By Robert Joseph Fakheri, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 55 year-old male is recently diagnosed with systemic sarcoidosis. The patient is started on prednisone 40mg with the plan to decrease the dose after remission of …
Category: Pharmacology
Clinical Correlations
Clinical Misinformation: The Case of Benadryl Causing Dementia
May 22, 2013
By Natalie Smith, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A few weeks ago I received an email from a friend I grew up with containing a link to an article she had seen online and a question …
Xopenex: Is it worth the money?
August 16, 2012
By Han Na Kim
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
The patient is a 50-year-old woman with history of steroid-dependent, severe, persistent asthma since childhood and coronary artery disease who presented with dyspnea and URI symptoms admitted …
The Placebo Effect: Can Understanding Its Role Improve Patient Care?
May 4, 2012
By Brian D. Clark
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The ability to critically assess the validity of a clinical trial is one of many important skills that a physician strives to develop. This skill helps guide …
Challenges in the Treatment of TB and HIV Co-Infection
March 16, 2012
By Santosh Vardhana, MD/PhD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Ms. T is a 32- year-old woman with no past medical history who presents with a three month history of productive cough, shortness of breath, and a twenty …
Ethical Considerations on the Use of Fear in Public Health Campaigns
November 23, 2011
By Ishmeal Bradley, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The goal of public health is to prevent or minimize disease and injury on a population level. How to achieve this end has changed over time, though. …
Medicine By Numbers: 131 Million
October 28, 2011
By Maryann Kwa, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
131 million: The number of times the most popular medication in the United States was prescribed in 2010.
Recently, IMS Health, a company that monitors annual sales for pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, published a list of …
They’re all the ‘roid rage: origins and mechanisms of corticosteroid therapy.
September 23, 2011
By Santosh Vardhana, MD
A 36-year-old obese male with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents to the ER with new knee pain, swelling, and erythema. Joint aspiration reveals negatively birefringent crystals. He is started on oral prednisone.
A 26-year-old woman with lupus presents to ER …