These specific contraindications cause consternation for clinicians who may wish to prescribe metformin but do not want to put their patients at risk of lactic acidosis or expose themselves to ...

Drug Use Contraindications and Precautions in Congestive Heart Failure. Objective: This study investigated the impact of FDA-approved labeling -- ie, precautions and contraindications specified ...

The patient with heart disease who develops a disorder requiring surgical intervention often presents a taxing therapeutic dilemma to the attending physician. To withhold surgery may be almost ...

"We found individuals with contraindications to NSAIDs were still commonly prescribed them, placing them at risk for NSAID-related adverse events," explains corresponding author Tuhina Neogi, MD ...

This video reviews the indications and contraindications for and the techniques involved in carotid sinus massage, a noninvasive diagnostic test used to detect carotid sinus hypersensitivity and, i ...

In our next post, part 2 of the 3-part series, we’ll talk about the systemic contraindications to LASIK and PRK. For more information: Oliver Kuhn-Wilken, ...

Despite having contraindications to NSAIDs, 21% of those in the study were regular users of NSAIDs within the first year of their OA diagnosis. Similarly, 21% of those with precautions for using ...