Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for June 2011. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice.
Bottles of Tylenol Recalled
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- The manufacturer of Tylenol is recalling one lot of U.S.-distributed Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets 225 count bottles, according to an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Pain Is a Public Health Issue and Economic Burden in U.S.
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- An integrated approach that responds to all the factors influencing pain can successfully treat, manage, and prevent chronic pain, according to a report published in June by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), on behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Rapamycin Offers Potential Treatment for HGPS
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with rapamycin abolishes characteristic nuclear defects, prolongs cellular life span, and improves the turnover of progerin in cultured Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) fibroblasts cells and may be a potential treatment for children with this genetic disorder, according to a study published in the June 29 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
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Uncertainty of Diagnosis Tied to Increased Patient Anxiety
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women awaiting diagnostic breast biopsy or invasive treatment experience increased stress levels, but only those awaiting biopsy have increased anxiety, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.
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Silodosin Found to Reduce Chronic Prostatitis Symptoms
WEDNESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Silodosin may provide symptomatic relief and improve quality of life for patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), according to a study published in the July issue of The Journal Of Urology.
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Flu Vaccine Safe for Sunitinib, Sorafenib Treated Patients
TUESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Patients undergoing chemotherapy with sunitinib or sorafenib develop seroprotection rates similar to healthy controls following vaccination against influenza, according to a study published online June 28 in Clinical Cancer Research.
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Neurontin Study Deemed Seeding Trial, Not Scientific Study
TUESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- The Study of Neurontin: Titrate to Effect, Profile of Safety (STEPS) trial had extensive marketing objectives, and may have been a seeding trial to promote gabapentin and increase prescribing among health care professionals, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Prophylactic Heparin May Not Prevent Placental Insufficiency
MONDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women at risk of placental insufficiency who are treated with unfractionated heparin (UFH) during pregnancy may not have significantly better outcomes than those undergoing standard care, according to a study published online June 20 in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
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Simvastatin Tops Ezetimibe for Endothelial Protection
FRIDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Simvastatin is more effective than ezetimibe in treating patients with high cholesterol levels, but treatment with a combination is most beneficial, according to a study published online May 30 in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
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FDA Changes Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent Dosing
FRIDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended more conservative dosing guidelines for the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease, as these drugs are tied to an increased risk of cardiovascular events.
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New Drug Targets Found for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
THURSDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Novel drug targets, including muscarinic receptor or P2X1-purinoceptor antagonists, are potentially effective treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a review published online June 8 in the British Journal of Pharmacology.
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Higher Antibiotic Use Among Younger Home Care Patients
THURSDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Home care patients younger than 65 years and those with poor health are more likely to receive antibiotic treatment, according to a study published in the July issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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Statin Therapy Tied to Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
THURSDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Statin therapy may decrease the risk and severity of prostate cancer, according to a study published in the July issue of The Journal of Urology.
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Topical Tacrolimus May Provide Temporary Relief for CLE
THURSDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Topical application of tacrolimus 0.1 percent ointment may provide temporary relief for acute, edematous, non-hyperkeratotic lesions in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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Variability Seen in Primary Care High-Risk Prescribing
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- High-risk prescribing or potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in primary care patients shows considerable unexplained variation between practices, and it is more likely in patients prescribed long-term drugs, according to a study published online June 21 in BMJ.
