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Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC July/August 2012
... in BC authorized to prescribe methadone for analgesia (6.4% of registered physicians), with a significant proportion ... other drugs, its use involves potentially serious risks.[ 4 , 5 ] Methadone has a long and variable half-life, which ... Most problems with metha­done occur within the first 4 weeks of therapy or after inadvertent coadministration with ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... society promoted the rescue of drowning people, and paid 4 guineas (about $160 today) to anyone who successfully ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... factor, in the production of carcinoma of the lung.”[ 4 ] He himself had been an avid smoker for 19 years, but quit ... patients need to know about them are summarized in  Table 4 . Numerous pharmacological interventions are available for ... release and maintaining partial stimulation of the alpha-4 beta-2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.[ 12 , 14 ]  In a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... for middle-aged individuals is estimated to be 90%.[ 4 ]  The global burden of hypertension-related disease is ... tests, and medications—was estimated to be almost $2.4 billion in 2007.[ 7 ] Blood pressure measurement Blood ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC January/February 2011
... of metronidazole was given, and her illness subsided over 4 days. There were no further recurrences. Scenario B An ... prac­tical terms for general practitioners ( Table 1 ).[ 4 , 5 ]  The likelihood of developing infection largely ... of metronidazole when used in a standard dose of 125 mg 4 times a day for 10 days (pediatric course: 40 to 50 mg/kg/a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, June 2011
... to improve adherence to their antiretroviral medication.[ 4 ]  After the first year of treatment, patients receiving ...
Letters / BY: George E. Price, MD October 2011
... differences in the causative organism,  B. burgdorferi .[ 4 ] In 1995 I reported a case of Lyme arthritis in BC and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Janet McElhaney, MD, March 2011
... older adults have an innate capacity for rehabilitation;[ 4 ] at almost any given level of frailty, some improvement ...
Letters / BY: Adi Mudaliar, MD, CCFP July/August 2011
... vs high-dose losartan in heart failure), ACTIVE I[ 4 ] (irbesartan in atrial fibrillation) and ROADMAP[ 5 ] ...
MDs To Be / BY: Devina Wadhwa, November 2011
... efficacy and care to the population in question.[ 1 , 4 ] As global health disparity rises, so should a health care ...