American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
-
Am J Health Syst Pharm · Aug 2011
ReviewUse of pure opioid antagonists for management of opioid-induced pruritus.
Published reports on placebo-controlled clinical trials and other studies investigating the use of pure opioid antagonists for the prevention and treatment of opioid-induced pruritus (OIP) were evaluated. ⋯ Based on the existing data, a low-dose, continuous i.v. infusion of naloxone has the largest body of evidence supporting its use for prevention of OIP in adult and pediatric patients.
-
A case of paralytic ileus in a patient receiving oral diltiazem therapy for atrial fibrillation is reported. ⋯ A 64-year-old man receiving high-dose diltiazem to treat atrial fibrillation developed paralytic ileus, which quickly resolved after the medication was discontinued.
-
Am J Health Syst Pharm · Aug 2011
Characteristics of postgraduate year 1 pharmacy residency programs at academic medical centers.
The training components and other characteristics of postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residency programs at a sample of academic medical centers were evaluated. ⋯ Results of this survey indicate that there is a large amount of variation in the components of PGY1 pharmacy residency programs among UHC academic medical centers. The majority of respondents reported no change in the number of residency positions offered within the past two years, but they reported an increase in the number of applications from 2009 to 2010.