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01/18/2024
Mobile opioid treatment program units increase access to methadone for opioid use disorder and are the most impactful in rural areas, according to a study published in Health Services Research.
Mobile opioid treatment program units increase access to methadone for opioid use disorder and are the most impactful in rural areas, according to a study published in Health Services Research.
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01/18/2024
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01/18/2024
Some physicians are concerned that high demand and prices for high-profile obesity drugs are keeping them out of reach for many who need them, according to a recent Reuters report.
Some physicians are concerned that high demand and prices for high-profile obesity drugs are keeping them out of reach for many who need them, according to a recent Reuters report.
Some physicians are concerned...
01/18/2024
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01/18/2024
Nonviral factors may have also contributed to the surge, including changes in population immunity due to altered RSV dynamics resulting from interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nonviral factors may have also contributed to the surge, including changes in population immunity due to altered RSV dynamics resulting from interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nonviral factors may have also...
01/18/2024
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01/17/2024
A Class I recall has been issued for a single lot of the anticonvulsant vigabatrin for oral solution because of a potential for powder to leak from product pouches and subsequent underdosing, according to the January 17, 2024, US Food and...
A Class I recall has been issued for a single lot of the anticonvulsant vigabatrin for oral solution because of a potential for powder to leak from product pouches and subsequent underdosing, according to the January 17, 2024, US Food and...
A Class I recall has been issued...
01/17/2024
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01/15/2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 18 more novel drugs in 2023 than it did the previous year. New drug approvals totaled 55 in 2023, compared with just 37 in 2022 and 51 in 2021, according to a Reuters report. The FDA...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 18 more novel drugs in 2023 than it did the previous year. New drug approvals totaled 55 in 2023, compared with just 37 in 2022 and 51 in 2021, according to a Reuters report. The FDA...
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01/15/2024
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01/15/2024
“Until this study, the theory was that the inflammatory response was indirectly activating the nerves,” said study corresponding author Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP, vice president for research and professor of pediatrics,...
“Until this study, the theory was that the inflammatory response was indirectly activating the nerves,” said study corresponding author Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP, vice president for research and professor of pediatrics,...
“Until this study, the theory...
01/15/2024
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01/12/2024
The FDA has approved the temporary importation of a syphilis drug from a French company to address the shortage of the recommended treatment in the US, which has put pregnant women and their families at risk during the syphilis crisis.
The FDA has approved the temporary importation of a syphilis drug from a French company to address the shortage of the recommended treatment in the US, which has put pregnant women and their families at risk during the syphilis crisis.
The FDA has approved the...
01/12/2024
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01/12/2024
Azurity Pharmaceuticals Inc. is recalling 2220 bottles of Eprontia oral solution. According to the January 10, 2024, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report, samples of the drug tested out of specification for an impurity...
Azurity Pharmaceuticals Inc. is recalling 2220 bottles of Eprontia oral solution. According to the January 10, 2024, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report, samples of the drug tested out of specification for an impurity...
Azurity Pharmaceuticals Inc. is...
01/12/2024
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01/12/2024
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. is recalling 69,590 bags of Delflex peritoneal dialysis solution because of sterility concerns, according to the January 10, 2024, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report.
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. is recalling 69,590 bags of Delflex peritoneal dialysis solution because of sterility concerns, according to the January 10, 2024, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report.
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01/12/2024
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01/11/2024
Women who take oral contraceptive pills (OCP) have a lower prevalence of major depression when compared with former users and those who have never used OCP, according to a recent cross-sectional study.
Women who take oral contraceptive pills (OCP) have a lower prevalence of major depression when compared with former users and those who have never used OCP, according to a recent cross-sectional study.
Women who take oral...
01/11/2024
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