Miotics in closed-angle glaucoma - British Journal of Ophthalmology
... body function. It is illogical to suppose that an atonic sphincter can be goaded into activity by a parasympathomimetic drug. Again, ciliary muscle contraction will not produce an increase in aqueous outflow since the angle is closed. What is necessary is a lowering of aqueous production by an alrea ...
... body function. It is illogical to suppose that an atonic sphincter can be goaded into activity by a parasympathomimetic drug. Again, ciliary muscle contraction will not produce an increase in aqueous outflow since the angle is closed. What is necessary is a lowering of aqueous production by an alrea ...
Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern of Staphylococcus
... wisely to prevent the development and spread of resistant organisms [13-14]. The emergence and spread of resistance can be reduced through appropriate or careful use of antimicrobial drugs and increasing awareness among the population to the hazards of inappropriate antimicrobial use through public ...
... wisely to prevent the development and spread of resistant organisms [13-14]. The emergence and spread of resistance can be reduced through appropriate or careful use of antimicrobial drugs and increasing awareness among the population to the hazards of inappropriate antimicrobial use through public ...
Journal of Otology & Rhinology Review of Opioid-Associated Review Article
... Cause of Opioid-Induced Hearing Loss A more plausible mechanism for opioid-induced deafness involves vasoconstriction causing cochlear ischemia leading to hearing loss. The dominant vascular supply to the cochlea is derived from the spiral modiolar artery (SMA), which arises from the common cochlear ...
... Cause of Opioid-Induced Hearing Loss A more plausible mechanism for opioid-induced deafness involves vasoconstriction causing cochlear ischemia leading to hearing loss. The dominant vascular supply to the cochlea is derived from the spiral modiolar artery (SMA), which arises from the common cochlear ...
HIV Testing - Columbia University Medical Center
... HIV negative sexual partners of people with undiagnosed HIV infection. As more people are diagnosed with HIV under Opt-Out, newly identified HIV+ people can take steps to protect their HIV negative partners. ...
... HIV negative sexual partners of people with undiagnosed HIV infection. As more people are diagnosed with HIV under Opt-Out, newly identified HIV+ people can take steps to protect their HIV negative partners. ...
UK guideline for the use of HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
... The guideline is intended to be complementary to existing Department of Health and Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) guidance on PEP.1 It is aimed primarily at clinicians and policy-makers in sexual health, sexual assault referral centres (SARCs), and primary and emergency care providers within t ...
... The guideline is intended to be complementary to existing Department of Health and Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) guidance on PEP.1 It is aimed primarily at clinicians and policy-makers in sexual health, sexual assault referral centres (SARCs), and primary and emergency care providers within t ...
DRUG NAME - ICU education
... -None required. Available as digoxin 0.25 mg/mL – 2 mL ampoule and digoxin 0.05 mg/mL – 1 mL ampoule. • Neonatal dilution - if drug volume is less than 0.04 mL (i.e. too small to accurately measure) pharmacy will dilute to 0.005 mg/mL. If pharmacy is closed dilute 0.1 mL of 0.05 mg/mL digoxin with 0 ...
... -None required. Available as digoxin 0.25 mg/mL – 2 mL ampoule and digoxin 0.05 mg/mL – 1 mL ampoule. • Neonatal dilution - if drug volume is less than 0.04 mL (i.e. too small to accurately measure) pharmacy will dilute to 0.005 mg/mL. If pharmacy is closed dilute 0.1 mL of 0.05 mg/mL digoxin with 0 ...
Cost Containment Strategies for Precription Drugs
... on average by more than 10 percent per year over the next decade, faster than any other health care service and far outstripping growth in inflation. Both public and private policy makers are striving to find strategies that will work to slow drug spending growth. In doing so, they hope to move beyo ...
... on average by more than 10 percent per year over the next decade, faster than any other health care service and far outstripping growth in inflation. Both public and private policy makers are striving to find strategies that will work to slow drug spending growth. In doing so, they hope to move beyo ...
Risk Reduction Strategies for High
... • Implement their process for managing high-alert medications • Any list and any process meet minimum requirements6 ...
... • Implement their process for managing high-alert medications • Any list and any process meet minimum requirements6 ...
Opioids for the masses: Welfare tradeoffs in the
... costs and benefits of opioid therapy. On the patient side, time inconsistency/present bias or incomplete information might lead to an irrational use of and the development of a dependence or addiction to these drugs. On the doctor side, agency problems with respect to pharmaceutical company perks, ...
... costs and benefits of opioid therapy. On the patient side, time inconsistency/present bias or incomplete information might lead to an irrational use of and the development of a dependence or addiction to these drugs. On the doctor side, agency problems with respect to pharmaceutical company perks, ...
