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Bora Pharmaceuticals acquires Upsher-Smith

Express Pharma

The two facilities can commercialise and produce a range of dosage forms including oral solids, powders (oral and topical), and liquids. Founded in 2007, Bora is reportedly the largest pharma manufacturer in Taiwan supplying more than 100 countries around the world.

Dosage 99
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Parkinson Disease

RX Note

May allow a reduction in levodopa dosage. Apomorphine (intermittent SC injection or continuous infusion with a portable pump) Useful in people severely disabled by motor fluctuations refractory to conventional treatment. Is highly emetogenic and requires pre-treatment with domperidone to reduce nausea.

Dosage 40
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How To Get Accurate Lab Tests When Taking Thyroid Medications

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Recommendations for Those on T4-Only Medications T4-only medication (such as Synthroid, Levoxyl, Tirosint, Eltroxin, and generic levothyroxine) has a five- to nine-day half-life, which means that once you have become stable on the current dosage, it can take up to nine days for 50 percent of the dose to clear the body.

Dosage 97
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Clinical Pharmacy

RX Note

External Links Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2018 Clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy staffing, and hospital mortality rates, 2007 Patient counselling Assess and counsel patients on device techniques such as insulin or inhalers.

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Insulin Injections

RX Note

The mean dosage display for NovoPen 4 was >4 times larger than for NovoPen 3. Furthermore, NovoPen 4 offers benefits to diabetic patients with manual or visual improvement. The mean injection force required to operate NovoPen 4 was reduced to 50% compared to NovoPen 3.

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UK approves prescription-only melatonin drug for childhood ADHD

Pharmaceutical Technology

The recommended dosage is even smaller in children. In a press announcement for the recent MHRA approval, Colonis Pharma referred to data published in 2007 from a four-week randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that looked at the effect of melatonin on sleep, cognition and behaviour in ADHD. In the study, 48.8%

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Recommended Medical Reference

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Adverse Drug Reaction Drug Induced Diseases, 2018 Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, 2015 Antibiotics The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2022 Breastfeeding Briggs' Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 2021 Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk, 2021 Clinical Practice Applied Therapeutics, 2018 Conn’s Current Therapy, 2022 Current Medical Diagnosis (..)