Immunotherapy is offering new hope for cancers that once had grim prognoses by harnessing the body's own immune system to ...
Patients treated with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and antiretrovirals (ARVs) for HIV rarely receive drug combinations that are contraindicated, according to real-world ...
EpiPen (epinephrine) is a brand-name injection that’s prescribed for emergency allergic reactions. EpiPen has interactions with some other drugs and certain supplements. Examples include beta-blockers ...
Ubrelvy (ubrogepant), a prescription medication used for treating migraine, has potential interactions with certain drugs. Alcohol isn’t known to interact with Ubrelvy, but combining the two may ...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Misinformation about nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid, Pfizer) for treating mild-to-moderate ...
Combining Plavix with alcohol, NSAIDs, anticoagulants, SSRIs, or SNRIs may increase the risk of bleeding. It’s important that you talk with your doctor about safe medication consumption levels and ...
Patients using mail order pharmacies have lower healthcare utilization, but somewhat less laboratory monitoring of persistent medications and slightly higher contraindicated medication use.
CredibleMeds, a valuable resource for prescribing physicians, now includes information from FDA drug labels to inform prescribers of any ECG monitoring recommendations, warnings for use in congenital ...
Tucson, Ariz.—Research led by The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy has found that medication prescribers correctly identified fewer than half of drug pairs with potentially dangerous ...
Researchers found that 17.4% of the enrollees had a visit associated with a behavioral mental health (BMH) diagnosis and 5.8% received one or more BMH medications. HealthDay News — Contraindicated ...