Reduction Mammoplasty
... studies and 29.6 kg/m in the experimental studies. The average tissue mass removed per breast was approximately 1400 grams. The authors concluded that reduction mammoplasty was associated with a statistically significant improvement in physical signs and symptoms involving shoulder pain, shoulder gr ...
... studies and 29.6 kg/m in the experimental studies. The average tissue mass removed per breast was approximately 1400 grams. The authors concluded that reduction mammoplasty was associated with a statistically significant improvement in physical signs and symptoms involving shoulder pain, shoulder gr ...
penicillin G benzathine
... penicillin and may range in severity from mild to life-threatening. Therefore, it is important to consider this diagnosis in patients who present with diarrhea subsequent to the administration of any antibacterial agent. Treatment with antibacterial agents alters the normal flora of the colon and ma ...
... penicillin and may range in severity from mild to life-threatening. Therefore, it is important to consider this diagnosis in patients who present with diarrhea subsequent to the administration of any antibacterial agent. Treatment with antibacterial agents alters the normal flora of the colon and ma ...
Expanded spectral domain-OCT findings in the early detection of
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Adherence, ARV Toxicity, Drug Interactions
... MD, for the AETC National Resource Center in April 2015 and updated in July 2016. See the AETC National Coordinating Resource Center website for the most current version of this presentation: http://www.aidsetc.org ...
... MD, for the AETC National Resource Center in April 2015 and updated in July 2016. See the AETC National Coordinating Resource Center website for the most current version of this presentation: http://www.aidsetc.org ...
STIs - Southern Regional AHEC
... older women at risk for STIs should be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea At-risk women include those with new sexual partners, multiple partners, and inconsistent condom use USPSTF says not enough evidence to weigh the benefits and harms of such screening in men Recommends intensive behavioral co ...
... older women at risk for STIs should be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea At-risk women include those with new sexual partners, multiple partners, and inconsistent condom use USPSTF says not enough evidence to weigh the benefits and harms of such screening in men Recommends intensive behavioral co ...
Medicare Part D Manual Chapter 6 – Part D Drugs and Formulary
... well as safe. FDA’s Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) evaluates the effectiveness of those drugs that had been previously approved on safety grounds alone. These drugs, and those identical, related, and similar to them, may continue to be marketed until the administrative proceedings evaluat ...
... well as safe. FDA’s Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) evaluates the effectiveness of those drugs that had been previously approved on safety grounds alone. These drugs, and those identical, related, and similar to them, may continue to be marketed until the administrative proceedings evaluat ...
Scrip 100
... same one the industry has been using for the past 40 years.” That would often involve looking back at the sites used before in studies and doing trials that were very similar to those they have conducted over the years. However, this approach “is not that scientific”, ...
... same one the industry has been using for the past 40 years.” That would often involve looking back at the sites used before in studies and doing trials that were very similar to those they have conducted over the years. However, this approach “is not that scientific”, ...
PHENERGAN VS. ZOFRAN ~Protocol update.
... Studies show Phenergan and Zofran control nausea at equal levels when reassessed at a 30 minute window. Zofran was shown to be more effective than Phenergan for prophylactic treatment of nausea; example: when used before chemotherapy Studies show that Zofran is safer, with less side effects than Phe ...
... Studies show Phenergan and Zofran control nausea at equal levels when reassessed at a 30 minute window. Zofran was shown to be more effective than Phenergan for prophylactic treatment of nausea; example: when used before chemotherapy Studies show that Zofran is safer, with less side effects than Phe ...
- Sacramento - California State University
... all medical decisions made in the United States, the approval of the use of cannabis as medicine is a balance between medical paternalism and medical autonomy. This ethical conflict lies at the heart of the relationship of citizens and their government, where the government maintains authority for t ...
... all medical decisions made in the United States, the approval of the use of cannabis as medicine is a balance between medical paternalism and medical autonomy. This ethical conflict lies at the heart of the relationship of citizens and their government, where the government maintains authority for t ...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test Informed
... AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a life threatening disorder of the immune system, caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The virus is transmitted by sexual contact with an infected person, from an infected mother to her newborn infant or by exposure to infected blood ( ...
... AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a life threatening disorder of the immune system, caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The virus is transmitted by sexual contact with an infected person, from an infected mother to her newborn infant or by exposure to infected blood ( ...
Hidden Administration of Drugs - International Society of Drug
... These effects have also been found with hidden interruptions of drug delivery, whereby the administration of a pharmacological agent is interrupted either overtly or covertly. For example, morphine has been studied in detail in this context.8 The relapse of pain occurs faster and the pain intensity ...
... These effects have also been found with hidden interruptions of drug delivery, whereby the administration of a pharmacological agent is interrupted either overtly or covertly. For example, morphine has been studied in detail in this context.8 The relapse of pain occurs faster and the pain intensity ...
