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Full February 2005 Issue in PDF
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Facts About Cancer Pain Part 1: Managing and Treating Pain
Facts about cancer pain. Part 1: Managing and treating pain. Altern Med Alert 2004;8(Suppl 2):S1-S4. -
Clinical Briefs: Ayurvedic Products and Heavy Metals
Greenfied RH. Ayurvedic products and heavy metals. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(2):24. -
Cat’s Claw: Traditional and Clinical Uses
Kiefer D. Cat's claw: Traditional and clinical uses. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(2):20-24. -
Complementary and Alternative Therapies and End-of-Life Care
Keegan L. Complementary and alternative therapies and end-of-life care: Part 1. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(2):17-20. -
Full April 4, 2005, Issue in PDF
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Treating Hypertension in the Emergency Department: First, Do No Harm, Part II
Part I of this series focused on hypertensive syndromes and clinical evaluation. This second and final part will cover antihypertensive medications and management of hypertension in specific disease processes. -
Full March 29, 2005, Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs
Although we have recently enjoyed the FDA approval of two agents for treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (duloxetine [Cymbalta], pregabalin [Lyrica]), as yet we have no treatment for diabetic peripheral neuropathy itself. -
What’s the Correct BP to Reduce Adverse CV Events?
Several classes of pharmacological agents have demonstrated benefits in hypertensive patients with CAD, but most published studies have, of necessity, enrolled only patients with an elevated or borderline elevated blood pressure. Recent clinical trials have demonstrated benefits for both angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and calcium channel blockers (in patients with coronary artery disease with relatively normal or borderline elevated blood pressures.