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A new opioid analgesic with a dual mechanism of action has been released for market by PriCara, a division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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The ECG in the tracing above was obtained from a 68-year-old man who presented with a history of fatigue for the past 3 weeks, but no chest pain. No history of coronary artery disease, and no prior tracings were available for comparison. How would you interpret his ECG in view of this clinical history?
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Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions.
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An increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation leads to an increase in arterial territorial strokes in women. Hormonal risk factors are responsible for the increased risk of cerebral venous thrombosis in women, as compared to men.
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Clinical criteria for sensory neuronopathy can reliably separate this syndrome from more distal, axonal syndromes.
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The sequence of disease progression in Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is different, with earlier limbic cortical involvement in DLB. Limbic cortical involvement may explain the more severe autonomic dysfunction that occurs in DLB and PD with dementia.
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Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions.
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In an MRI-based study, interferon beta-1b failed to show superiority over glatiramer acetate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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Carbamazepine is reported to be an effective symptomatic treatment for inherited erythromelalgia (IEM) due to the novel mutation of the Na(v)1.7 sodium channel, which is preferentially expressed in dorsal root ganglia.
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Young patients with scleroderma, free of neurological symptoms, still show abnormalities in cognitive function and cerebrovascular reactivity.
