If you come to the Emergency Room because of an adverse drug reaction you...
An article was published in the NEJM on November 24, 2011 entitled, "Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans" (N Engl J Med 2011; 365:20022-2012) that is truly sobering.
View ArticleBleeding and atrial fibrillation
When a new drug enters the market, it generally causes a reawakening of issues that are understood but often not well appreciated. Such is the case of adding Pradaxa to warfarin as a drug available...
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What you need to know about radiation (Part I)
Technology has enhanced physicians' ability to define and identify illness with ever-increasing precision. Improvements in radiation are an important part of this progress. Treatment is also uniquely...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about radiation (Part II)
The problem of radiation exposure is being attacked on many levels, but at the present time, much of what is being done is talk. Talk is good, but it will need some stimulus to move forward. This...
View ArticlePradaxa’s Issues (Part II)
Several days ago, a compendium of the safety reports of the FDA was published by the Institute for Safe Medical Practices. These safety reports arrive at the FDA in several ways. They are reported to...
View ArticleChest pain and the Emergency Room Part II
It has been an observation of mine that patients would rather have something "done" than have a discussion about it. When I do a cardiac catheterization and tell people who have a coronary artery...
View ArticleI thought China was bad
This blog post is about the declining environment in which we are obviously living. There is now a nationwide outbreak of fungal infections caused by a pharmacy that was compounding the steroid used to...
View ArticleFrom Bad to Worse (Part II)
Pradaxa is once again in the news. Two very different stories about the drug were published on November 2, 2012. The first was published in the New York Times, written by Katie Thomas and is entitled...
View ArticleA stake through the heart (Part II): The rise of Gdufa
Who or what is Gdufa?Is Gdufa the answer to the problem of generic drug manufacturing and the lack of transparency and accountability in the entire process? Can we return to a time of naivety when we...
View ArticleZika Prevention Fliers
The Florida Department of Health in Broward County has released some helpful information about ZIKA protection--in English and Spanish.
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