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AHA Offers Advice on Avoiding Medication-Induced Arrhythmias
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Adverse cardiac effects, including arrythmias, can be a concern when patients are prescribed specific medications. Find out how a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association advises that those issues can be avoided or resolved if they occur.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, Response Increase U.S. Depression Rates More Than Threefold
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If it isn’t occurring already, pharmacists should expect to be filling many more prescriptions for mental health medications, including those targeted for depression. The reason? COVID-19 and the public health response have plunged many more Americans into depression, especially if they lack sufficient financial resources. Here is more information.
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Levodopa Improves Vision in Some Serious Macular Degeneration Cases
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A drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease for more than half a century now is showing benefit for an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Find out how much levodopa decreased the need for regular monthly treatments in a small study on neovascular AMD, while stabilizing and improving vision.
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A Polygenic Risk Score Helps Predict Adverse Liver Effects
of Medications
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Imagine if pharmacists could know beforehand if a medication was likely to cause drug-induced liver injury in a patient. That possibility might be closer than someone might think. Soon, a polygenic risk score is likely to be available to determine the risks of such an injury in individual patients on specific drugs. Here are more details.
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