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Antipsychotic-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder...
December 1, 2015 - Clinical , Featured By: Cyril Collantes, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by two predominant psychiatric components: obsession and compulsion. Obsession refers to the uncontrolled and recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images that can provoke significant anxiety, whereas compulsions are repetitive behaviors or rituals in response to the obsessive thought(s). OCD is clinically significant if… |
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Dabigatran Antidote Provides New Option for Targeted An...
December 1, 2015 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Svetlana Akbasheva, Staff Editor – Dabigatran etexilate mesylate (Pradaxa®) is an oral anticoagulant that functions as a direct thrombin inhibitor. Like other anticoagulants, this medication carries the risk of serious bleeding and must be stopped temporarily before any surgical procedures, with the length of time depending on a patient’s creatinine clearance and invasiveness of… |
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Novel Anticoagulant Approved For Use in Embolism Preven...
December 1, 2015 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Maryam Ahmed and Lyudmila Krivovyaz, Pharm.D Candidates, c/o 2016 – Each year, more than 795,000 Americans suffer from a stroke, with almost 130,000 of those resulting in death.1 Traditionally, warfarin sodium (Coumadin®) has always been the drug of choice for treatment and prevention of clot formation. Over the last couple of years, however, newer… |
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States Expand Access to Naloxone...
December 1, 2015 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Svetlana Akbasheva, Staff Editor – Naloxone (Narcan®) is a rapid-acting, potentially life-saving drug for acute opioid overdose. An opioid antagonist, naloxone displaces opioids from their receptors and helps reverse their effects, the most dangerous of which is respiratory depression.1 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 22,000 deaths in the United… |