Pharmacology News

New guidance was published in 2023 for STD prevention, diabetic foot infections, infective endocarditis and more.

SARS-CoV-2 rebound risk is more likely related to the individual person, rather than reinfection or resistance to treatment such as Paxlovid, according to two studies.

Findings from two cardiovascular outcome trials revealed that targeting obesity could become a major focus for treating cardiovascular disease and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the future, according to a speaker.

Salix Pharmaceuticals has joined forces with the U.S. Pain Foundation and the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders to declare December 5 as Opioid-Induced Constipation Awareness Day, according to a company press release.

Few adverse events following outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy containing cefazolin and ceftriaxone were identified using routine laboratory monitoring, leading researchers to say the practice may be “excessive.”

A cardiology-driven clinic for outpatients with heart failure appears to be an effective setting for weight loss in patients with obesity and HF, according to a research letter published in JACC: Advances.

The FDA designated a drug-device combination for periprosthetic joint infection in hip and knee replacement patients as a breakthrough therapy, which may accelerate its approval, the manufacturer said.

In adults with hypertension and at least one CHD risk factor followed for up to 23 years, three antihypertensive medications did not differ in CVD mortality, according to long-term results of the ALLHAT trial.

Despite population-wide improvements in use of lipid-lowering medication and cholesterol control since 1999, significant racial and ethnic disparities persist among patients with a history of atherosclerotic CVD, researchers reported.

An outpatient antibiotic stewardship bundle initiative reduced unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections without increasing repeat health care contacts, a recent study showed.