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Only 5% of Wernicke encephalopathy cases are diagnosed before death, yet the condition is fatal in 20% of untreated patients and leads to Korsakoff syndrome in over half of survivors.

Phase 2a clinical trials demonstrate benfotiamine’s ability to enhance synaptic activity while maintaining an excellent safety profile, even at doses exceeding normal thiamine blood levels.

Nearly half of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia patients initially receive a psychiatric diagnosis, highlighting the critical need for improved diagnostic approaches.

The FDA-designated Class II recall affects specific duloxetine lots where exposure may lead to “temporary or medically reversible health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”

Risk of dementia with these medications increases proportionally with higher doses and extended duration of use, emphasizing the importance of minimal effective dosing strategies.

“Pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare [form] of pulmonary hypertension, has a disproportionate impact on women,” wrote investigator Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, and co-authors in a published abstract for the study.