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Prescription, OTC drugs compared for insomnia
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that eszopiclone and lemborexant were effective, but eszopiclone might cause substantial adverse events and safety data on lemborexant were inconclusive.
Racial disparities seen in U.S. drug overdose deaths in first year of pandemic
An analysis of CDC data found that while overall U.S. drug overdose deaths increased by 30% from 2019 to 2020, rates increased 44% among non-Hispanic Black and 39% among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native persons versus 22% in White persons.
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for dementia
A 72-year-old man is evaluated for dementia with fluctuations in attentiveness, visual hallucinations, and slowness of movements over the past year. He has also acted out his dreams in his sleep a few times over the last 2 years. What is the most appropriate treatment?
Antihistamines offered more acute vertigo relief than benzos, but no longer-term benefit
A single dose of antihistamine provided no greater benefit at two hours than ondansetron, droperidol, metoclopramide, or piracetam, and daily antihistamine treatment for a week or month had similar results to placebo.
Governance Committee seeks Regent candidates for 2023
Regent nominees must be either an FACP or MACP. All candidates for Regent must declare their intent to become a candidate by Aug. 1.
Call for spring 2023 Board of Governors resolutions
By initiating a resolution, ACP members can focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the spring 2023 Board of Governors meeting is Oct. 4.
And the winner is …
ACP Internist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.