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November 2023
Lifestyle changes not involving medications appear to offer some relief for people with recurrent migraine headaches. A recent review article assessed the evidence for changes related to stress management, sleep, diet and exercise. The review found that sleep-related issues were the only consistent lifestyle factor associated with migraine frequency.
September 2020
Medications are the mainstay of treatment for most patients with seizure disorders, and more than two dozen such drugs have been approved by the FDA. We review one of the oldest seizure drugs, phe¬nytoin (DILANTIN, PHENYTEK). Patients using the drug need to be aware of its many potentially serious adverse effects.
January 2020
In this month’s news brief, we highlight a recent letter that the FDA issued to drugmaker Vivus that cited the company for making false or misleading claims on a promotional consumer-directed webpage for its oral weight-loss prescription drug QSYMIA, which we have designated as Do Not Use.
August 2018
Learn why metformin is the drug of choice for the initial treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes who are not able to control their blood sugar through diet and exercise alone and who do not have severe kidney impairment.
December 2017
Weight gain is an adverse event associated with many widely used medications and may lead to significant overweight and obesity, especially in susceptible individuals. Find out which drugs have this adverse effect.
June 2011
This article lists 355 drugs with names that are often confused with similar-sounding drug names. Find out what you can do to prevent getting the wrong drug.
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