Internal Medicine Alert – January 30, 2009
January 30, 2009
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Is Polypharmacy Harming Your Patients?
One in 25 older Americans, and almost 10% of older men, are at risk for serious health problems such as bleeding and muscle weakness because they take an unwise combination of medications; half the time a non-prescription medication is involved. -
Peppermint Sticks It to IBS
Peppermint oil, psyllium, and antispasmodics are all effective in the treatment of IBS. -
The View from the Right Side: Effectiveness of Colonoscopy
Although colonoscopy is associated with reduced deaths from colorectal cancer, its effect seems to be limited to deaths from cancer developing in the left colon. -
Is CKD in Your Future?
These investigators derived and validated a risk score that predicts incident kidney disease. -
Lacosamide Tablets and Injection (Vimpat®)
A new antiepileptic drug with a novel mechanism of action has been approved for the treatment of partial seizures. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
JNC 7 is probably the consensus document most utilized by U.S. clinicians to make decisions about HTN.