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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a "black box" warning in 2004 to the contraceptive injection depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo-Provera, Pfizer, New York City; Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, North Wales, PA) advising that prolonged use might result in bone mineral density loss.
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Alert your patients of a counterfeit form of emergency contraception (EC), labeled as Evital. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning on the drug.
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How many times have you prescribed oral contraceptives (OCs) for a woman at one visit, only to find that she has discontinued the method by the next exam due to financial inability to cover her insurance copay on the pill pack?
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend mammography screening be offered annually to women beginning at age 40.
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Results of three large studies, presented at the recent International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, indicate that pre-exposure prophylaxis of antiretrovirals can prevent HIV when used by heterosexual men and women.
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My emergency department (ED) has had an electronic medical record for the past two years. Part of that record includes a medication list that is created from past encounters and updated by the triage nurse. Because it is electronic and prints out nicely in the triage summary, it has the appearance of truth. My experience with the list is likely similar to some of yours: Patients are often taking medications not on the list and are not currently taking those that are.
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Eye infections are common among emergency department (ED) pediatric patients and can lead to significant morbidity if not properly managed.
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