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RFID: The future of smart labelling?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pfizer was the first to use the tech, adding RFID tags to track a Viagra (sildenafil) shipment circa 2006. Hospital clinicians should never have to decide whether our +RFID products are compatible; medications should work effortlessly in whatever system a hospital wants to purchase. Using GS1 standards allows us to do just that.”

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Is gabapentin breastfeeding safe?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Although gabapentin is an anticonvulsant , its often used off-label to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS) and other nerve conditions or neuropathic pain. A 2006 case report in the Journal of Human Lactation concluded that the infant dose of gabapentin was about 2.3% Brand names include Neurontin and Gralise. of the maternal dose.

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Can a nasal spray tackle agitation in autism?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Off-label medication options. Janssen’s Risperdal (risperidone), a second-generation antipsychotic , got its first FDA approval for autism-related irritability for children over the age of five, in 2006. An inability to clearly communicate with others and express their wants and needs results in frustration, he adds.

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Do You Take Your Pain Medicine for Granted?

The People's Pharmacy

Hospitals do.” The reassuring woman tells us that: “Tylenol is the pain reliever that hospitals use most. Each year, Americans make 59,000 emergency room visits for acetaminophen toxicity and there are 38,000 hospitalizations. That could be too high for some people ( JAMA , July 5, 2006 ).

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Insights+: An Analysis of the Growth of Biopharma Companies in the Last 20 Years (2003-2022)

PharmaShots

Abbott spun off its hospital product business into an independent company called Hospira on the other hand its breakthrough drug Humira achieved a global sale of more than $0.8B by the sales of Humira 2006 Johnson & Johnson recorded global sales of $53.3B in the year 2006, thereby depicting a growth rate of 5.6%.

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Carvedilol interactions to avoid

The Checkup by Singlecare

Carvedilol is also used off-label for multiple other indications, like angina or chest pain, atrial fibrillation , early treatment and secondary prevention of heart attacks, left ventricular dysfunction, and ventricular tachycardias. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat congestive heart failure and hypertension.

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Root Causes of Depression and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

It breaks my heart to think about the many thyroid patients who get labeled as clinically depressed instead of being tested for thyroid antibodies, and to think of the patients who start on thyroid hormones without consideration of dosage and form, resulting in ongoing symptoms, including depression.

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