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There is a growing body of evidence which suggests that reporting of clinical trial results is biased (Publication Bias Found Among Trials Submitted To FDA: New Study). One recent study concluded that more than 50% of all trials submitted to the FDA during the drug approval process remain unpublished five years after the drugs are approved (Half Of Trials Supporting FDA Applications Go

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The News:A study published in this week's Lancet concluded that babies who were given acetaminophen for fever had a higher risk of developing asthma during childhood. (Source - MedPage Today)IDIS Related Question:Have there been any recent review articles about the use of acetaminophen in febrile children and the association with asthma?IDIS Search:Drug(s): "ACETAMINOPHEN 28081221"Disease(s): "

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The News:The FDA alerted healthcare professionals yesterday that all patients starting or restarting treatment with abacavir or abacavir-containing drugs should be screened for the HLA-B*5701 allele. Patients with this allele are more likely to have serious and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reactions. If a patient tests positive for this allele, abacavir should not be used. (Source - FDA

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The following questions were recently added to IDIN Answers:What is the Orange Book rating for Nifedical XL 30mg (NDC 00093081901, Teva, Biovail? Is this product bioequivalent to Procardia XL and/or Adalat CC?(IDIN Answer)Please see what you can find regarding protocols for acute IV, epidural and SQ pain management. This would entail opiates, local anesthetics and combinations of the two. Ideally

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The News:A medication error with heparin resulted in up to 17 newborns being given an overdose of the drug at a hospital in Texas last week. At least two of these babies have died, but it is unclear if the heparin overdose caused their deaths. Preliminary information indicated that the error originated in the hospital's pharmacy. (Source - theheart.org from WebMD)IDIS Related Question:In case

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The News:A new guideline issued earlier this month by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends considering the use of cholesterol-lowering medications in children 8 years or older who have high concentrations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). (Source - American Academy of Pediatrics Press Release)IDIS Related Question:Randomized studies have evaluated the use of statins in children with what

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The News:On July 10, 2008, two FDA Advisory Committees voted not to require that 11 epilepsy drugs carry a black box warning about the risk of suicide ideation and behavior. The drugs being considered for this warning were carbamazepine, divalproex sodium, felbamate, gabapentin, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, pregabalin, tiagabine, topiramate, and zonisamide. (Source - MedPage Today)

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