by University of Exeter Study design for the TriMaster three-treatment, three-period crossover trial of pioglitazone, sitagliptin and canagliflozin. Credit: Nature Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02121-6 A large-scale new study offers a new approach to treating in type 2 diabetes, one that puts patients in charge of their own medication. The Trimaster study is the first to allow people...
by Christopher Gardner, Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new Yale study found that patients with binge-eating disorder (BED) and obesity can be helped quickly and benefit significantly from a specific behavioral therapy and a specific medication. The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, tested behavioral weight loss treatment (a behavioral therapy focused on gradual...
by Lee Gaskin, University of Adelaide The effect of four different bak kut teh formulations on HepG2 cells after 48 h of exposure. A Formulation #1 showed significant toxicity before dilution (p = 0.023), but demonstrated no significant toxicity once diluted (p > 0.05). B Formulation #2 demonstrated significant toxicity with no dilution factor (p = 0.009), but none once diluted...
by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Credit: Shutterstock New research from the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at SAHMRI has linked medication reviews to a lower risk of death for aged care residents. The study, led by Dr. Janet Sluggett and funded by the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP), followed 57,719...
by King’s College London Proportion of patients newly diagnosed with gout (n = 129,972), separated by year of diagnosis, who: i) were initiated on urate-lowering therapy (ULT) within 12 months of diagnosis (black line); or ii) had a serum urate performed (n = 65,127) and attained a level ≤360 µmol/L (light blue) or ≤300 µmol/L (dark blue) within 12 months...
by Rosanna Castro, Florida International University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For decades, most physicians, parents and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learn. However, in the first study of its kind, researchers at the Center for Children and Families at FIU found medication has no detectable impact...
by Washington University School of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Less than half of Americans who received treatment for opioid use disorder over a five-year period were offered a potentially lifesaving medication, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Saint Louis University have found. And treatment with the medication was even...
by Rutgers University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Despite strong evidence that medication is the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), adolescents and most adults who might benefit from OUD treatment report no medication use, according to a study by researchers at the Rutgers School of Public Health and Columbia University Mailman School of...
Counterfeit medications and pharmaceutical products are just a click away from being purchased from online pharmacies. The new anticounterfeiting technology, however, can turn a smartphone into a lifesaver by simply taking a picture of a cyberphysical watermark and confirming if the medication is real or not. Young Kim, associate head for research and an associate...
Hello everyone, This is a follow up email regarding new program called MTM. I hired a pharmacist Dr. Rebecca Choi PharmD clinical pharmacist who helps medication management. This is become necessary because of the overburdening pharmacist due to COVID it used to be that pharmacist would take time to check for drug interactions and with...
