Second-generation antidepressants differ mainly in
safety.(News)
PHOENIX -- Second-generation antidepressants do not differ
significantly from one another in efficacy or effectiveness, a study
funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality . . .
Duloxetine becomes the second drug approved for treatment of
fibromyalgia.
The antidepressant duloxetine has been approved by the Food and
Drug Administration for the treatment of fibromyalgia.
The approval, announced in mid-June, makes duloxetine the second
drug okayed . . .
Pioglitazone cuts risk of progression to diabetes.(Clinical
report)
SAN FRANCISCO- people with impaired glucose tolerance were 81% less
likely to develop type 2 diabetes over a 3-year period if treated with
pioglitazone, according to a prospective, randomized, . . .
Physician suicide rates suggest lack of treatment: greater
awareness of depression needed.
Each day in the United States, roughly one doctor dies by suicide.
Studies over the past 4 decades have confirmed that
physicians--especialy women physicians--die. by suicide more frequently
than . . .
TORDIA results offer guidance.(News)
PHOENIX--The only prospective, rando, controlled comparison of
treatment for resistant depression in adolescents is yielding new
insights about efficacy and suicidality through several post . . .
A bridge too far.(REEL LIFE)
Recently, for their monthly "Movie Night," our psychiatry
residents chose to screen Eric Steel's 2006 production, "The
Bridge," the first documentary, to my knowledge, that films
suicidal acts as . . .
Inhalant info for teens.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is
making available a brochure that discusses inhalants. The brochure
includes information on psychological risks and signs that may . . .
Drug Tx in minorities with HIV/AIDS.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is
accepting applications for up to 50 grants totaling $19.8 million for
the fiscal year 2008 Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for . . .
FDA advisory committee meetings.(FYI)
The Food and Drug Administration, in order to implement a
recommendation by the Institute of Medicine, has published in the
Federal Register a tentative schedule of 2008 meetings of FDA . . .
Youth Mental Health Promotion grant.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is in
the process of accepting applications for a Technical Assistance Center
for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention . . .
Clinical trial participation for seniors.(FYI)
NIHSeniorHealth, a Web site for older people, has added
"Participating in Clinical Trials." This topic explains the
importance of seniors' participation in trials and describes the
types and phases . . .
Tool kits for reducing medical errors.(FYI)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is offering an array
of free online tool kits to help doctors, nurses, hospital managers,
patients, and others reduce errors. The kits can be adapted . . .
Congress eyes Medicare Advantage pay for fee fix--again.(Practice
Trends)
WASHINGTON -- With Congress scrambling to come up with the money to
avert a physician fee cut scheduled for July, it appears once again that
Medicare Advantage is being eyed as funding source by . . .
Similar drug names a growing cause of errors: U.S. Pharmacopeia
seeks to add 'indication for use' on prescriptions, citing
over
The soaring numbers of commonly used drugs with soundalike and
look-alike names have prompted U.S. Pharmacopeia to ask physicians and
pharmacists to include an "indication for use" . . .
Bush administration proposes Medicare reforms.(Practice
Trends)
In response to a warning that the Medicare trust fund is in
financial trouble, the Bush administration recently proposed legislation
that would tie physician payments to quality, cap medical . . .
Sex and the psychiatric clinician.(THE ETHICAL WAY)
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
--Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
It's April, the month of my favorite holiday: April
Fool's Day. We are all foolish at times, whether at work . . .
Medicare's top 10 therapy classes in 2006.(DATA
WATCH)
Medicare's Top 10 Therapy Classes in 2006
Percentage of all Part D prescriptions
Antihypertensives 25.0
Lipid regulators 7.4
Antidepressants . . .
Latest figures put diabetes costs at $174 billion
yearly.(Practice Trends)
WASHINGTON -- At least 24 million Americans have diabetes, which
cost the nation $174 billion in direct and indirect expenditures in
2007, according to the American Diabetes Association.
The ADA . . .
FDA would expand Promotion.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
The FDA last month proposed guidance to let drug and medical device
makers distribute medical or scientific journal articles and reference
publications on unapproved uses of their products. Drug . . .
Woodcock named CDER head.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
Dr. Janet Woodcock has been named director of the Food and Drug
Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Dr.
Woodcock, a rheumatologist, served as director of CDER in the 1990s . . .
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