The following descriptions of new molecular entities approved in 2008-2009 summarize each new drug's clinical and pharmacologic profile, as well as selected pharmacokinetic, adverse-reaction,
drug-interaction, and dosing data.
With pharmacists moving more toward a role of medication therapy
management versus dispensing, it is crucial for the practitioner to
keep up with the latest guidelines.
The most common cause of hypothyroidism is destruction of the thyroid gland by the immune system.
Quickly identifying pathogens can help improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs.
This substance, which contains all of the important amino acids, provides high-quality nutrition without adding the carbohydrates and fat.
The incidence of testicular cancer is relatively low in the United States.
The primary site of cancer among men is the prostate, accounting for 25% of cancer cases in males.
Patients with this progressive, fatal neurologic disorder may need
more drug therapy for symptom management than is required for most
other diseases.
The early recognition of key symptoms and prompt treatment may reduce the time to recovery and the need for hospitalization.
Treatment of this respiratory disorder can be difficult, requiring long
courses of many medications to treat active and latent infection, which
makes adherence a major issue.
Corticosteroids are the mainstay of therapy for this inflammatory disease, which afflicts older adults and produces a sudden onset of painful symptoms in the neck, shoulders, back, and hips.
Age-related physiologic changes frequently lead to high blood pressure in aging adults and affect the pharmacokinetics of medications used to treat it, so therapy should be carefully individualized and implemented.
Widespread administration of immunizations in the United States have
helped eradicate such diseases as smallpox and poliomyelitis and can
help prevent other serious illnesses and complications.
Hypertension is one of the most common chronic medical conditions in
the United States, affecting 29% of people over the age of 18.
In the United States, the number of people diagnosed with diabetes is staggering.
The absence of well-defined criteria for the diagnosis of this nervous
system condition has resulted in a lack of randomized controlled trials
and specific treatments.
The three medicinal mushrooms--maitake, shiitake, and reishi--are the most important and widely used mushrooms in alternative medicine.
Dermatosis is defined as a disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin that are
acute
(lasting days to weeks)
or chronic (lasting months to years).
Systemic and topical therapies, both current and in development, are
showing promise for the prevention and management of this growing
health concern.
Technology enablers have the potential to carry out repetitious and
routine mechanical processes in both the ambulatory and inpatient
pharmacy setting.
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