Drugs and Nutrients: Known Issues, Breaking News
August 6th 2014Just 20 or 30 years ago, mention of vitamin supplementation caused many health care professionals to talk about creating "expensive urine." Today, however, vitamin and nutrient supplementation has become an important health care intervention.
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Vitamins and Supplements: What Do Patients Need?
August 6th 2014If pharmacists practice at the top of their licenses, they will integrate rewarding work conducted in OTC aisles by looking at each patient's total pharmacotherapy regimen-prescription medications, OTC products, and dietary supplements.
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When Clinical Trial Blinding Becomes Impossible, Virtual Placebo Groups Offer a Solution
August 5th 2014Increasingly, sharing of information online through social media has made blinding of placebo groups in clinical trials virtually impossible. In some disease states, particularly multiple sclerosis, virtual placebo groups may offer a solution.
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FDA Expands Access to Lumizyme, Drops Risk Mitigation Requirements
August 5th 2014With its expanded approval of Lumizyme (alglucosidase alfa) to treat all Pompe disease patients, regardless of age or time of disease onset, the FDA has eliminated the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program that restricted the drug's use to those aged 8 years or older with late-onset disease.
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