Primary Care Reports – September 1, 2010

September 1, 2010

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Over and Over

  Obsessive-compulsive disorders have achieved greater visibility in our society with several well-known celebrities such as Howie Mandel and David Beckham with acknowledged cases. Patients may be reluctant to share their symptoms with their primary care physician for fear of being thought crazy. Hopefully today the increased recognition with celebrities and greater media attention to the disorder will resolve this fear and allow patients to become more open with their doctors.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

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• Pharmacology Watch

  Lorcaserin submitted for FDA review, FDA advisory panel votes against phentermine/topiramate, mixed vote on rosiglitazone, advisory panel votes to remove breast cancer indication from bevacizumab labeling, no increase in seizures found with DTaP vaccine, new REMS for quinine.

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