By Joy Hebert
Clinical trial sponsors can collect patient reported outcomes electronically in multinational clinical trials. Advantages include significant improvements in clinic and subject compliance, data quality, data access and monitoring, as well as reduced staff and subject burden. Yet, ePRO clinical solutions can also present challenges. By understanding some important ePRO best practices, however, sponsors [...]
By Cate Sibley, Pharm.D.
It was nice and calm at the pharmacy last night (for once) to the point where I had a good 10 minutes of downtime to help a patient out.
The purpose of the patient’s call was to figure out if her medication had expired. She had some Valtrex she wanted to take, but [...]
By Peter Gitundu
In 1893, Halls Brothers Company was founded and later sold to Warner Lambert in 1964, who together with Pfizer renamed it Cadbury-Schweppes in 1971. The company ventured into pharmaceutical products and Hats How Halls Cough Drops were born. Used as cough and sore throat relievers, they have grown from the plain old common [...]
By Beth Ortiz
There are many different diagnostic tests that a person can have to diagnose, treat, and prevent all kinds of medical conditions. A CAT scan is one of the most common procedures that can be done. It will give doctors a computerized view of bones, organs, tissue, and blood vessels so that they can [...]
By Donald Fishgrab
The FDA has ruled that only a medicine can heal a disease according to a number of writers.
This position is patently false. being clearly contradicted by history. For example, Scurvy was most commonly found among sailors. It was observed that those who ate fresh fruits and vegetables didn’t have the disease. As a [...]
By J.J. Yong
One of the most sought after and effective weight loss medicines taken under prescription are Phentermine. The medication is usually prescribed only to those who have a BMI of more than 30. When coupled with an improved lifestyle, the appetite suppressing nature of this particular drug works the best.
Being used and sold as [...]
By David Loren Sullivan
All living things contain DNA. In fact, DNA is the universal genetic code for life. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. But where does this name come from? The “deoxyribo…” bit relates to the name of the five-carbon sugar that is the first of three parts of a DNA nucleotide. This sugar molecule [...]
By Robert William Locke
The problem with adult attention deficit disorder medications is that they are not the definitive solution to ADHD. They have to be taken in conjunction with behaviour therapy and or life coaching which will really help the adult in time management and coping with day to day tasks.
The main medications recommended for [...]
By Diana Ketchen
ADHD medications are often the first treatment option of some well-meaning pediatricians. Because ADHD medication has been used to suppress many of the symptoms, children and their parents may not even be told of the numerous options that are available to them. It is important to be aware of supplements that can offer [...]
By Sable Woods
There may be a lot of natural gout remedies that surface, but one of the first things people turn to when trying to cure the inflammation of bodily joints is gout medicine. Proper medications are typically the main solutions of people inflicted with any forms of ailments and the ones suffering from the [...]