Three Clinical Presentations On Tapentadol Extended Release Tablets For Chronic Pain Featured At 2009 American Pain Society Annual Meeting Chronic pain is a significant medical challenge in the United States, and chronic low back pain is the most common cause of disability in developed countries. An estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain each year. If left undertreated, chronic pain can impair an individual's ability to carry out daily activities and diminish quality of life.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWhen Managed By Specialty Pharmacy, MS Patients More Compliant With Medications Multiple sclerosis patients managed by a specialty
pharmacy program were more compliant with medication, and had a lower risk of being hospitalized for their disease than those who were not managed by a specialty
pharmacy program, according to a study completed by HealthCore, Inc. HealthCore researcher Jingbo Yu presented the study at the International Society of Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research 14th Annual International Meeting in Orlando, Fla.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Medicine Evaluation Tools For Aged Care Facilities Two new Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) tools have been developed by the National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS) to assist health professionals working in aged care facilities with optimal drug therapy relating to laxative use, and hypnotics. The NPS DUE toolkits provide localised activities to compare current drug use against best practice and guide health professionals in their decision making to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlood Tests And Better Communication Skills Could Cut Over-prescribing Of Antibiotics Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, a joint Cardiff University trial has discovered.
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