Prescribing

Abilify Has Made Strong Gains in Patient Share Across All Lines of Therapy Since Last Year's Analysis of Prescribing Trends in Schizophrenia

WALTHAM, Mass., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the patient share of Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka's Abilify has grown in the first three lines of therapy si...

Amgen Announces KRAS Safety Update to U.S. Prescribing Information for Vectibix(R) (Panitumumab)

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN ) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved revisions to the U.S. prescribing information for the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) class of antibodies, incl...

Seroquel's First- and Second-Line Patient Share Has Grown Since Last Year's Analysis of Prescribing Trends in Bipolar Disorder

Although Risperidone Is Now Available In Generics, There Is No Clear Evidence of Expanded Uptake in Early Lines of Therapy, According to a New Report from Decision Resources Patient-Flow Forecasts Need to Take Into Account Shifts in Seroquel XR's Use by Line of Therapy Over the Next Two Years...

Electronic prescribing systems boost efficiency, may lead to improved quality of care

CHICAGO (May 4, 2009) New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that the adoption of electronic prescribing systems may allow for greater efficiency at hospitals, which could result in long-term cost savings and improved quality of care...

For Alzheimer's Disease, Surveyed Neurologists Identify a Therapy's Effect on Cognitive Decline as the Attribute That Most Influences Their Prescribing Decisions

The Combination of Bapineuzumab and Donepezil Will Earn Decision Resources' Gold Standard Status for the Indication in 2012, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms fo...

Nurse practitioners don't realize how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing

Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing . "Our detailed study of 84 family nurse practition...

New guidelines for prescribing opioid pain drugs published

GLENVIEW, IL, Feb. 10, 2009 A prestigious panel of pain-management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) www.ampainsoc.org and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent...

New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioid Pain Drugs Published

GLENVIEW, Ill., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A prestigious panel of pain-management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) www.ampainsoc.org and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescri...

New guideline for prescribing opioid pain drugs published

A national panel of pain management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent opioid pain medications for patient...

University Hospitals and OnCallData Launch New Portal Combining State-of-the- Art Electronic Prescribing and Medication Reconciliation

CLEVELAND, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Adverse prescription-drug reactions cost the United States healthcare system $136 billion annually, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and put numerous patients at risk for debilitating long-term health effects or even death. In a majo...

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Prescribing in Medical Technology

Dramatic JUPITER Findings Fail to Sway Prescribing Behavior, Poll Shows

Results reveal most respondents against expanding statin use broadly in wake of AHA-presented data LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- JUPITER, a clinical trial suggesting rosuvastatin may lower the cardiovascular risk of healthy patients with elevated CRP, should not prompt univ...

New Eloxatin(R) (oxaliplatin injection) Prescribing Information in the U.S. Includes Six-Year Overall Survival Data

- FDA Approval Based on Updated Results Showing a 20% Reduction in the Risk of Death at Six Years and a 22% Improvement of Disease Free Survival at Five Years, For Stage III Colon Cancer, Post Surgery - BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis U.S. announced t...

Inclusion of Six-Year Overall Survival Data in the Eloxatin(R) (oxaliplatin injection) Prescribing Information Granted FDA Priority Review

- Review Based on MOSAIC Clinical Trial Demonstrating Significantly Improved Six-year Overall Survival in Stage III Colon Cancer Following Surgery Compared to Standard Regimen Alone - BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis today announced that the...

ORTHO EVRA(R) Prescribing Information Updated

RARITAN, N.J., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ortho Women's Health & Urology(TM), Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has updated the prescribing information for ORTHO EVRA(R) (norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system) to include further epidemiologic data...

ImpactRx Tracks Decline in Zetia and Vytorin Prescribing

Changes in prescribing behavior appear inconsistent with ACC statements on ENHANCE study results MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ImpactRx, Inc., the pioneering force in measuring the impact of pharmaceutical promotion on physicians' prescribing behavior, has ...

Video: FDA Approves INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) for the Acute and Maintenance Treatment of Schizophrenia

...ss the issue of medication adherence and can also help many patients delay the time to relapse." Visit http://www.INVEGASUSTENNA.com for full prescribing information. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR INVEGA ((R)) SUSTENNA(TM) INVEGA ((R)) SUSTENNA(TM) is not approved for the treat...

Estrogen Getting Cool Reception From Dermatologists for Mixed Results in Improving Appearance of Skin

... -- did experience noticeable improvements in their skin," said Dr. Parsons. "These studies pose unanswered questions as to the timing and duration of prescribing HRT to produce skin benefits. For this reason, the jury is still out as to whether estrogens can be effective for aging skin." In addition, ano...

Takeda Provides Update on the Investigational Fixed-Dose Combination of alogliptin and ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl)

...pain, tooth disorder, and sore throat. Please visit the Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. Web site at www.tpna.com for Complete prescribing Information including the boxed warning about heart failure. About Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Located in Osaka, Japan, Take...

