Tag: Prescription Drugs
Survival Up With Nivolumab + Ipilimumab Versus Chemo for Metastatic CRC
Findings seen in patients with microsatellite-instability-high or mismatch-repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer
Radiotherapy With Adjuvant Durvalumab No Benefit for Head, Neck Cancer
No improvement seen in two-year progression-free survival for radiotherapy with durvalumab versus radiotherapy with cetuximab
Itacitinib Helps Prevent Graft Versus Host Disease in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Itacitinib results in low cytokine release syndrome grades, low incidence of acute, chronic graft versus host disease
Deprescribing Antihypertensives Not Tied to Hospitalization for Heart Attack, Stroke
Estimated unadjusted cumulative incidence did not differ between long-term care residents who were deprescribed or continued antihypertensives
Two Common Antiseizure Medications Do Not Harm Child Neurodevelopment
No differences seen in six-year verbal abilities for children exposed, unexposed to antiseizure medications in utero
Incidence of HIV Lower With Twice-Yearly Subcutaneous Lenacapavir
HIV incidence was significantly lower with lenacapavir than daily oral emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
Discontinuing Cholinesterase When Starting Memantine Not Tied to Institutionalization Care
Discontinuation tied to lower risk for fall-related injury
Sodium Oxybate Beneficial for Alcohol-Responsive Laryngeal Dystonia
Clinically meaningful improvement seen in symptoms; drug efficacy waned by 300 minutes, with no rebound
AHA: Variation Seen in Rates of SGLT2i Rx for Heart Failure, LVEF >40 Percent
Prescription rates increased from 2021 to 2023, but high variance seen between hospitals in the rate of prescriptions
In Utero Exposure to Certain Antiepileptics Tied to Neurodevelopmental Diagnoses
Children exposed to topiramate were 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with intellectual disability
