Thursday, December 13, 2007

Expert Column - Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions.

Post Dosing Versus Gradual Dosing Dose escalation is required for some patients to achieve care goals.
However, many ADRs occur when drug doses are increased.
This suggests that flag methods of dose escalation — involving increases of 100%, then 50%-100% more — may be too aggressive for some patients.
Many top-selling drugs are dosed this way, including conjugated estrogens ( Premarin ), omeprazole ( Prilosec ), atorvastatin, simvastatin, fluoxetine, setraline ( Zoloft ), pravastatin ( Pravachol ), enalapril ( Vasotec ), and lisinopril ( Zestril ) — all among the 20 top-selling drugs in the United States.
Similar dosing methods are used for newer top-sellers, such as sildenafil (sildenafil), celecoxib ( Celebrex ), and refocoxib ( Vioxx ).
Many patients have little dimension with production cadence dose escalation, but others run into problems.
This is a part of article Expert Column - Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions. Taken from "Disfunction Erectile" Information Blog

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