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241. Potential Causes of Higher Mortality Among Elderly Users of Conventional Versus Atypical Antipsychotics | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 30, 2009 - Potential causes of higher mortality in elderly users of conventional and atypical antipsychotic medications

242. Topic Brief on Mental Health Treatments in Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - KQ1: harms of medications: Although we identified six reviews they do not address the spectrum of medications … ACOG has a practice bulletin “Use of Psychiatric Medications during Pregnancy and Lactation” that was … Use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and lactation. … A prospective cohort study of antipsychotic medications in pregnancy: the first 147 pregnancies and … Does concurrent in utero exposure to buprenorphine and antidepressant medications influence the course

243. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - Although the underlying neurobiology is still being investigated, new medications and behavioral therapies … Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- approved medications, many patients with BPD or MDD have disease … Even among patients whose disease responds to prescribed medications, symptom improvement can be slow … .1 Existing medications also do not act rapidly to alleviate depression symptoms, rendering them ineffective … These medications are not viable options for managing acute depressive episodes, particularly cases

244. Research Protocol for Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 02, 2018 - this age cohort: suicide, unintentional injury, and violence.8, 9 Prescription and over-the-counter medications … 18.12 National concerns about opioid misuse, encompassing nonmedical use of prescription opioid-based medications … • Pharmacologic interventions  Exclude medications being used to treat overdose (e.g., naloxone … )  Exclude pharmacologic management of acute withdrawal symptoms o Medications to reduce and/or … Comparators KQ 1 • No active treatment o Wait list o Placebo (for medications) • Usual care (

245. S44 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Reimbursement for medications that were delivered to the lungs by wet nebulizer machines would be available … some of the clinical advisors anticipated: 29% of patients continued to get coverage for nebulizer medications … a policy change and the date it affects those patients who luckily (or deliberately) refilled their medications … Therefore, the pa- tients who switched medications because of the policy would be in the third category … Indeed, we observed a spike in claims for nebulizer medications just before the policy started.

246. Systematic Review of Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and of Long-acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma (pdf file)
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     December 27, 2016 - In addition, some of the pharmacologic interventions include more than one class of medications, in … Medications were selected if used for asthma management (regardless of FDA approval). Table 1. … Medications were selected if used for asthma management (regardless of FDA approval). … Controller therapy: Medications recommended to be taken daily on a long-term basis to achieve and maintain … Long-term controller medications include inhaled corticosteroids, inhaled long-acting bronchodilators

247. Mental-Illness-Heart Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - CVD-related mortality may be due to a number of factors, including direct effects of the illness, medications … No studies evaluated standard medications for hyperlipidemia (e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) or … • Switching to or adding adjunctive aripiprazole, adding the anticonvulsant medications topiramate … • Interventions known to be effective for managing dyslipidemia, such as medications (e.g., HMG-CoA … Metabolic considerations in the use of antipsychotic medications: a review of recent evidence.

248. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 31, 2013 - What is the comparative effectiveness of exercise training, medications (cilostazol, pentoxifylline) … vs. endovascular intervention o Medications vs. surgical revascularization • KQ 3: Endovascular … Methods (Interventions and comparators) Inclusion Criteria: KQ 2: o Medications vs. … Devices and Medications Table A-1. … Medications Registered or Trademark Name Generic Name Manufacturer Dosage Frequency Method

249. Medication-Therapy-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2014 - Management Interventions in Outpatient Settings Executive Summary Background Used appropriately, medications … Too often, however, medications are not used appropriately.1-3 In the United States in 2001, adverse … .6,7 A 2006 report found that nearly 60 percent of people in this age group were taking 5 or more medications … and that nearly 20 percent were taking 10 or more medications,8 placing them at increased risk for … being taken but not indicated; medications indicated but not prescribed; patient adherence issues;

250. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - In general, the efficacy of first- and second-generation antidepressant medications is similar. … For adults with MDD, dysthymia, or subsyndromal depressive disorders, do commonly used medications for … Do medications or combinations of medications (including tricyclics in combination) used to treat depression … 3a: Do medications differ in their efficacy and effectiveness in treating the depressive episode? … Seventy-two head-to-head comparisons (i.e., comparisons between medications conducted within trials)

251. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 252: Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2022 - • Levetiracetam may cause seizure freedom in some patients, but data on other medications (topiramate … We concluded that for three medications (levetiracetam, topiramate, and lamotrigine) adverse effects

252. Comparative Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 27, 2011 - environmental and comorbid conditions, and adequate pharmacologic therapy (i.e., long-term control medications … used to achieve and maintain control of persistent asthma and quick-relief medications used to treat … or reduced use of long-term control medications, when compared with usual care and/or other breathing … (e.g., short-acting β2-agonists, anticholinergics) Long-term control medications (e.g., inhaled corticosteroids … Quick-relief medication use (e.g., short-acting β2-agonists, anticholinergics) Long-term control medications

253. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2013 - However, with respect to diabetic, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, nonpsychiatric medications, it seems … , interactions with psychotropic medications (e.g., lithium) may limit effectiveness.” … Another specific gap is determining whether the weight-loss associated medications must be continued … If particular approaches (e.g. behavioral interventions, medications) are shown to be effective, then … For example, in stating that antiseizure medications are beneficial, a reader may (erroneously) infer

254. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     January 01, 2021 - 18 years and older who have failed conservative therapy (i.e., diet, fiber therapy and anti-motility medications

255. Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 29, 2018 - age cohort: suicide, unintentional injury, and violence. 8 , 9 Prescription and over-the-counter medications … 12 National concerns about opioid misuse, encompassing nonmedical use of prescription opioid-based medications … Pharmacologic interventions Exclude medications being used to treat overdose (e.g., naloxone) Exclud … e pharmacologic management of acute withdrawal symptoms Medications to reduce and/or eliminate substance … Comparators KQ 1 No active treatment Wait list Placebo (for medications) Usual care (if not

256. EPC-Pilot-Project-A-Dual-Approach-To-Facilitate-Health-Systems-Uptake-Of-Evidence-Synthesis-Reports-Anxiety-In-Children (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - psychology diagnoses.2, 3 There are multiple treatments for childhood anxiety disorders including medications … or review the reclassification of existing medications as needed. … At the 7 present time, they were not reviewing anxiety medications. … Another challenge relates to the fact that medications are prescribed by the psychiatrist and therapy … Current Knowledge of Medications for the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders.

257. Crohns-Disease Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - When patients have active disease, clinicians prescribe medications to induce remission. … After the patient is in remission (no longer has active disease), clinicians prescribe medications … Most studies allowed patients to use other medications during the RCT. … Also, very few medications were compared. … • Few studies made direct comparisons of medications.

258. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief 37 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2020 - I would avoid the term “polypharmacy” in favor of “potentially inappropriate medications.” … I was given no reason, but now I am being given only half of the pain medications I need. … we need without having to be monitored for some imaginary misuse of the medications. … People are dependent on many medications to have more quality of life. Not just opioids. … if not for these medications.

259. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     May 24, 2009 - Migraine patients in the ER receive various IV medications from different ER doctors within the physician … I would like to see the categories of these medications in oral form so that patients can get relief

260. TND-0775-150722 (pdf file)
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     May 12, 2015 - diabetes mellitus, extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS; a set of side effects associated with antipsychotic medications … electroconvulsive therapy, or transcranial magnetic stimulation. § The treatment success rate with antipsychotic medications