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Warning against concomitant use of VPA-carbapenem ineffective: study

17 Jul 2023

Simultaneous use of carbapenem and valproic acid (VPA) is not common, but the best practice advisory (BPA) that warns clinicians of an interaction between these two drugs leading to significant declines in VPA levels does not appear to work in 63 percent of instances, reveals a study.

Warning against concomitant use of VPA-carbapenem ineffective: study

17 Jul 2023

Fewer migraine days with dual therapy

17 Jul 2023 by

Combination therapy with an anti-CGRP* monoclonal antibody (mAB) and onabotulinumtoxinA may be more effective than either therapy in patients with chronic migraine, according to a new study.

Fewer migraine days with dual therapy

17 Jul 2023

Pandemic exposure tied to delayed childhood development

13 Jul 2023

Children exposed to the pandemic are likely to exhibit a development delay at age 5 years, according to a study.

Pandemic exposure tied to delayed childhood development

13 Jul 2023

Fremanezumab eases migraine and depressive symptoms

13 Jul 2023 by

Treatment with fremanezumab – an anticalcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) – reduces depressive symptoms in patients with migraine and comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) in the UNITE trial.

Fremanezumab eases migraine and depressive symptoms

13 Jul 2023

Intravenous lacosamide for seizures well tolerated in children, infants

12 Jul 2023

Treating seizures with intravenous lacosamide appears to be safe and is associated with low rates of adverse events among critically ill children and neonates, as reported in a study.

Intravenous lacosamide for seizures well tolerated in children, infants

12 Jul 2023

S-ketamine anaesthesia improves recovery following modified radical mastectomy

12 Jul 2023 by

A prospective randomized controlled trial of breast cancer (BC) patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy (MRM) finds that S-ketamine used in place of sufentanil for general anaesthesia (GA) improves postoperative recovery.

S-ketamine anaesthesia improves recovery following modified radical mastectomy

12 Jul 2023

Differential response to donepezil across MCI subtypes

11 Jul 2023 by

A double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) finds that donepezil offers greater benefit in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among individuals with hippocampal-sparing or minimal atrophy subtype vs individuals with typical or limbic-predominant patterns of atrophy.

Differential response to donepezil across MCI subtypes

11 Jul 2023

Which factors correlate with memory difficulties in epilepsy?

08 Jul 2023

Certain older adults with epilepsy have worse 24-hour memory retention, particularly those with greater frequency of interictal epileptiform activity (IEA), reduced slow wave activity (SWA) power during nonrapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep, and higher burden of antiseizure medications, according to a study.

Which factors correlate with memory difficulties in epilepsy?

08 Jul 2023

Lower LDL-C target a better bet for adverse CV event prevention after stroke

04 Jul 2023

A treatment strategy of targeting a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) of <70 mg/dL leads to a significant reduction in the composite of adverse cardiovascular (CV) events in patients who have had stroke as compared with an LDL-C target of 100 mg/dL, according to data from the Treat Stroke to Target (TST) trial.

Lower LDL-C target a better bet for adverse CV event prevention after stroke

04 Jul 2023

Newly diagnosed glaucoma ups risk of dementia

03 Jul 2023

The risk of developing dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is much higher among individuals with newly diagnosed glaucoma, suggests a study. Additionally, this association is much greater among older individuals.

Newly diagnosed glaucoma ups risk of dementia

03 Jul 2023

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Warning against concomitant use of VPA-carbapenem ineffective: study

Warning against concomitant use of VPA-carbapenem ineffective: study

Fewer migraine days with dual therapy

Fewer migraine days with dual therapy

Pandemic exposure tied to delayed childhood development

Pandemic exposure tied to delayed childhood development

Fremanezumab eases migraine and depressive symptoms

Fremanezumab eases migraine and depressive symptoms

Intravenous lacosamide for seizures well tolerated in children, infants

Intravenous lacosamide for seizures well tolerated in children, infants

S-ketamine anaesthesia improves recovery following modified radical mastectomy

S-ketamine anaesthesia improves recovery following modified radical mastectomy

Differential response to donepezil across MCI subtypes

Differential response to donepezil across MCI subtypes

Which factors correlate with memory difficulties in epilepsy?

Which factors correlate with memory difficulties in epilepsy?

Lower LDL-C target a better bet for adverse CV event prevention after stroke

Lower LDL-C target a better bet for adverse CV event prevention after stroke

Newly diagnosed glaucoma ups risk of dementia

Newly diagnosed glaucoma ups risk of dementia