"Drug-induced hyperhidrosis and hypohidrosis".
... activity or exposure to high ambient temperatures raises the internal temperature of the body beyond the range of physiological tolerance, the sympathetic nervous system responds with a coordinated set of reflexes resulting in vasodilatation, hyperpnoea and generalized sweating.[1-3] In this way, ev ...
... activity or exposure to high ambient temperatures raises the internal temperature of the body beyond the range of physiological tolerance, the sympathetic nervous system responds with a coordinated set of reflexes resulting in vasodilatation, hyperpnoea and generalized sweating.[1-3] In this way, ev ...
C=90 M=30 Y=95 K=30
... assurance of both laboratories and treatment services. Laboratory services consist of (1) the basic HIV test and laboratory and (2) the HIV laboratory which performs specific HIV tests such as CD4 counts, viral load testing and monitoring of drug resistance. All laboratories must be registered and a ...
... assurance of both laboratories and treatment services. Laboratory services consist of (1) the basic HIV test and laboratory and (2) the HIV laboratory which performs specific HIV tests such as CD4 counts, viral load testing and monitoring of drug resistance. All laboratories must be registered and a ...
Chapter 26: Toxicology - Jones & Bartlett Learning
... • Withdrawal syndrome: occurs after the abrupt cessation or decrease of a drug • Drug addiction: chronic disorder characterized by the compulsive use of a substance • Antagonist: drug with affinity for a cell receptor ...
... • Withdrawal syndrome: occurs after the abrupt cessation or decrease of a drug • Drug addiction: chronic disorder characterized by the compulsive use of a substance • Antagonist: drug with affinity for a cell receptor ...
2009 drug tr en dr eport drug tr en dr eport
... • About 30% to 40% of the medicines currently in the pipeline are specialty drugs, with nearly 25% of those targeting very rare conditions. • Biologic or protein-based drug therapies account for about 16% of prescription drug spending and are growing at a much faster rate than other drug categorie ...
... • About 30% to 40% of the medicines currently in the pipeline are specialty drugs, with nearly 25% of those targeting very rare conditions. • Biologic or protein-based drug therapies account for about 16% of prescription drug spending and are growing at a much faster rate than other drug categorie ...
Harm reduction
Harm reduction (or harm minimization) is a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with various human behaviors, both legal and illegal. Harm reduction policies are used to manage behaviors such as recreational drug use and sexual activity in numerous settings that range from services through to geographical regions. Critics of harm reduction typically believe that tolerating risky or illegal behaviour sends a message to the community that such behaviours are acceptable and that some of the actions proposed by proponents of harm reduction do not reduce harm over the long term.Needle-exchange programmes reduce the likelihood of users of heroin and other drugs sharing the syringes and using them more than once. Syringe-sharing can lead to infections such as HIV or hepatitis C can spread from user to users through the reuse of syringes contaminated with infected blood. Needle and syringe programme (NSP) and Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) outlets in some settings offer basic primary health care. Safe injection site are legally sanctioned, medically supervised facilities designed to address public nuisance associated with drug use and provide a hygienic and stress-free environment for drug consumers. The facilities provide sterile injection equipment, information about drugs and basic health care, treatment referrals, and access to medical staff.Opioid replacement therapy (ORT), or opioid substitution therapy (OST), is the medical procedure of replacing an illegal opioid, such as heroin, with a longer acting but less euphoric opioid; methadone or buprenorphine are typically used and the drug is taken under medical supervision. Another approach is Heroin assisted treatment, in which medical prescriptions for pharmaceutical heroin (diacetylmorphine) are provided to heroin-dependent people. Toronto's Seaton House became the first homeless shelter in Canada to operate a ""wet shelter"" on a ""managed alcohol"" principle in which clients are served a glass of wine once an hour unless staff determine that they are too inebriated to continue. Previously, homeless alcoholics opted to stay on the streets often seeking alcohol from unsafe sources such as mouthwash, rubbing alcohol or industrial products which, in turn, resulted in frequent use of emergency medical facilities.A high amount of media coverage exists informing users of the dangers of driving drunk. Most alcohol users are now aware of these dangers and safe ride techniques like 'designated drivers' and free taxicab programmes are reducing the number of drunk-driving accidents. Many schools now provide safer sex education to teen and pre-teen students, who may engage in sexual activity. Since some adolescents are going to have sex, a harm-reductionist approach supports a sexual education which emphasizes the use of protective devices like condoms and dental dams to protect against unwanted pregnancy and the transmission of STIs. Since 1999 some countries have legalized prostitution, such as Germany (2002) and New Zealand (2003).Many street-level harm-reduction strategies have succeeded in reducing HIV transmission in injecting drug users and sex-workers. HIV education, HIV testing, condom use, and safer-sex negotiation greatly decreases the risk to the disease.