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The use of fluocinolone acetonide improves visual outcomes and disease control in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), as measured by a significant reduction in annual treatment burden, according to a study.

The antidepressant reboxetine demonstrates therapeutic potential in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), with a recent study showing that the drug helps lower disease severity.

Renal transplant patients require a 20-percent reduction in tacrolimus (TAC) total daily dose (TDD) when used in tandem with low-dose fluconazole (LDF) to achieve therapeutic levels, suggests a study.

Use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of pneumonia or urinary tract infection (UTI) does not appear to markedly increase the risk of hospital admission or emergency department visits due to suicidality compared with azithromycin or combined trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, a study has shown.

Singapore has completed a mass medical recall of the tainted angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) losartan due to reported elevated levels of potentially carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities. Its success has been credited to timely intervention, cross-departmental coordination, effective communication, and judicious resource allocation, according to a recent study.