Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians
On a busy emergency shift, you have a series of patients with atypical presentations. Your first patient,…
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Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians
On a busy emergency shift, you have a series of patients with atypical presentations. Your first patient,... -
ACEP’s 2018 Legislative Update, by the Numbers
Over the last year, ACEP’s strong federal advocacy efforts have been rewarded with numerous, and significant, legislative... -
Flimsy Evidence Behind Many Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval by FDA
Many drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lack clear evidence of...
ACEP’s 2018 Legislative Update, by the Numbers
Over the last year, ACEP’s strong federal advocacy efforts have been rewarded with numerous, and significant, legislative…
Flimsy Evidence Behind Many Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval by FDA
Many drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lack clear evidence of…
Macrolide Antibiotics Increase Risk of Serious Cardiac Events
Macrolide antibiotic use is associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachyarrhythmias, researchers…
‘Health’ Supplements Send 23,000 to the Emergency Department Each Year
Dietary supplements send 23,000 people, many of them children, to the emergency room in the U.S. each…
Congress Questions Ethics Behind FDA Approval of Zohydro ER
The FDA’s approval of the hydrocodone drug Zohydro ER has been met with criticism from health care…
Emergency Physicians Urged Not to Prescribe New Opioid, Zohydro ER, Given High Potential for Abuse
Despite the United States encompassing just 5 percent of the world’s population, it accounts for 84 percent…
Critics of Zohydro ER Approval Suspect Conflict of Interest with Pharmaceutical Industry
Whether you buy into a Food and Drug Administration conspiracy theory or not, there are many problems…