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Telaprevir Linked to Sustained Virologic Response in Hep C
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of telaprevir to peginterferon and ribavirin is associated with significantly improved and sustained virologic response in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection who have not received previous treatment, or have a history of failed viral eradication, according to two studies published in the June 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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AbobotulinumtoxinA Beneficial for Lateral Orbital Rhytid
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Commercially available botulinum neuromodulator, abobotulinumtoxinA, is significantly superior to onabotulinumtoxinA in the treatment of lateral orbital rhytids, according to a study published online June 20 in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
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Insufficient Evidence for Pretesting TPMT Status
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- There is insufficient evidence to support pretesting for thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) status before initiating thiopurine treatment, and estimates of the sensitivity of genotyping are imprecise, according to a review published in the June 21 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Antirheumatic Drugs Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriasis with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, methotrexate, and hydroxychloroquine, may reduce the risk of newly recorded diabetes mellitus (DM), according to a study published in the June 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Intensive-Dose Statins Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Intensive-dose statin therapy may be associated with an increased risk of new-onset diabetes and a lower risk of cardiovascular events, according to a meta-analysis published in the June 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Anti-TNF Doesn't Increase Complication Risk in Early RA
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy do not have an increased risk of serious infections and malignancies compared to those treated with methotrexate (MTX), according to a meta-analysis published in the June issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.
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Millions in U.S. Do Not Receive PAD Prevention Therapies
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of U.S. adults with peripheral artery disease (PAD) may not be receiving secondary prevention therapies, despite the fact that treatment with multiple agents is significantly correlated with lower all-cause mortality, according to a study published online June 20 in Circulation.
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Early Statin Therapy May Reduce Unstable Angina
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Early statin therapy following acute coronary syndromes (ACS) may reduce the risk of unstable angina at four months, but does not significantly reduce the risk of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), or stroke, according to a review published in the June issue of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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Cancer Survivors Have Increased Medical Expenses
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- The increased expenditure attributable to cancer applies to all cancer survivors, including longer-term survivors, according to a study published in the June 15 issue of Cancer.
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Etanercept May Be a Treatment Option for Dermatomyositis
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Etanercept appears safe with a steroid sparing effect in the treatment of dermatomyositis, according to a study published online June 17 in the Annals of Neurology.
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Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Safe for Most
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are safe and effective for almost all women of reproductive age, according to an American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) practice bulletin published in the July issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Abuse-Resistant Oxycodone Approved
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Oxecta, an abuse-resistant form of the top-selling painkiller oxycodone, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Generic Versions of Levofloxacin Approved
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- The first generic versions of levofloxacin, prescribed under the brand name Levaquin, have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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FDA to Step Up Inspection of Imported Foods and Drugs
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a new strategy to ensure the safety and quality of drug and food products imported from other countries. The new strategy is outlined in a special report, "Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality."
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Outpatient Anticoagulant Therapy Benefits PE Patients
FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Outpatient treatment with anticoagulants may be effective and safe for patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who are selected based on predefined criteria, according to a study published online June 4 in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
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Coffee May Improve Virologic Response to Hep C Treatment
FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Patients receiving hepatitis C therapy who drink three or more cups of coffee per day are more likely to respond to treatment compared to nondrinkers, according to a study published the June issue of Gastroenterology.
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HPV Vaccination Program Tied to Fewer Cervical Abnormalities
FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of high-grade cervical abnormalities (HGAs) has decreased in girls younger than 18 years, within three years of the implementation of a population-wide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program in Australia, according to a review published in the June 18 issue of The Lancet.
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FDA: Smoking Cessation Drug Tied to Cardiac Issues
FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers and health care professionals that varenicline (Chantix) may be associated with a small but increased risk of cardiovascular adverse events in individuals with cardiovascular disease.
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FDA: Diabetes Drug May Up Risk of Bladder Cancer
THURSDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers and health care professionals that pioglitazone (Actos) may increase the risk of bladder cancer when used for more than one year.
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Nulojix Approved to Help Thwart Kidney Rejection
THURSDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Nulojix (belatacept) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent rejection of a transplanted kidney in adults.
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Flecainide Treatment Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death
THURSDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) treated with flecainide develop an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) or proarrhythmic events, according to a study published online June 2 in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
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Multifactorial Causes Linked to Increasing Opioid Deaths
THURSDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid-related deaths occur due to multifactorial causes, and solutions are required to address all the causes, according to a review published online June 13 in a supplement of Pain Medicine.
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New Meningococcal A Conjugate Vaccine Is Effective
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new meningococcal A (MenA) conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT) has been found to have a stronger antibody response to group A meningococci than a quadrivalent polysaccharide reference vaccine (PsACWY), according to a study published in the June 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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New Rotavirus Vaccine Reduces Cases of Infant Diarrhea
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- In Mexico and Brazil, use of the new monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1) is associated with a short-term risk of intussusception in vaccinated infants but prevents a far higher number of hospitalizations and deaths from diarrhea, according to a study published in the June 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Increased Mortality Risk Linked to Use of Mist Inhaler
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) - Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who use a tiotropium mist inhaler may have an increased risk of mortality, according to a review published online June 14 in BMJ.
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Increased Recurrent Stroke Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Patients enrolled in the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial who have type 2 diabetes may have increased incidence of recurrent stroke and cardiovascular events, but the effect of atorvastatin treatment is independent of whether the patients have type 2 diabetes, or metabolic syndrome (MetS), according to a study published online June 13 in the Archives of Neurology.
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Increased Spending Seen for Glaucoma Medications in U.S.
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Expenditures on glaucoma medications increased significantly in the United States from 2001 to 2006, especially among women, those with public-only insurance, and those with less than a high school education, according to a study published online June 13 in the Archives of Ophthalmology.
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Life Expectancy in U.S. Counties Below Many Nations
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Most counties within the United States fall behind the international frontier with the best life expectancies in the world, according to a study published online June 15 in Population Health Metrics.
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Inappropriate Medicines Tied to Serious Avoidable Adverse Events
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Use of the Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate prescriptions (STOPP) criteria has identified an association between potentially inappropriate medicine (PIM) prescriptions and the likelihood of a serious adverse drug event (ADE) in older people; and, when hospitalized, older people are at risk of being prescribed PIMs and actually inappropriate medicines (AIMs), especially in intensive care units (ICUs), according to a study and research letter published in the June 13 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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FDA OKs Test to Spot HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Inform Dual ISH test, a genetic test to determine whether women with breast cancer are human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)2-positive and therefore candidates for trastuzumab (Herceptin).
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Ranibizumab May Reduce Impaired Vision in AMD
TUESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with ranibizumab may reduce legal blindness and visual impairment, according to a study published in the June issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
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Potiga Approved for Adult Epileptic Seizures
MONDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Potiga (ezogabine) tablets have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat partial epileptic seizures in adults, the agency said Monday.
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Photodynamic Therapy Effective in Mesothelioma
MONDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who are treated with radical pleurectomy (RP) and intraoperative photodynamic therapy (PDT) have improved overall survival compared to those treated with modified extrapleural pneumonectomy (MEPP), according to a study published in the June issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
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Benzodiazepine Admissions Almost Tripled From '98 to '08
FRIDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Benzodiazepine abuse-related admissions nearly tripled from 1998 to 2008 and are accompanied by abuse of another substance in 95 percent of cases, according to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) report published online June 2 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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Clopidogrel Doesn't Reduce PCI-Related Complications
FRIDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Clopidogrel pretreatment for patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), with bivalirudin as the planned anticoagulant, is not associated with a reduced risk of PCI-related complications, according to a study published in the June 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology.
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IMS: New Recommendations on HRT Use Released
FRIDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should be given according to the needs of individual menopausal women, after assessing the benefits and risks, severity of symptoms, age, and family history; this is according to the recommendations of the International Menopause Society (IMS), published online June 10 in Climacteric to coincide with presentation at the 13th World Congress on Menopause, held from June 8 to 11 in Rome.
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Prostate Drugs Undergo Label Revision Due to Cancer Risk
THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs in the class of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs), which includes finasteride and dutasteride, have undergone a label change to reflect current safety information concerning an increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced.
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Most Parents Vaccinate Their Children Despite Concerns
THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Although the majority of U.S. parents vaccinate their children, most have questions and concerns, according to a study published in the June issue of Health Affairs.
