Tag: Prescription Drugs
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists No Benefit Post MI
MRA in addition to standard therapy does not improve outcome in setting of post-MI heart failure
Oral Nicotinamide Safe for Renal Transplant Recipients
Treatment linked to nonsignificant reductions in new non-melanoma skin cancers
Lower CVD Mortality for Metformin Versus Sulfonylureas
Large analysis found up to 40 percent lower risk of heart disease mortality versus sulfonylureas
AACR: Pembrolizumab Effective Against Merkel-Cell Carcinoma
Intravenous medication blocks programmed death 1 (PD-1) immune inhibitory pathway
Antithrombotic Rx Could Be Optimized for Older A-Fib Patients
Use of guideline-recommended stroke risk tools could assist medication review pharmacists
Generic Antivirals Equally Effective to Brand Rx in Hep C
Inexpensive antivirals could be a game-changer in many countries, researchers say
Neratinib Not Superior to Trastuzumab in ERBB2-Breast CA
Neratinib-paclitaxel doesn't improve progression-free survival versus trastuzumab-paclitaxel
AAN: Once-Daily Eslicarbazepine Helps Prevent Seizures
Eslicarbazepine may make management easier, safer for patients with epilepsy, researchers say
Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Chronic Kidney Disease
Risk increased the longer people used the medications
Metformin May Reduce Cancer Mortality Risk
Older women with diabetes and cancer taking metformin saw an increase in survival
