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Lack of Differences Among Antidepressants
Only minimal differences in efficacy for treatment of major depressive disorders were found when SSRIs and 4 other 2nd generation antidepressants were compared to each other in randomized controlled trials, and almost all of the trials were sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. -
Full November 29, 2005 Issue in PDF
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Full December 12, 2005 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Dietary Phytoestrogens and Lung Cancer Risk; Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine in the Elderly; Why Does Tadalafil Cause Back Pain? -
Pharmacology Update: Drospirenone and Estradiol Tablets (Angeliq®)
A new combination hormone product has been approved for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. Drospirenone (DRSP), a progestin with mineralo-corticoid activity, is combined with estradiol (E2). DRSP is the same progestin found in the popular oral contraceptive, Yasmin®. DRSP-E2 is marketed by Berlex as Angeliq®. -
Daily Esomeprazole and Erosive Esophagitis
Although this study concluded that daily therapy with esomeprazole was superior to on-demand therapy, these results remain open to question. -
Should You Use Soybean Protein to Lower Your Patients’ Blood Pressure?
Soybean cookies reduced diastolic and systolic blood pressure by 3 to 4 mg Hg more than did carbohydrate cookies. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch
Roche is Under Pressure Over Its Antiviral Drug Tamiflu; ACE Inhibitors or ARBs for Prediabetics?; Xigris is Approved for Severe Sepsis; ACE Inhibitors Inhibiting Aortic Valve Stenosis?; FDA Actions -
ECG Review: How Many PVCs?