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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani +8 more
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An Exploration of Social Circles and Prescription Drug Abuse Through Twitter
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2013 BackgroundPrescription drug abuse has become a major public health problem. Relationships and social context are important contributing factors. Social media provides online channels for people to build relationships that may influence attitudes and ...
Hanson, Carl Lee +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a series of policies that mandated switching patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) from an originator biologic to a biosimilar in British Columbia, Canada, on health care resource use and cost.
HaoHung Dang +4 more
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Lessons for Medicare Part D in the hemodialysis community
BMC Nephrology, 2006 Background Medicare beneficiaries without prescription drug coverage consistently fill fewer prescriptions than beneficiaries with some form of drug coverage due to cost.
Chertow Glenn M, Nayeem Anisa I
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Internal and External Factors Associated with Illicit Prescription Drug Use in College Students [PDF]
, 2012 With data suggesting emerging adulthood is a time of increased risk for illicit prescription drug use, it is essential that factors contributing to this be understood to guide prevention efforts.
Dolson, Robyn A. +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently, and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of the trajectory of a ...
Ji Soo Kim +18 more
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Prescription Drug Coverage and Elderly Medicare Spending [PDF]
The introduction of Medicare Part D has generated interest in the cost of providing drug coverage to the elderly. Of paramount importance -- often unaccounted for in budget estimates -- are the salutary effects that increased prescription drug use might ...
Baoping Shang, Dana P. Goldman
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Opioid Addiction 2016 Facts & Figures [PDF]
, 2016 National Opioid Overdose Epidemic* Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US, with 55,403 lethal drug overdoses in 2015. Opioid addiction is driving this epidemic, with 20,101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers,
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Hydroxychloroquine Associated With Lower Glomerular Filtration Rate Decline in Lupus Nephritis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) protects kidney function in lupus nephritis (LN) by preventing flares, yet some cohort studies show no significant benefit in kidney function with HCQ. Clarifying these conflicting findings by showing early and long‐term benefits of HCQ on kidney function preservation is critical.
Shivani Garg +9 more
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