Continuing drug shortages affect North American patients

Continuing drug shortages affect North American patients.

North American antiepileptic drug pregnancy registry.

Background: The North American AED (antiepileptic drug) Pregnancy Registry was established in 1997 for pregnant women in the United States and Canada at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The major objective was to obtain, as quickly as possible, information on the frequency of major malformations among infants whose mothers had taken one or more AEDs to prevent seizur...

Drug shortages: causes and cautions.

Drug shortages have increasingly been a problem for pharmacists and clinicians over the past decade. Clinicians need to be aware of the various causes of drug shortages and the issues that may arise as a result, particularly as they relate to medication safety. Numerous resources and strategies are available to mitigate the effects of drug shortages, and clinicians should work with their health...

Oncology Drug Shortages in America

J Adv Pract Oncol 2012;3:96–102 T he issue of drug shortages is only one of the many crucial concerns facing oncology advanced practitioners (APs) in the United States today. However, it may be the most critical issue affecting shortand long-term patient outcomes. Shortterm outcomes may be affected by treatment delays, treatment with less effective alternatives, and increased toxicity. Long-ter...

Depressed affect and historical loss among North American Indigenous adolescents.

This study reports on the prevalence and correlates of perceived historical loss among 459 North American Indigenous adolescents aged 11-13 years from the northern Midwest of the United States and central Canada. The adolescents reported daily or more thoughts of historical loss at rates similar to their female caretakers. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that our measure of perceived his...