The FDA has approved a miconazole buccal tablet for the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis. This once-daily mucoadhesive buccal tablet provides slow release of the drug over the course of the day. The tablet is marketed by Strativa Pharmaceuticals as Oravig™.
A well-established body of epidemiologic literature supports a continuous graded risk between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and CV risk. This relationship has held constant whether one considers office BP, home BP, or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
In patients with cardiovascular disease, light-to- moderate alcohol consumption is significantly associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
Asymptomatic pulmonary embolism is quite common among patients with deep venous thrombosis. In many instances in these patients, the pulmonary emboli are located within the central pulmonary arteries.
