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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/final-drugs-for-covid.pdf
August 19, 2021 - , Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Research Findings #49: Pre-COVID Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs … Drugs to Treat COVID-19
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Albuterol Azithromycin
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/drugs-covid.html
August 01, 2021 - Drugs to Treat COVID
Drugs to Treat COVID (PDF, 459 KB)
Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure … Panel Survey Research Findings #49, Pre-COVID Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently
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www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/retail-drugs-covid-19.html
January 01, 2022 - Retail and Mail Order Drugs Used in 2014-18 and Later Prescribed For COVID-19
The coronavirus … use of and expenditures for these medications before COVID-19 informs our understanding of how the drugs … ’ new uses may cause shortages or price increases that affect people who used these drugs before the … Source: AHRQ MEPS Research Findings #49: Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were … This information is used to present the percent distribution of conditions associated with drugs that
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/retail-drug.html
April 01, 2021 - Reduced Median Annual Spending for Retail Drugs by People Under Age 65
Reduced Median Annual … Spending for Retail Drugs by People Under Age 65 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure … Panel Survey Statistical Brief #532: Out-of-Pocket Spending for Retail Prescription Drugs by Age and
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/mcc/sood-grant.html
September 01, 2015 - Novel Role for Adiponectin-enhancing Drugs for Asthma in the Obese
Principal Investigator: Sood, … Potent adiponectin-enhancing drugs include the antidiabetic drug class of thiazolidinediones (TZD) and … The overarching hypothesis in this study is that use of adiponectin-enhancing drugs among obese adults … Specific Aims
Examine the role that anti-adiponectin drugs have on asthma. … Examine the effect of gender on the effect of anti-adiponectin drugs on above diseases.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201539.html
January 01, 2016 - AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers Program to inform consumers and clinicians about prescription drugs … The non-profit organization's Best Buy Drugs public education project compares medications' track records … "We've used the AHRQ evidence reports for many of the Best Buy Drugs reports we've produced," he noted … Best Buy Drugs reports based on AHRQ evidence reviews receive wide distribution, either through the … For example, information in Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs publication on Alzheimer's disease drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/off-label-drug-usage.html
September 01, 2015 - Off-Label Drugs: What You Need to Know
Off-label prescribing is when a physician gives you a … effectiveness of this practice through these additional resources:
Little difference in effectiveness of drugs … Maryland Guides Prescribers on Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications
Understanding Investigational Drugs … and Off Label Use of Approved Drugs
Off-Label Drug Use in Cancer Treatment
Consumer Reports Best … Buy Drugs: Off-label prescription drugs
Related Links
Read Dr.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/data-visualization-use-drugs.html
January 01, 2022 - New Data Visualization Shows Use of Drugs in 2014-2018 Later Prescribed for COVID-19
A … albuterol, the antibiotic azithromycin, and the steroid prednisone, were the three most commonly used drugs … before the COVID-19 pandemic among the drugs later used to treat COVID-19. … Quantifying the use and expenditures of these medications before COVID-19 suggests how the drugs’ new … uses may cause shortages or price increases that affect people who were using these drugs prior to the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kesselheim-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - , neuropsychiatric drugs, and drugs for
other rare diseases. … Second, I identified selected drugs in three target categories—neuropsychiatric drugs,
oncologic drugs … , and drugs for other rare diseases. … orphan drugs and found that off-label uses predominate in orphan drugs used for popular
“symptoms” … Strategies and practices in off-label marketing
of pharmaceuticals: a retrospective analysis of whistleblower
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/sood-r01grant.pdf
January 31, 2016 - Novel Role for Adiponectin-enhancing Drugs for Asthma in the Obese
Rapid Secondary Analysis to Optimize … Patients
with Multiple Chronic Conditions – R01 Grants
Novel Role for Adiponectin-enhancing Drugs … Examine the role that anti-adiponectin drugs have on asthma.
2. … Examine the role that anti-adiponectin drugs have on depression or ischemic
cardiovascular disease. … Examine the effect of gender on the effect of anti-adiponectin drugs on
above diseases.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/18465-Kesselheim-draft-1.pdf
January 01, 2015 - , neuropsychiatric drugs, and drugs for
other rare diseases. … Second, I identified selected drugs in three target categories—neuropsychiatric drugs,
oncologic drugs … , and drugs for other rare diseases. … orphan drugs and found that off-label uses predominate in orphan drugs used for popular
“symptoms” … Strategies and practices in off-label marketing
of pharmaceuticals: a retrospective analysis of whistleblower
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/medication.html
January 01, 2016 - Resources
Preguntas que debe hacer antes de tomar el medicamento
Retail and Mail Order Drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/data-data-visualization.html
Data Visualizations
Retail and Mail Order Drugs Used in 2014-18 and Later Prescribed For COVID-
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/dental-health.html
November 01, 2015 - Department Visits Involving Dental Conditions
Mixing Opioids and Psychotropic Drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/opioid-crisis-at-county-level.html
July 01, 2018 - comparisons of hospitalization rates for substance use, including opioids, alcohol, stimulants, and other drugs … comparisons of hospitalization rates for substance use, including opioids, alcohol, stimulants and other drugs … substances, including alcohol, opioids, cannabis, hallucinogens, sedatives, hypnotics, stimulants and other drugs … admissions lasting an average six days for patients admitted due to the misuse of alcohol, opioids and other drugs … AHRQ’s new online Community Level Statistics on Hospital Stays for Alcohol and Other Drugs draws from
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/651.html
February 01, 2019 - Researchers Find Gaps in Safety Screening for Patients Taking New Specialty Drugs
Issue … Today's Headlines
Researchers Find Gaps in Safety Screening for Patients Taking New Specialty Drugs … Researchers Find Gaps in Safety Screening for Patients Taking New Specialty Drugs
AHRQ-funded researchers … identified potential safety gaps related to new specialty drugs and are calling for more robust safety … These drugs, while generally safe and effective for treating inflammatory conditions, carry an increased
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/coe0705.html
October 01, 2014 - Purchasing Recommendations
Search All Impact Case Studies
August 2007
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs … (Best Buy Drugs) , a public education project of Consumers Union, uses findings from AHRQ's Effective … Health Care (EHC) Program to help clinicians and patients determine which drugs and other medical treatments … According to Managing Editor Steve Findlay, Best Buy Drugs uses AHRQ products to develop its medical … Best Buy Drugs contracts with teams of physicians and researchers who translate the technical reports
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/curriculum/diabnotebk/diabnotebk26.html
October 01, 2014 - These five classes of drugs work in different ways to lower blood glucose levels. … Sulfonylurea drugs have been in use since the 1950s. … These drugs are generally taken one to two times a day, before meals. … how often they are taken, and interactions with other drugs. … These drugs may have side effects, including gas and diarrhea.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/covid-19.html
February 01, 2022 - Safety
Long COVID is a Case Study of Our Fractured Healthcare System
Retail and Mail Order Drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/when-need-antibiotic.pdf
March 01, 2017 - (17)-0003-17-EF
March 2017
http://www.cdc.gov/longtermcare/resident/index.html
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs … /ResourcesForYou/UCM078484
Antibiotics: Powerful Drugs, But Only When
Used for the Right Reasons
Antibiotic … drugs are strong medicine that can save lives when used
appropriately to treat bacterial infections … It is important for us all that these powerful drugs are used only when
they can help, so they will … Antibiotics can help the body fight bacterial infections, but they are
not miracle drugs for everything