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By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -Eli Lilly has cut the price for vials of its weight-loss drug Zepbound sold online and expanded the range of doses in an attempt to stave off stiff competition from ...
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
The compressed tablet is the most commonly seen dosage form in use today. About two-thirds of all prescriptions are dispensed as solid dosage forms, and half of these are compressed tablets. A tablet can be formulated to deliver an accurate dosage to a specific site in the body; it is usually taken orally, but can be administered sublingually ...
Cases of mass lead poisoning can occur. In 2009, 15,000 people were planned to be relocated from Jiyuan in central Henan province to other locations after 1000 children living around China's largest smelter plant (owned and operated by Yuguang Gold and Lead) were found to have excess lead in their blood. The total cost of this project is ...
A new pill combining low doses of three different anti-hypertensive medications surpassed the standard care for high blood pressure using one anti-hypertensive drug, a new study showed.
In single-dose scenarios, the patient's body weight and the drug's recommended dose per kilogram are used to determine a safe one-time dose. If multiple doses of treatment are needed in a day, the physician must take into account information regarding the total amount of the drug which is safe to use in one day, and how that should be broken up ...
If one compared cost per unit (daily tablet) then rosuvastatin was instead 24% cheaper than atorvastatin ($1.44 vs $1.90), and if one compares cost per RDD (recorded daily dose) then rosuvastatin was 26% cheaper than atorvastatin ($1.43 vs $1.93). An erroneous conclusion of a healthcare budget cost increase arises in this case from using cost ...
Continuing the maintenance dose for about 4 to 5 half-lives (t 1/2) of the drug will approximate the steady state level. [1] One or more doses higher than the maintenance dose can be given together at the beginning of therapy with a loading dose. [2] A loading dose is most useful for drugs that are eliminated from the body relatively slowly ...