Internal Medicine Alert – July 15, 2005
July 15, 2005
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Rifamixin for the Prevention of Traveler’s Diarrhea?
Rifamixin, a nonabsorbed oral antibiotic, is effective for preventing traveler's diarrhea, according to new research. -
Treatment of Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection
The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis is divided into an initial phase of four drugs for two months.
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Treatment Alternatives for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
By Malcolm Robinson, MD, FACP, FACG Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK Dr. Robinson serves as a consultant for TAP, Pfizer, Janssen, Eisai, J&J-Merck, and Procter & Gamble, is on the speakers bureau of Janssen, Eli Lilly, Solvay, TAP, and Aventis, and does research for Forest Labs, Wyeth-Ayerst, AstraZeneca, and Centocor. -
Vitamin E, Donepezil and MCI
By Norman R. Relkin, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Campus. Dr. Relkin is on the speaker's bureau of Pfizer, Eisai, and Athena Diagnostics and does research for Pfizer and Merck. -
Pramlintide Acetate Injection (Symlin)
By William T. Elliott, MD, FACP, and James Chan, PharmD, PhD Dr. Elliott is Chair, Formulary Committee, Northern California Kaiser Permanente; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Dr. Chan is Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA. Drs. Chan and Elliott report no financial relationships to this field of study. A synthetic analog of human amylin has been approved for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Pramlintide is a 37-amino acid peptide which differs from human amylin with substitution of three amino acids at positions 25, 28, and 29. It represents the first of a new class of amylinomimetic antidiabetic compounds. It is marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc as Symlin. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
White-Coat HTN Make Diabetics Walk Treatment of Complicated Grief