Trends in Aspirin Use for Secondary Prevention of ASCVD
According to the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2013, nearly 71% of adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease use aspirin regularly.
Emerging Treatments for Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut Syndromes
These severe epileptic encephalopathies manifest during early childhood, often causing severe neurologic, intellectual, and behavioral disorders that progressively worsen.
Prescribed Opioids Raise Pneumonia Risk
Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.
Benefits and Complications of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors
This drug class confers benefits in diabetic patients with heart failure, CV disease, and renal disease, but it is also associated with major adverse events.
Sleep Duration in Employed Adults
Although research has shown that adults should sleep at least 7 hours per night, the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System reported that approximately 35% of adults got insufficient sleep. Worsening Overdose Crisis Predicted
Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.
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