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Glossary of P&T Slang
18, Jun 2010Have you ever wondered what all that jargon really means? You know, the words we use in everyday conversation at P&T committee meetings across the nation. I have been carefully listening to others for the past few months and have decided to compile a glossary of sorts to decipher all the idioms and slang. So, [...]
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF ANTIDEPRESSANT THERAPY
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition for which no cure currently exists. The first approach to treatment is the use of palliative nonpharmacological therapy. Various approaches include massage therapy, hypnotherapy, behavioral therapy, acupuncture, and aerobic exercises (e.g., swimming) that do not place added stress on affected areas. These therapeutic modalities offer only [...]
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INTRODUCTION
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that affects about 2% of the U.S. population. Most patients are women. The initial presentation of this painful condition occurs between approximately 30 and 40 years of age, but the distribution is variable between the age of onset and diagnosis because most patients tend to cope with the pain rather [...]
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Short Takes: DIAGNOSIS
14, Jun 2010Clinical manifestations of IDA are often vague and nonspecific. Symptoms may include fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and headache.The common “gold standard” for the diagnosis of iron deficiency in clinical practice involves the invasive act of obtaining a staining of a bone marrow aspirate. In lieu of obtaining a bone marrow sample, appropriate interpretation of [...]
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Short Takes
13, Jun 2010INTRODUCTION
Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is a relatively commonplace medical problem that health care practitioners encounter in both ambulatory and inpatient settings. Causes can include increased iron demands, impaired gastrointestinal (GI) absorption, blood loss, and poor nutritional intake. Because of the mineral’s abundance in many foods, inadequate dietary intake is rarely the sole contributor to a clinical [...]
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Generating Germane Geriatrics
5, Jun 2010In a sense, almost every issue of P&T contains a geriatrics theme. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and many of the other disease states that we report on each month affect the elderly to a greater extent than the rest of the population, which, as we know, is growing rapidly. Despite the seemingly [...]
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Shared Eye Drop Bottles
4, Jun 2010Problem: Although the use of multiple eye medications is required when patients undergo cataract surgery, medical facilities receive little or no reimbursement for these drugs from prospective payment systems or other insurers that consider these medications to be outpatient prescriptions. As a result, some facilities have adopted the practice of having patients share eye drop [...]
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