifep is as effective as piperacillin-tazobactam in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, the European Medicines Agency said.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 26, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Urology Source Type: news
Corticosteroid Injections Don ’t Move Blood Sugar for Most Corticosteroid Injections Don ’t Move Blood Sugar for Most
Blood sugar levels before an intra-articular corticosteroid injection were the biggest factor in how the medication affected glucose control.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 23, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Significant Increase in ADHD Prescriptions During COVID-19 Significant Increase in ADHD Prescriptions During COVID-19
Prescriptions for ADHD medications increased significantly during the pandemic, most notably among young adults and women, new research showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 23, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
