Multiple sclerosis: identification and management How to treat the symptoms of the most common cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults.…
Study highlights growing problem of opioid withdrawal in newborns Prescribers should consider the risks of addiction and neonatal opioid withdrawal before starting opioid pain relief, particularly in women of childbearing age.…
Researchers show how MRI data can help predict drug efficacy Scientists have developed a method for using data from functional magnetic resonance imaging to shed light on how central nervous system drugs cause changes in brain activity.…
Pharmaceutical industry should turn back to nature The pharmaceutical industry’s move away from natural sources in drug discovery is short-sighted.…
Facilitate recreational drug testing to help save lives Giving drug users better information about what is in their drugs before they take them could save lives.…
Putting cosmeceuticals in context ‘Handbook of cosmeceutical excipients and their safeties’, by Kwan Yu Heng, Tung Yee Kei, Kochhar Jaspreet Singh, Li Hairui, Poh Ai-Ling and Kang Lifeng.…
Hypertension: pathophysiology and diagnosis Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the leading risk factor associated with death in the world but is largely asymptomatic and often undetected in patients.…
Hypertension: management The management of hypertension relies primarily on lifestyle modification with the addition of antihypertensive drug therapy in selected patients.…
Early treatment and timely follow-up reduce adverse outcomes for patients with hypertensionEarly treatment and timely follow-up of adults with hypertension are important factors in helping to reduce the risks of acute cardiovascular events and death.…
Tizanidine interactions Careful titration of the skeletal muscle relaxant tizanidine is required to avoid dose-related hypotension, and its serum levels can be increased by drugs that inhibit CYP1A2.…