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  • Pegloticase Injection (Krystexxa™)

    A recombinant, polyethylene glycol (PEG) mammalian urate oxidase (uricase) has been approved by the FDA for treatment of hyperuricemia. Uricase metabolizes urate to allantoin, a water-soluble metabolite, which is cleared renally. Pegliticase is marketed by Savient Pharmaceuticals as Krystexxa™.
  • Could that Persistent Cough Be Pertussis? Don't Rely on the Whoop

    A systematic review shows that the three classical symptoms of paroxysmal cough, post-tussive emesis, and inspiratory whoop are helpful for the diagnosis, but cannot be relied upon to rule in or rule out pertussis as the cause of a chronic cough.
  • Is Statin Therapy Ever Indicated in Young Adults?

    Initiating treatment for hypercholesterolemia at age 30 years instead of age 60 years might very well prevent not just 30% of the CAD events as occurred in the 5-year statin trials, but perhaps as many as 60% of the CAD events lifetime.
  • Internal Medicine Alert - Full October 29, 2010 Issue in PDF

  • What's Best for the Breast?

    In a very large Norwegian study, use of screening mammography was associated with a reduction in the rate of death from breast cancer, but the screening itself accounted for only about a third of the total reduction in death rate.
  • Pharmacology Watch

    FDA Advisory Committee recommends approval of dabigatran, safety of proton pump inhibitors, effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin, FDA Actions.
  • Not the Same Old Thing — SAMe for Depression

    A unique study pairing the use of a standard SSRI and SAMe against major depression in subjects who had not responded adequately to SSRI monotherapy suggests safety and significant efficacy over a 6-week trial period.