Tag: Prescription Drugs

Pediatricians accounted for increasing proportion of prescriptions dispensed, with 991 percent increase over six years

Liraglutide results in greater reduction in BMI than placebo plus lifestyle intervention for children with obesity

Reductions seen in mean office sitting systolic BP and sitting diastolic BP and in mean 24-hour ambulatory systolic BP

However, omission does result in reductions in neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Annualized rate of exacerbations reduced across two randomized trials in severe asthma with eosinophilic phenotype

Mean home systolic blood pressure lower with triple-pill protocol versus standard-care protocol at month 6

Findings seen for both primary care patients with hypertension and nursing home residents

Although uncommon, contraindicated drug pairs have been prescribed

Reduced risk seen for total hospitalizations for heart failure, total adverse events of heart failure or all-cause mortality

3.6 percent did not get prescription medications due to cost; 3.4 percent did not take medication as prescribed due to cost