Search results for "Pharmacotherapy"
Multiple agents effective for excessive daytime sleepiness but may be discontinued due to side effects, review finds
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 14 trials found that solriamfetol, armodafinil-modafinil, and pitolisant were associated with reduced daytime sleepiness but also with headache, insomnia, and anxiety in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/09/1.htm
9 May 2023
Understand obesity before treating it
The central nervous system regulates a person's weight, with many variables in play, and both internal and external factors can increase or decrease calorie intake and expenditure.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/06/understand-obesity-before-treating-it.htm
1 Jun 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for risk of rheumatoid arthritis
A 36-year-old woman is evaluated during a routine wellness visit. She is asymptomatic and has no medical problems. Her mother has rheumatoid arthritis, and the patient is concerned that she might also develop the disease. Following a physical exam, what is most likely to reduce this patient's risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis?
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/3.htm
23 May 2023
For tobacco dependent, pharmacotherapy is the best medicine
Evidence is mounting that most smokers will require some sort of pharmacotherapeutic intervention to help them quit. Experts parse out prescriptions, but don't discount behavioral strategies for quitting.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2009/07/smoking.htm
1 Jul 2009
About 6% of older adults received a new sedative prescription after critical illness
Among sedative-naive ICU survivors ages 66 years and older who filled a new sedative prescription within a week of hospital discharge, more than half maintained their prescriptions at six months, a Canadian population-based study found.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/10/2.htm
10 Jan 2023
KDIGO guideline summary provides key points for treating diabetes, chronic kidney disease
Authors from the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Work Group provided a synopsis of key recommendations on comprehensive care, glycemic monitoring and targets, lifestyle interventions, antihyperglycemic therapies, and educational and integrated care approaches.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/10/1.htm
10 Jan 2023
Helping more patients quit smoking
Asking patients about smoking and advising them to quit is not enough to set them up for success.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/06/helping-more-patients-quit-smoking.htm
1 Jun 2022
MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up of osteoporosis
A 70-year-old woman is evaluated for follow-up of osteoporosis, diagnosed 5 years ago. What is the most appropriate management?
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/22/3.htm
22 Nov 2022
Be wary of benzodiazepines' side effects
Alternative strategies are increasingly recommended when managing conditions like insomnia and anxiety in elderly patients.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/02/be-wary-of-benzodiazepines-side-effects.htm
1 Feb 2022
Collaborative and referral models of remote mental health care appear viable, study finds
The trial of adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and/or bipolar disorder compared having remote specialists provide direct telehealth treatment to having specialists consult with primary care teams via an onsite care manager, who also provided brief psychotherapy.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2022/02/08/2.htm
8 Feb 2022