Educating patients about lifestyle changes, strict medication adherence, and home blood pressure monitoring can help them to avert complications from this often silent condition.
Antimicrobial resistance continues to pose a significant health threat, necessitating new antibiotics with novel mechanisms to treat these complicated infections. However, between 2010 and 2018, newly approved antibiotics were primarily derived from previously established drug classes. This past summer, the FDA approved 2 new antibiotics.
Oliceridine (Olinvyk) expands options for managing moderate to severe acute pain, but cost, drug-drug interactions, and other factors come into play.
Promoting an environment that allows for rapid problem-solving and execution under high stress is essential to face problems that are poorly understood and yet require rapid change.
The authors examined trends in the utilization of prescription opioid medication following introduction of abuse deterrent technology for Oxycontin.
My encounter with the Chinese health care system revealed practices very different from the ones in the United States.
Combining medication history information from multiple sources improves the completeness and accuracy of the medication information.
With their focus on data, reporting, and outcomes measurement, specialty pharmacies are uniquely positioned to play an important role in the changing health care landscape.
With elderly patients being prescribed more drugs than ever before, caregivers face a huge challenge in managing medications and preventing negative outcomes.
Each patient represents a unique set of challenges that requires focus and knowledge.
Empirical findings suggest that hyaluronan injections and diacerein are similarly effective. Yet the authors found that monetary savings could be realized when conservative treatment with diacerein is chosen.
Venothromboembolism has an annual incidence of 1 or 2 cases per 1000 individuals and is the third most common cause of vascular death.
The Coalition for Community Pharmacy Action (CCPA) has been working toward ensuring that health care reform legislation favors community pharmacies-included here are some top issues and when the change will take effect.
How much does this federal program affect the success of the health care parties involved?
Fingolimod, a first-line, once-daily oral disease-modifying therapy for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, has the lowest cost per relapse avoided compared with other first-line agents.
New therapies and combination regimens may allow a more tailored approach.
The American Diabetes Association recommends that health care providers incorporate an estimated average glucose measurement when counseling patients with diabetes.
Necessary measures taken during the pandemic may exacerbate some underlying factors that can lead to decline.
Health Care Professionals Should Be Aware of Classes of Medications and Conditions That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels.
Cytomegalovirus is a common pathogen post-transplant.
This real-world study suggests that improved clinical outcomes are possible in the difficult-to-treat elderly patients with type 2 diabetes group without affecting healthcare costs, by initiating insulin therapy with a pen device.
Digital health products and solutions expand ways to guide prevention and treatment.