New Results From ARTEN Study of Nevirapine Plus Tenofovir and Emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) Versus Boosted Protease Inhibitor Regimen of Atazanavir/Ritonavir Plus TDF/FTC Revealed

...l patients enrolled in the study had CD4+ cell counts as recommended in the prescribing information for nevirapine use (men <400 cells/mm3; women <250 cells/... in patients treated with combination ARV therapy. Please see full prescribing Information, including boxed WARNING, for VIRAMUNE at www.VIRAMUNE.co...

Results From Drug Trials and New Risk Factors Announced at International Alzheimer's Conference

...d to rise in coming years. Researchers found that neurologists regularly see and treat people with MCI, despite the fact that the medications they are prescribing are not FDA-approved for MCI. They also found that clinicians vary greatly in the education and support they provide or recommend for people with MCI,...

Prescribing in Medical Products

Redi-Fit Assessment Set

Description:... A simple testing set for prescribing aspheric spectacle magnifiers. Redi-glaze lenses are available for instant dispensing which are cut and edged to fit our standard LVA frame....
Company:Keeler Instruments Inc.

The Medical Letter's Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions

Description:... Make better prescribing decisions with this drug interaction analyzer containing over 3,000 brand names with generic equivalents....
Company:Skyscape, Inc.

Concise Guide to Drug Interaction Principles for Medical Practice

Description:...ite references. Brand-new chapters discuss P-glycoproteins, "minor" cytochrome P450 enzymes, pain management with narcotic and nonnarcotic analgesics, prescribing guidelines, and medicolegal issues....
Company:Skyscape, Inc.

MedicWare Mobile PDA Medical Software

Description:...or patient tracking, charge capture and electronic prescribing for your Pocket PC PDA. With CPT codes and cross-l...ur patient tracking, charge capture and electronic prescribing complete in the out-patient or in-patient environm...t. This PDA medical software includes the complete prescribing software with drug database, interactions and warn...
Company:MedicWare, Inc.

Transmedex Monitoring Services

Description:... TransMedEx, a leading provider of Telemedicine monitoring and diagnostic services, is known for its outstanding service commitment to patients and prescribing physicians. It specializes in state-of-the-art transtelephonic testing devices that provide enhanced diagnostic analysis and fast data delivery using ...
Company:TransMedEx, LLC

athenaClinicals

Features:...l history, family history, and encounters Automated E & M coding Clinical task management Online encounter documentation and management Electronic prescribing Support guidelines and protocols Results and order management and tracking Health maintenance, preventive care, and wellness tracking Revenue cycl...
Company:athenahealth, Inc.

Prescribing in Medical Dictionary

Intramuscular

...ut intramuscular in the free online ... Intramuscular Triglycerides. intramuscularly. intramuscularly. intramuscularly ... Find information on prescribing ZYPREXA® IntraMuscular (olanzapine for injection) ... Concomitant administration of intramuscular olanzapine and parenteral ... progesterone...

Hypnotics

...m anxiolysis to production of... ( However, some benzodiazipines are sedatives, hypnotics , and anxiolytics. ... Improving sedative- hypnotic prescribing in older hospitalized patients: provider ... Information about Hypnotics in the free online English dictionary and ... 10, Tonic, New York Nonre...

Cml

...o the field. Glivec® (imatinib) is the standard of care for Philadelphia chromosome-positive CML (Ph+ CML ). Get information for diagnosing and prescribing Glivec as a first ... Chronic myelocytic leukemia ( CML ) may affect people of any age and of either sex ... The diagnosis of CML is suspe...

Antibiotic

...g pathogens and may ... Antibiotics ... Recurrence up to 3.5 years after antibiotic treatment of acute... Article: Variation in antibiotic prescribing and its impact on recovery in... Although the principles of antibiotic action were not discovered until the ... Today, over 10,000 antibiotic...

Prescribing in Biological News

Is it Possible to Change Prescribing Habits?

In the US more than 770,000 people are injured or die each year in hospitals from adverse drug events (ADEs), which can cost a hospital, depending on its size, about US$5.6 million every year, excluding ADE-associated costs for malpractice and litigation and the personal costs of injuries to patien...

Doctors should stop prescribing antibiotics for the common cold, review advises

Antibiotics should not be prescribed to patients with the common cold because there is scant evidence they stop other infections, and the benefits do not outweigh the risks, according to a new systematic review of current evidence. "Antibiotics appear to have no benefit in the treatment of acute ...

UA pharmacy research shows prescribers miss potentially dangerous drug pairs

...Daniel Malone, PhD, professor at the UA College of Pharmacy, mailed a questionnaire to 12,500 U.S. prescribers who were selected based on a history of prescribing drugs associated with known potential for drug-drug interaction. Prescribers were primarily physicians, physicians' assistants and nurse practitioners...

Tummy troubles -- gastrin key in bacterial-induced stomach cancer

... thus either too much or too little gastrin can predispose to carcinogenesis. Therefore, clinicians in the future may need to be more circumspect when prescribing with acid suppressive drugs, such as proton-pump inhibitors, for a long-term use in patients infected with Helicobacter pylori ." In future studies,...

