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Be mindful of menopause in women with HIV

As the population ages, menopause impacts HIV care, and vice versa.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/02/be-mindful-of-menopause-in-women-with-hiv.htm
1 Feb 2025

IDSA offers guidance on managing drug interactions with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) listed six steps to help clinicians prescribe the COVID-19 medication while minimizing interaction risks. Other recent research looked at neuropsychiatric conditions after COVID-19 and hospital profits during the pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/17/2.htm
17 May 2022

H. pylori treatment, suicide prevention, and more stories

This month's issue covers a new Helicobacter pylori guideline, patients with suicidal ideation, and early career job searches.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/02/h-pylori-treatment-suicide-prevention-and-more-stories.htm
1 Feb 2025

Recommendations on avoiding drug-drug interactions, data on recovery after ventilation

A panel of experts offered advice on avoiding drug-drug interactions when prescribing nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for patients with COVID-19, and two studies offered good news about postdischarge outcomes in COVID-19 patients who underwent a tracheostomy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/03/01/4.htm
1 Mar 2022

MKSAP Quiz: Treatment of deep venous thrombosis

A 55-year-old woman is evaluated in the emergency department for right leg swelling and is diagnosed with a proximal deep venous thrombosis. Medical history is significant for end-stage kidney disease for which she is undergoing hemodialysis. What is the most appropriate anticoagulation treatment?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/11/26/3.htm
26 Nov 2024

Use caution with colchicine's many drug interactions

A coauthor of “The Top 100 Drug Interactions” offers advice for improved management of colchicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/use-caution-with-colchicines-many-drug-interactions.htm
1 Sep 2023

Rosuvastatin appears better than atorvastatin for mortality, cardio, liver outcomes in large database

Six-year all-cause mortality was lower among patients taking rosuvastatin than atorvastatin, but the difference was only about a percentage point, a study of patients in the United Kingdom and China found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/10/29/5.htm
29 Oct 2024

Guidance issued on drug-drug interactions for statins, heart meds

A new statement from the American Heart Association recommends that in patients taking amlodipine combined with simvastatin or lovastatin, the dosage of either statin should not exceed 20 mg/d, and for patients in whom statin-fibrate therapy is indicated, fenofibrate or fenofibric acid is preferred because of a lower rate of drug-drug interactions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/25/2.htm
25 Oct 2016

Addressing drug interactions when their likelihood is ‘yes'

Once a patient is taking 10 or more drugs, they face drug interactions. Douglas S. Paauw, MACP, addresses the most common problems, including the details of grapefruit juice and statins, thyroid-replacement therapy, proton pump inhibitors and warfarin.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/drug.htm
1 Jun 2009

Considerations about cannabis

As more states legalize recreational and medical cannabis, hospital physicians are finding themselves caring for regular users more frequently.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/considerations-about-cannabis.htm
1 May 2024

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