COVID-19 Vaccine Errors – ISMP Issues Initial Report
Ever since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines last…
Medications
Metformin Reduces Mortality Risk From Covid, Study Finds
Mortality from Covid-19 decreased threefold among diabetes patients who had been taking metformin, a study found.
NPs Less Likely Than Physicians to Fill a Potentially Inappropriate Medication, Study Finds
Nurse practitioners filled fewer prescriptions for potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) and were less likely to refill a PIM than a physician, an analysis of Medicare records in Texas found.
Fewer diabetes patients are picking up their insulin prescriptions
Although insulin is a vital component of diabetes management, the pandemic has led many patients to forgo the prescriptions they need.
Could Oral Antiviral Pills be a Game-changer for COVID-19?
Two new antiviral drugs could soon be the first effective oral treatments for COVID-19 to help keep people out of the hospital.