The Globe and Mail

Pfizer’s Protonix Pediatric Study Completion: What Investors Should Watch Next

Study Overview: Pfizer (PFE) is running a Phase 2 study titled “AN EXPLORATORY, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND STUDY OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES, TOLERABILITY, AND SAFETY OF 2 DOSES OF ORAL ...
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Pfizer’s Protonix pediatric study completion: What investors should watch next

Pfizer Inc (PFE) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Study Overview: Pfizer (PFE) is running a Phase 2 study titled “AN EXPLORATORY, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND STUDY OF ...
UC San Francisco

Your Pain Meds’ Side Effects May Be Masquerading as Heart Failure

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin — which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain — leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more ...
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Drug that costs as little as 50 cents per day could save hospitals thousands

A study led by McMaster University researchers shows that a widely available and inexpensive medication not only prevents potentially serious stomach bleeding in critically ill patients, but also ...
Newsweek

50-Cent Drug Could Save Hospitals Thousands of Dollars

A widely available drug that costs as little as 50 cents per dose could offer major savings for hospitals while reducing life-threatening complications in critically ill patients, according to a new ...
MedPage Today

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Cost-Effective in the ICU

The REVISE trial previously demonstrated that the IV proton pump inhibitor pantoprazole reduced clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding without a mortality risk in critically ill adults ...
News Medical

Low-cost pantoprazole improves outcomes, reduces ICU stay, study finds

A study led by McMaster University researchers shows that a widely available and inexpensive medication not only prevents potentially serious stomach bleeding in critically ill patients, but also ...
EurekAlert!

Drug that costs as little as 50 cents per day could save hospitals thousands, McMaster study finds

A study led by McMaster University researchers shows that a widely available and inexpensive medication not only prevents potentially serious stomach bleeding in critically ill patients, but also ...
People

French Civil Servant Allegedly Drugged 200 Women During Job Interviews in Attempt to Get Them to Urinate

The man formerly worked as the deputy director of human resources for the French cultural ministry Getty A French former public servant allegedly drugged more than 200 women with diuretic at job ...
Inc

Science Says Drinking 3 to 6 Cups of Coffee a Day Doesn’t Dehydrate You

A man sitting beside me in an airport lounge was adding up how much water he had drunk that day. “Don’t forget the three cups of coffee you drank,” his wife said. “Those doesn’t count,” he said.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Role of Diuretics in Heart Failure Management

Panelists discuss how diuretics serve as necessary “bailout therapy” for volume management in heart failure but should not substitute for guideline-directed medical therapy, with emerging evidence ...