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Brilinta (TM) - ticagrelor, AstraZeneca's new heart drug
Brilinta - ticagrelor, AstraZeneca's new heart drug is a blood-thinning medicine designed to prevent dangerous blood clots in patients with serious chest pain or previous heart attacks. It re...
Lipitor was the best selling drug in 2009, with the 2009 annual sales coming in at over $5m for its company, Pfizer Inc. Lipitor is the brand name for an atorvastatin calcium medication that is pres...
Seroquel, an atypical antipsychotic medication has annual sales of $3.1m (in 2009), and based on annual sales, ranks 5th in the world. It is produced by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals as a quetiapine f...
Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. As with other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body’s cells and tissue resulting in inflammation...
Epilepsy is defined as a disorder of brain function characterized by recurrent seizures that have a sudden onset. (Oxford Medical Dictionary). A seizure is caused by a sudden burst of ex...
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Medication reconciliation in hospitals: an interview with Dr. Leonard Feldman
Adverse drug effects are harms caused by the use of a medication. There are many different types of ADEs, including medication errors.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, DEA partner to safely dispose of unwanted medication
Rain did not hold back anyone in St. Louis looking to safely dispose of unwanted and expired medication. On April 27, a record 16,311 pounds of medication from the St. Louis metropolitan area was disc...
Medication Reconciliation Critical To Patient Care, Reducing Medication Mismanagement
Medication reconciliation is a safety practice in which health care professionals review patients' medication regimens when patients transition between settings to reduce the likelihood of adverse dru...
Health Tip: Don't Combine Medication and Alcohol
-- If you're on any medication -- even over-the-counter cold medicine -- you should avoid drinking alcohol. The combination of alcohol and medication can be deadly, the National Institute on Aging war...
Medication: Take it, leave it or sometimes forget
Patients on medication for long-term conditions can often face difficulties with taking their medication as directed by their doctor. In addition to the potentially detrimental effect on their healt...
Computer Entry for Scripts May Halve Medication Error Rates
Acute-care hospitals that used computers to process prescription orders likely slashed medication errors by 48% in 2008, averting an estimated 17.4 million medication errors, researchers estimate. M...
Patient Prompt® Announces New Drug Adherence Program to Assist in Prescribed Medication Compliance
(PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Poor adherence to appropriate medication therapy has been shown to result in not only medical complications and death (some 125,000 deaths in the U.S. every year are attributed...
Children living with ADHD tend to feel they benefit from medication to treat the condition and do not think the medication turns them into 'robots', according to a report just published. In fact, they...
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Perioperative pharmacology: pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.
Results of current research into perioperative medication errors have revealed that more than half of medication errors occur during the administration phase of the medication-use process. The adminis...
Psychiatric Medication Refill Practices of Juvenile Detainees.
To examine the psychiatric medication fill rates of adolescents after release from juvenile detention. The team reviewed 177 charts. A fill was defined as a psychiatric medication charge to Medicaid 3...
Improving Medication Management Among At-Risk Older Adults.
Low health literacy is common among Medicare recipients and affects their understanding of complex medication regimens. Interventions are needed to improve medication use among older adults, while add...
