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Boxed warning for metoclopramide, alert for zonisamide

A summary of approvals, recalls, warnings and alerts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/fda.htm
1 Apr 2009

Warfarin given to elderly patients within a year of traumatic brain injury associated with net benefit

Resuming warfarin in the year after a traumatic brain injury was associated with a net benefit, due to a reduction in ischemic stroke risk, for elderly patients in a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/17/5.htm
17 Jun 2014

Taking a drink: what patients should know

Alcohol is associated with so many benefits and harms that it's hard to know where to start talking to patients about using it. One place might be alcohol misuse and abuse. Teach patients where they fall on the continuum of drinking behavior.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/alcohol.htm
1 Jan 2013

Hospitals vary widely in adhering to aspirin guidelines

There was a 25-fold variation in the proportion of U.S. hospitals that adhered to guidelines about prescribing high-dose aspirin at discharge, with some hospitals discharging fewer than 10% of patients on high-dose aspirin and other hospitals discharging 100% of patients on the regimen, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/19/5.htm
19 Aug 2014

Amiodarone increases bleeding compared with flecainide or sotalol in patients on anticoagulant therapy

A retrospective analysis of Medicare patients who started an anticoagulant and then amiodarone found that they had a 44% increased risk for bleeding-related hospitalization compared to those on other antiarrhythmics and that this risk was higher with rivaroxaban than apixaban.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/1.htm
23 May 2023

Expanded approval on rivaroxaban, reassurance on dabigatran

This regulatory update covers an expanded indication for rivaroxaban and an announcement that bleeding rates do not appear to be higher with dabigatran than with warfarin.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/fda.htm
1 Jan 2013

New pneumonia vaccine option for patients over 50

Recalls, warnings, approvals and other regulatory news.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/fda.htm
1 Mar 2012

‘Wearables' warrant wary expectations

Medical-grade wearable technology will be a $24 billion market by 2022, and the market is predicted to shift from recreational use toward disease diagnosis and management.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/wearables-warrant-wary-expectations.htm
1 Jul 2018

Recommended therapies after ischemic stroke less likely to be received by the elderly

GAO to conduct survey on vaccinations under Medicare
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/07/6.htm
7 Dec 2010

Preprocedural statins reduce risk of postprocedure cardiovascular events

Tiotropium improves asthma symptoms as well as salmeterol
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/28/5.htm
28 Sep 2010

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