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Often, the emergency department (ED) evaluation of a painful knee is a quick x-ray followed by discharge with the limb placed a knee immobilizer, the patient walking with crutches, a prescription for analgesics, and a referral to see an orthopedist next week.
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Compared with a lower dose, intensive treatment with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease significantly reduces hospitalizations for HF.
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Occipital nerve stimulation appears to decrease the cluster pain and attack frequency in most, but not all, patients with chronic drug-resistant cluster headaches.
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Many patients with Parkinson disease have normalization of movement during REM sleep, similar to the beneficial effects of levodopa while they are awake.
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IVIG is safe and effective for worsening MG, but has no effect on the natural course of Miller Fisher syndrome.
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These 2 clinical trials comparing Standard and New Antiepileptic Drugs (SANAD) showed that for partial epilepsy, lamotrigine was clinically better than carbamazepine, and that for generalized and unclassifiable epilepsy, valproate was better tolerated than topiramate and more efficacious than lamotrigine.
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Torcetrapib, a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, has been in development by Pfizer for nearly 15 years.