Medications

Few alarms over cases of drug-resistant COVID

As the latest coronavirus variant upends expectations about the pandemic's coming months, drug manufacturers are working to expand treatment options to fight those stricken with severe disease. Even as new pills from Pfizer ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Combination therapy for rosacea shows improved response rates

Combining ivermectin cream (IVM) and doxycycline modified-release capsules (DMR) can improve response rates for patients with severe rosacea, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Academy ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Vancomycin + piperacillin / tazobactam ups kidney risk

(HealthDay)—For hospitalized children, coadministration of intravenous (IV) vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam is associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a study published online Oct. ...

Oncology & Cancer

Moxifloxacin monotherapy equivalent to antibiotic combo

(HealthDay)—Oral monotherapy with moxifloxacin is as efficacious and safe as combination therapy with ciprofloxacin plus amoxicillin/clavulanic acid for treatment of fever in adult patients with cancer and neutropenia who ...

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