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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
Fatal fungal infections may be able to resist newer antifungal drugs. Globally, fungal infections are often fatal due to the lack of access to multiple antifungals, which may be required to be utilized in combination. Single antifungals may not be enough to stop a fungal infection from causing the death of a patient.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.