Pharmacology News

The antiviral nirmatrelvir, which is part of Paxlovid, was linked to a significant reduction in the risk for long COVID and post-acute death in patients with at least one risk factor for severe illness, according to researchers.

NEW ORLEANS — Most patients at high or very high CV risk do not achieve guideline-recommended LDL goals, according to data from the Family Heart Database presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

An analysis of COVID-19 outcomes among people being treated for HIV or taking PrEP for HIV prevention found that the HIV medication tenofovir was associated with a lower rate of clinical events, suggesting a protective effect.

Researchers estimated that more than 80% of adults in the United States meet the criteria for GLP-1 receptor agonists or SGLT2 inhibitors, but only about one in 10 used either medication from 2017 to 2020.

About one-third of parents may unnecessarily provide fever-reducing medication for their children, according to results of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.

SAN ANTONIO — Nearly one-third of patients who had de-labeled penicillin allergies still had such labels listed at their pharmacy, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Among primary care physicians, quarterly personalized antibiotic prescribing audits and feedback with peer benchmarking did not reduce antibiotic prescriptions, according to results of a randomized clinical trial in JAMA Internal Medicine.

On Wednesday, two FDA advisory committees unanimously voted in favor of Narcan nasal spray being made available as an over-the-counter emergency treatment for opioid overdose.

A pharmacist- or nurse practitioner-led deprescribing intervention successfully reduced medication use among hospitalized older adults who were discharged or transitioning to a post-acute care facility, data show.

A new method of UTI detection designed specifically for use in primary care predicted with high accuracy when antibiotics could be safely withheld from low-risk patients, according to researchers.