Case: Mr. Jones (26 years old) comes in to see you about a cough he has had for 3-4 weeks. You’ve just finished listening to his chest and reassured him that it’s the aftermath...
This Therapeutics Letter adds to information about NSAIDs in Letter 4 and Letter 17. It also responds to our commitment in Letter 31 to report on celecoxib when published trials became available. What is the baseline...
Influenza is a common and usually self-limiting acute respiratory infection. Onset is rapid and the main symptoms are fever, myalgia, headache, general malaise, and cough. Acute illness lasts on average three days, but cough and...
Antiplatelet drugs are taken to prevent future adverse cardiovascular events. In this review, we summarize the benefit and harm from taking four common antiplatelet drugs: acetylsalicylic acid, (Aspirin®, etc.), ticlopidine (Ticlid®), clopidogrel (Plavix®) and dipyridamole...