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Study suggests some drug resistance to influenza B medications

Use of certain common antiviral drugs during a recent influenza B epidemic in Japan showed the development of viruses with partial resistance to the drugs, according to a study in the April 4 issue of JAMA. Two antiviral drugs, zanamivir and oseltamivir, which are a type of drugs known as neuraminidase inhibitors, have been effective against influenza and are used extensively. There has be...

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GE Healthcare develops digital medication system

, a nonprofit health care organization based in Salt Lake City, announced a joint project for the development of a new electronic medication administration record, also known as an eMAR, which will better enable collaboration by everyone involved in the car...

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What happens when Medications go wrong?

Have you ever wondered how the dosages of drugs are determined? How drugs are being tested? On whom are these tested and who tests them? What happens if the dosages are unwittingly missed? Or worse still if harmful drugs are tested on unwitting patients what happens? Who answers these questions? In a shocking revelation, a study in the U.S.A. has revealed that in many instances about a thi...

Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use

Treatment of cocaine addiction has always been hampered by high rates of relapse, even after prolonged drug abstinence. Research teams from the Drug Abuse Program of the VU Medical Center in the Netherlands and the intramural laboratories of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have identified a process in the brain that may lead to a new generation of medications to prevent relapse to coc...

More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications

More than one in five elderly Americans living on their own takes a medication that could put them at risk for injuries and illness. According to the report, more than 21% of elderly Americans--representing nearly 7 million// individuals--had received at least one of these 33 potentially inappropriate medications in 1996. Nearly 3% used a medication that elderly people should always av...

Medications for depression

According to a new study there is increased usage of antidepressants rather going to psychotherapy among most foreigners. Researchers in the US have compared how people's treatment for depression changed from 1985 to 1999. // The rate of outpatient treatment for depression increased from 1 per 100 persons to 2.5 per 100 over this time.The proportion of those receiving drug treatment for...

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

Medications to control asthma, may predispose to dry mouth syndrome ( xerostomia) and caries. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina decided to examine whether there was a connection between// the two most common causes of absenteeism among school children asthma and caries. In 655 patients between ages 1 and 15, they found that the numbers of decayed, missing and...

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MediMAR™ Electronic Medication Administration Record

Description:MediMAR™ is the newest Mediware product, which serves as an electronic medication administration record. MediMAR uses bar code technology which allows the...
Company:Mediware Information Systems, Inc.

IntelliDOT's Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) System

Description:The CAREt™ System is a custom-designed nursing tool that provides state-of-the-art medication safety while improving overall efficiency. The system assists in managing a myriad of tasks with a single hand-held device linked real-time to the hospitals clinical information system....
Company:IntelliDOT Corporation

Flo-Mist™ Continuous Medication Nebulizer (CMN) - Adult Kits

Description:For delivery of medication as well as humidification, try Flo-Mist™. Flo-Mist™, is a refillable, closed dilution, high volume, continuous medication nebulizer (CMN), engineered to deliver deep inhalation therapy to patients. Its 200 ml reservoir and jet flow design allow for up to 8 hours of nebulized medication delivery at 25 ml/hr. Particles are delivered within the 3 to 5...
Company:DHD Healthcare

007761 Medication Nebulizer Kit

Description:Portex® medication nebulizers offer a spill-proof design and effective output, even when tilted up to a 45° angle. All medical nebulizers are free-standing for easy preparation. A wide variety of configurations are available. All Portex® medication nebulizer products are latex-free. Portex® medication nebulizers feature consistently fine misting and the...
Company:Portex

007762 Medication Nebulizer Kit

Description:Portex® medication nebulizers offer a spill-proof design and effective output, even when tilted up to a 45° angle. All medical nebulizers are free-standing for easy preparation. A wide variety of configurations are available. All Portex® medication nebulizer products are latex-free. Portex® medication nebulizers feature consistently fine misting and the...
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Next Safety, Inc.'s Innovative Drug Delivery System Will Replace Cigarettes and Significantly Advance Pulmonary Medication Delivery

WEST JEFFERSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 15, 2007 - Next Safety,Inc. has identified basic scientific mechanisms that promise torevolutionize pulmonary drug delivery. This proprietary technologyuses a stream of purified air to deliver medications deep into thepulmonary system. It is considered superior to other drug deliverysystems because it rapidly administers aerosolized drugs to thelin...

Shire Announces Positive Results of Studies With Guanfacine Extended Release, An Investigational Nonstimulant Medication Filed for the Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents

SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plcannounced today the positive results of studies of theinvestigational medication guanfacine extended release (GXR,previously referred to as SPD503), a selectivealpha-2A-adrenoceptor agonist. These data from two short-term phaseIII placebo-controlled studies and two long-term phase IIIopen-label studies, presented at the 2007 Amer...

New Data Focuses on Abuse of Stimulant Medication

New Data Suggests Less Abuse-Related Effects For OROS(r)Methylphenidate Two New Studies Highlight Potential Benefit of Unique OROS(r)Formulation SAN DIEGO, CA, May 22, 2007 - Stimulant drug abuse remains anongoing concern for parents and physicians who prescribemedications to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD). Data presented on Tuesday at the 160th Annual...

Separate Sets of Research Show Treatment Improved Quality of Life in as Early as Three Weeks; Patient Adherence to Medication is Multifactorial

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from analyseslooking at factors contributing to successful treatment ofulcerative colitis (UC), were presented at Digestive Disease Week(DDW) this week. Both of these studies were funded by Procter &Gamble (P&G) Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Findings from one studyoffer new information on improvement of quality of life for UCpatients t...

FDA Proposes New Warnings About Suicidal Thinking, Behavior in Young Adults Who Take Antidepressant Medications

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2, 2007-The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) today proposed that makers of allantidepressant medications update the existing black box warning ontheir products' labeling to include warnings about increased risksof suicidal thinking and behavior, known as suicidality, in youngadults ages 18 to 24 during initial treatment (generally the firstone to two months).</p...

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