Hypertension among lower-status employees lingers well into retirement

...tension," Leigh said. "We don't want to downplay the importance of lifestyle issues and health. But, in addition to recommending lifestyle changes and prescribing medication, physicians could advocate for a change of working conditions for these jobs in society at large to improve health outcomes for workers." ...

International Serious Adverse Events Consortium announces initial study results in its global research collaboration to identify genetic markers related to drug induced liver injury

..."Our aim is to ensure that commonly prescribed drugs can be used more safely. This is an important step in developing a test that can be used prior to prescribing flucloxacillin. We look forward to making further progress in the area of DILI research with our international collaborators" said Ann Daly, Professor...

Tumor growth and chemo response may be predicted by mathematical model

...to determine whether a prescribed drug will reach the tumor in sufficient quantities to kill the malignant cells. "We seek to improve the precision of prescribing chemotherapeutic drugs, since it is sometimes hard to tell which will work and which will not, and what the optimal dose is for a particular patient,"...

Stroma genomic signature predicts resistance to anthracyclin-based chemotherapy in breast cancer

... with a simplified test that a particular woman has a high probability of not responding to an anthracyclin-based therapy, this clinician may consider prescribing an alternative chemotherapeutic regimen. Moreover, this study suggests that predicting how individual patients might respond to chemotherapy could be...

Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- in brief

...these medications before elective surgery. The authors suggest that patients using those antidepressants and herbs noted in the study consult with the prescribing physician about discontinuing use for up to two weeks prior to surgery. This study appears in the January 2009 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Su...

New book helps medical students master clinical skills

...lls, such as reading electrocardiograms and interpreting blood test results, are covered in more detail. Additional chapters on communication skills, prescribing and administrative skills, emergency medicine, and data interpretation are also included. According to Dr. Humayun Ayub, who reviewed Clinical Ski...

Prescribing in Biological Technology

Netsmart Technologies Web Seminar Helps Behavioral Health Organizations Understand Electronic Prescribing and the Importance of New Medicare-Related E-Prescribing Legislation

Netsmart's InfoScriber E-Prescribing Solution Can Help Organizations Achieve Benefits of H.R. 6331 GREAT RIVER, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizatio...

Ortho Biotech, L.P. and Centocor, Inc. Alert Authorized Distributors and Prescribing Physicians About Stolen Product

HORSHAM, Pa., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- JOM Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (JOM), a service coordinator that provides delivery services and customer support to Centocor, Inc. and Ortho Biotech, L.P., was notified May 6, 2008, that a transport trailer carrying DOXIL(R) (doxorubicin HCl liposome inj...

Ortho Biotech Modifies Prescribing Information for PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin alfa)

- Label change based on data previously reported, communicated in late 2007 - BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. today modified prescribing information for PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin alfa), following guidance from the U.S. Food and ...

Ortho Biotech Modifies Prescribing Information for PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin alfa) Label Reflects Recommendations from Recent FDA Advisory Committee Meetings

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. today modified prescribing information for PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin alfa), following guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise labeling for all drugs within the erythropoiesis-stimulating agen...

Cephalon Reinforces Important Prescribing and Dosing Information for FENTORA

FRAZER, Pa., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) today communicated with healthcare professionals to clarify the appropriate patient selection, dosing and administration for FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal tablet) [C-II]. The company is sharing this information with th...

Center for Molecular Medicine Only Regional Provider of Test Suggested in FDA Alert on Prescribing Codeine to Nursing Mothers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) today said it was the only lab in the Midwest capable of testing nursing mothers for codeine risks cited in a Friday alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Late Friday, the FDA issued an advi...

Genetic information personalizes warfarin prescribing

MADISON Warfarin, one of the world's most widely used drugs, is also one of the trickiest to prescribe. Half of those who take it are at risk of serious problems when given the standard starting dose. Now, in one of the first illustrations of "personalized medicine" based on genetic informatio...

The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Wins 6+ Million Dollar Verdict

... "As a doctor and pharmacist, the defendant should have known that a differential diagnosis and monitoring for an adverse reaction were needed before prescribing Allopurinol to my client." stated Brian D. Witzer, principal of the law firm. "Had the correct course of action been taken, my client would not have h...

Shire plc: Core Portfolio of Products Delivers 20% Sales Growth

...of improving recognition and treatment of ADHD in adults. - On June 1, 2009 Shire announced that the FDA had approved a change to the prescribing information for VYVANSE, to include supplemental data that demonstrated significant ADHD symptom control in children aged 6 to 12 from the...

The Foundation for National Institutes of Health Announces Unprecedented Product Donation by sanofi-aventis in the U.S.

...ease see the accompanying Eloxatin (oxaliplatin injection), Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection), and Taxotere (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate full prescribing information, including Boxed Warnings. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined...