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301. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     July 15, 2007 - Adverse effects from lipid-lowering medications and low-fat diets, including potential long-term harms … Adverse effects from lipid-lowering medications and low-fat diets, including potential long-term harms

302. Archived: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-2009
     May 15, 2009 - or family history of a pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect The use of certain antiseizure medications … Women with epilepsy who take certain antiepileptic medications, such as valproic acid or carbamazepine

303. Final Research Plan: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/gestational-diabetes-screening
     June 06, 2019 - physical activity, blood glucose monitoring, insulin therapy (all preparations), or glucose-lowering medications

304. Archived: Published Comments and Response: Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-comments-and-response/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
     October 15, 2009 - risk-prediction models, and the tools based on them, to guide decisions about use of preventive and therapeutic medications

305. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/JcwfLrEqaaxP6DPEQvxgUs
     February 18, 2020 - United States, accounting for 1 of every 3 deaths among adults.5 Statins are a class of lipid-lowering medications … Statins are a class of lipid-lowering medications that function by inhibiting the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3- … half (47.6%) of adults 75 years and older in the United States use prescription cholesterol- lowering medications … %26utm_content=jama.2016.15450 survey did not distinguish between the use of cholesterol-lowering medications … Care Medicine, as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign, highlighted the use of cholesterol- lowering medications

306. Interventions for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 18, 2024 - Large cohort or case-control studies examining harms of medications were also eli- gible in addition … All medications showed increases in the likelihood of losing both 5% and 10% of baseline weight or BMI … Longer-term maintenance after medication with- drawal was not reported for any of the other medications … levels (eg, 15/92 mg/d dose: mean difference in percent change, 8.8 [95% CI, 2.2-15.4]), but other medications … Serious adverse effects were rare for all medications and did not differ between groups in any study,

307. Recommendation: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
     April 26, 2022 - (eg, no history of gastrointestinal ulcers, recent bleeding, or other medical conditions, or taking medications … bleeding (eg, no history of gastrointestinal ulcers, recent bleeding, other medical conditions, or use of medications … Certain medications, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids, and anticoagulants, increase

308. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2020 - clinically meaningful or sustained over the long term • Inadequate evidence on the benefits of other medications … showed no improvement in global cognitive function.16,17 Twenty-nine trials (n = 6489) evaluated other medications … (n = 190 076) reported on the harms of treatment with AChEIs and memantine.16,17 Adverse effects of medications

309. Archived: Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary2/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
     August 26, 2014 - blood pressure; average low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level; average body mass index; and use of medications … Trials included both persons who had not yet started antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications … as well as those already receiving these medications. … In selected trials that were done in persons who were already receiving medications to lower cholesterol

310. Evidence for the Reaffirmation of the USPSTF Recommendaiton on Screening for High Blood Pressure (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - , or 540 mg at bedtime Ramipril, 5, 10, or 20 mg at bedtime 2-wk prestudy washout of hypertension medications … pertension, symptomatic CVD, end-organ damage, secondary or malignant hypertension, in- tolerance of study medications

311. Archived: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults-screening
     May 20, 2014 - improve the quality or format of recommended treatment or improve patient adherence to usual care), and medications … specific treatment approaches showed better outcomes than enhanced usual care; few studies addressed medications … Minimal data are available on the effectiveness of using medications to prevent suicidal behavior.

312. Archived: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 06, 2016 - immunosuppressed (eg, persons living with human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], patients receiving immunosuppressive medications … be considered standard care as part of disease management or indicated prior to the use of certain medications … working in high-risk settings, or screening indicated prior to the use of specific immunosuppressive medications

313. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     October 15, 2009 - Potential harms include lifelong use of medications without proven benefit and psychological and other … Harms include lifelong use of medications without proof of benefit but with expense and potential side … Statins are the class of medication most commonly used; these medications have been demonstrated to be

314. Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
     December 10, 2019 - Seven short-term drug trials (n = 1553) of antibiotics, antihypertensive medications, and mast cell stabilizers … discontinuation with propranolol (38% and 60% of the propranolol groups withdrew from the trials); other medications … (including other antihypertensive medications [angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium channel … events–related discontinuation rates (38% and 60% of the propranolol groups withdrew from the trials), other medications … (including other antihypertensive medications [ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blocker] and antibiotics

315. Screening for Depression in Adult Patients in Primary Care Settings: An Update (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/-wqedxmwdpdE5BmzcBeTmn
     December 01, 2009 - of depression treatment in older adults, and the harms of depression treatment with antidepressant medications … adults, the harms of depression screening, and the harms of depression treatment with antidepressant medications … receiving NSAIDs, with less risk associated with concur- rent use of aspirin or other anticoagulant medications … Prescribing trends in psychotropic medications: primary care, psychiatry, and other medical specialties … Efficacy of newer medications for treating depression in primary care patients.

316. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-adults-children-adolescents-screening-2003
     April 01, 2003 - angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor). 20 Several trials that examined the effectiveness of antihypertensive medications … No longer-term studies of the effects of medications in children are available.

317. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 25, 2014 - vomiting, peripheral neuropathy, development of drug-resistant TB, other specific adverse effects of medications

318. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan141/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     February 12, 2015 - All KQs: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials   KQ 5 (harms of weight loss medications

319. Interventions to Prevent Illicit and Nonmedical Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/oaVhMNVAnx3b5-UUunZkjr
     December 17, 2018 - prescription drug overdose—a 50% in- crease from 2007 to 2017.1 Illicit and nonmedical drug use (use of medications … young adults (aged �25 years), includ- ing pregnant females, who did not regularly use illicit drugs or medications … Only 4 trials reported the effect of their interventions on mis- use of prescription medications specifically … non–substance-related outcomes.33,35,50,51 All 4 reported greater reductions in misuse of prescription medications … 2.7 fewer times (95% CI, −3.7 to 0.5; P < .01) over the previous 3 months, had misused prescription medications

320. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/mggnaKHr496c8QCgHe9-tm
     May 01, 2021 - who are minimally sympto- matic: 7 trials of self-management interventions (eg, education on COPD, medications … that there is a larger body of evidence not included in this targeted re- view that discusses harms of medications