Potassium Abnormalities Boost Hospital Visits for Kidney Disease Potassium Abnormalities Boost Hospital Visits for Kidney Disease
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who have hyper- or hypokalemia are at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalization, especially those with high potassium levels.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Journal of Sexual Medicine Publishes Sexual Satisfaction Data Involving Phexxi(R) from Evofem's Phase 3 AMPOWER Clinical Trial
88.7% of Women Using Phexxi® (lactic acid, citric acid, and potassium bitartrate Vaginal Gel) Improved or Maintained their Sex Life According to Exploratory Data Collected During the Phase 3 AMPOWER Clinical Trial
Women in the Study Provided Data Me... Biopharmaceuticals Evofem Biosciences, Phexxi , contraceptive gel (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 19, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Brain Gamma Oscillations: A Novel Target in Schizophrenia? Brain Gamma Oscillations: A Novel Target in Schizophrenia?
Targeting a potassium channel linked to brain gamma oscillations may offer a novel means of treating schizophrenia after patients showed improved symptom scores.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Evofem Announces Karina Fedasz as Company's New Head of Business Development
Fedasz will Focus on Opening New Markets for Evofem's First - and Only in-Class Contraceptive, Phexxi® (lactic acid, citric acid, and potassium bitartrate)
SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Evofem Biosciences,... Biopharmaceuticals, Personnel Evofem Biosciences, Phexxi (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 11, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Even With CKD, Patiromer Helped Heart Failure Patients Keep Hyperkalemia at Bay
(MedPage Today) -- Regardless of chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage, the potassium-binding agent patiromer (Veltassa) improved serum potassium levels in patients with heart failure, according to a prespecified CKD subanalysis from the DIAMOND trial... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 9, 2022 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
DIAMOND: Patiromer Helps Optimize HF Meds, Foils Hyperkalemia DIAMOND: Patiromer Helps Optimize HF Meds, Foils Hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia is no reason for suboptimal guideline-directed heart failure medical therapy, given availability of at least one potassium-binding drug that seems to offer protection, researchers say.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
High blood pressure: 'Consume more potassium' to 'drop your blood pressure' - amounts
HAVING high blood pressure can increase your risk of a number of health conditions. Fortunately, consuming more potassium may help lower levels, according to the Cleveland Clinic. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
National Patient Safety Alert: Inadvertent oral administration of potassium permanganate
A joint National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Patient Safety Team, and the British Association of Dermatologists, on the risk of inadvertent ora (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - April 5, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Patiromer Limits Impact of RAAS Inhibitor-Related Hyperkalemia in HF
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Use of the potassium-binding agent patiromer (Veltassa) allowed more heart failure patients at risk for hyperkalemia to remain on optimal therapy with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAAS), including... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - April 4, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
iOsat Tablets (Potassium Iodide) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - April 4, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
TriLyte (PEG-3350, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate and Potassium Chloride) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - March 31, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Frequently Asked Questions on Potassium Iodide (KI)
In December 2001, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final Guidance on Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation Emergencies. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 24, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Phexxi (Lactic Acid, Ctric Acid, and Potassium Bitartrate Vaginal Gel) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - February 18, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Sutab (Sodium Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, and Potassium Chloride Tablets) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - February 11, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Dissolving potassium tablets masquerading as concealed foreign body ingestion - Craig MA, Kay C, Wells TB, Barnes MC.
Foreign body ingestion is a common consultation for gastroenterologists. Without knowing the object(s) ingested, the differential diagnosis is broad, especially in patients with underlying mental health conditions, such as uncontrolled bipolar disorder, pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
