Articles related to Clinical Pharmacology

“Telling someone who makes $42,000 a year that they now have the right to buy a $600 drug is like saying they have the right to buy a Mercedes. They have the right—but they can’t afford it.” —Robert Andrews, CEO, Health Transformation Alliance

“We try to deescalate pharmacotherapy as soon as we can in children. How’s this going to affect puberty? How’s it going to affect growth? We don’t have those long-term data.”

“If acetaminophen is the safest among available options but pregnant women are advised to avoid it because of the risk of ASD and ADHD in exposed offspring, then they are caught between a rock and a hard place.”

These medications can reduce blood flow through the kidneys, which can contribute to kidney damage or failure. Patients with heart failure, liver disease, or existing kidney problems are at a higher risk.

Given that human-targeted drugs are often taken continuously throughout life, not for short periods, which is the case for antibiotics, the physiological effects can be even more profound.

The FDA’s Class II designation indicates that exposure or usage of ‘a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.’