In: Disease
31 May 2010Approximately 90,000 Americans have sickle cell disease, making it the most common genetic disease in the U.S. Its occurrence is most common in people who are descendants of residents in regions of the world where the parasite-borne disease malaria is prevalent. The ethnic groups most affected are African-Americans, Arabs, Turks, Greeks, Italians, Iranians, and Asiatic [...]
In: Main
29 May 2010How many of us have been blissfully paging through our favorite magazine, only to come upon a jarring page of eye-numbing type concerning the risks and side effects of a prescription drug? No one really reads those “ads,” so why are they there?
In: Main
28 May 2010Matthew Grissinger’s column on medication errors first appeared in P&T nearly three years ago (May 2001) and soon became the second most widely read department in the journal, according to a readership survey. Perhaps it was a combination of good timing and Matt’s straightforward communication style; in any case, there has been no shortage of [...]
In: Main
27 May 2010In the hurly burly of everyday clinical practice and our responsibilities as P&T committee members, perhaps you missed two interesting follow-up articles that we could have taken from the pages of P&T itself. I would like to focus our readers’ attention on these issues and to reinforce some of the many take-home messages from the [...]
Tadalafil generic causes a variety of adverse reactions. Nearly all patients in the clinical trials experienced one or more adverse events. The most commonly reported adverse reactions were headache, dyspepsia, back pain, myalgia, nasal congestion, flushing, and painful limbs.
In: Drug
25 May 2010Treatment should begin with the least invasive therapies. Any drugs that might be contributing to ED should be discontinued. In the case of antihyperten-sive agents, other drugs with a different mechanism of action should be considered. Next, psychotherapy and behavior modifications might be considered, followed by oral drugs; locally injected drugs; vacuum devices; and, finally, [...]
In: Drug
24 May 2010The Padman-Nathan Study and Manufacturer’s Data
Tadalafil tablet was studied in the general ED population in seven randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of 12 weeks’ duration. Two of the studies were conducted in the U.S., and five were conducted in centers outside the U.S.
Blog invites submissions of review articles, reports on clinical techniques, case reports, conference summaries, and articles of opinion pertinent to the control of pain and anxiety in dentistry.