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Simvastatin Plus Ezetimibe Effective in Kidney Disease
THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic kidney disease, lowering of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol with simvastatin and ezetimibe may reduce the risk of major atherosclerotic events, according to a study published online June 9 in The Lancet.
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Simvastatin Safety Recommendations Announced
WEDNESDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified consumers and health care providers of safety label changes to simvastatin (Zocor), as the highest approved dose of the drug (80 mg) has been associated with an elevated risk of muscle injury or myopathy, particularly during the first 12 months of use.
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NSAID Use Linked to Increased Venous Thromboembolism Risk
WEDNESDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- The use of nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or cyclooxygenase-2-selective inhibitors (COX2Is) is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a study published online May 18 in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
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Antiepileptic Drugs Have Dose-Dependent Tie to Birth Defects
TUESDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Four commonly used antiepileptic drugs are associated with a dose-dependent increased risk of major birth defects when used at the beginning of pregnancy, according to a study published online June 6 in The Lancet Neurology.
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Adding Zoledronic Acid Improves Breast CA Survival
MONDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Adding zoledronic acid to either anastrozole or tamoxifen improves disease-free survival in women with endocrine-receptor-positive breast cancer who are receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy, according to a study published online June 4 in The Lancet Oncology.
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No Survival Benefit With Cetuximab in Colorectal Cancer
MONDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of cetuximab to standard chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer does not improve progression-free survival (PFS) or overall survival (OS), according to a study published online June 4 in The Lancet.
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Paroxetine With Pravastatin Raises Blood Glucose Levels
MONDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Co-administration of paroxetine and pravastatin is associated with an increase in blood glucose levels, especially in patients with diabetes, according to a study published online May 25 in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
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More Strokes Treated With Thrombolytics in the U.S.
FRIDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- The use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) to treat acute ischemic stroke (AIS) increased significantly between 2005 and 2009 in the United States, according to a study published online June 2 in Stroke.
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Placebo or No Treatment Effective for Headache
FRIDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with headaches have an average recovery rate of 35.7 percent when they are in the placebo or no-treatment group of a trial, according to a review published online May 20 in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.
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FDA: Blood Pressure Drugs Not Tied to Cancer Risk
THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified consumers and health care providers that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are not associated with an increased risk of developing cancer.
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Timing of Ezetimibe Relative to Statin Affects Plaque Regression
THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Ezetimibe may be beneficial for regressing atherosclerosis in statin-naive patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), but when added to existing statin therapy, it may lead to atherosclerosis progression, according to a study published online May 16 in Atherosclerosis.
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Melanoma Vaccine May Enhance Interleukin-2 Efficacy
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with advanced melanoma who are treated with interleukin-2 and melanoma vaccine may have an improved clinical response and longer survival than those treated with interleukin-2 alone, according to a study published in the June 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Fibroblast Growth Factor Not Effective in Limb Ischemia
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with non-viral 1 fibroblast growth factor (NV1FGF) does not reduce the risk of amputation or death in patients with critical limb ischemia, according to a study published online May 31 in The Lancet.
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Corticosteroids May Shorten Pneumonia Hospital Stay
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Non-immunocompromised patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated with intravenous dexamethasone in addition to antibiotic therapy may have a shorter hospital stay, according to a study published online June 1 in The Lancet.
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Viral Breakthrough After Nucleos(t)ide Analog Therapy
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Virological breakthrough (VBT) is common in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) undergoing nucleos(t)ide analog (NUC) treatment, but is not always related to antiviral drug resistance, according to a study published in the May issue of Hepatology.
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Maternal Influenza Vaccination Tied to Reduced Prematurity
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Receipt of vaccination against influenza during any trimester of pregnancy reduces the likelihood of prematurity and of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births during local and widespread influenza activity periods, according to a study published online May 31 in PloS Medicine.
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Beta Blockers May Benefit Breast Cancer Patients
WEDNESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- In patients with breast cancer, beta-blockers may reduce disease progression and mortality as well as improve relapse-free survival, according to two studies published online May 31 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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