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The Most Effective Medications to Treat Folliculitis

BuzzRx

Please continue reading to learn about some of the most effective treatments for folliculitis. If you have certain health conditions or are taking medications that weaken the immune system, treatment is almost always warranted, as your body cannot clear infections well enough compared to others. What is folliculitis?

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Gilead hit with FDA clinical hold for batch of HIV trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on several of Gilead’s trials evaluating two HIV treatment candidates, though the rest of the drugmaker’s diverse pipeline remains unaffected. Gilead is considered the leading big pharma in HIV treatments. Shares in Nasdaq-listed Gilead opened 0.3%

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Impact of Patient Access to Care on Rates of Febrile Neutropenia Post Inpatient Administration of a Colony-Stimulating Factor

Pharmacy Times

Although the use of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) is well-established in mitigating severe FN, existing literature suggests there is only an approximate 3% difference in FN rates between various CSF agents.

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FDA Approves Meloxicam Injection For Moderate-to-Severe Pain in Adults

Pharmacy Times

3 Although meloxicam injection delivers a non-opioid alternative for pain control, it is not recommended as a first-line agent when rapid onset of analgesia is needed due to its delayed onset. 2 REFERENCES 1.

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Oral COVID Agents

Pharmacy Friday Pearls

18 years Administration Oral Oral Oral PK/PD MOA: Nirmatrelvir – inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease Prevents viral replicationRitonavir is a CYP3A inhibitor included to increase nirmatrelvir plasma levelsRitonavir alone has NO activity against SARS-CoV-2 Time to peak: Nirmatrelvir: 3 hrs & Ritonavir: 3.98 Introduction.

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How Balancing Iron Levels Can Help Your Thyroid

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I wish I had had this information when I was losing so much hair, feeling cold, moody, and tired! Today, we’ll be focusing on iron deficiency anemia (for more detailed information on the other two types of anemias, please see my B12 and MTHFR articles). I call it the “digging for the root cause, while chopping down branches” approach.

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How Do Adaptogenic Herbs Benefit Hashimoto’s?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Many adaptogens are anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and supportive of a healthy immune function, as well as a calm mood. Nikolai Lazarev defined adaptogens as “an agent that raises the body’s ability to resist stress by countering undesired stressors, whether physical, chemical, emotional, or biological.”