We’re Tobacco Free Inside and Out

Dodge Park Rest Home cares about their residents and employees well being and wants to help them live a healthier life. That is why Dodge Park Rest Home is 100 percent tobacco free, inside and out. For the health and safety of our residents, staff members and...

FDA approves Viibryd to treat major depressive disorder

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Viibryd tablets (vilazodone hydrochloride) to treat major depressive disorder in adults.  Major depressive disorder, also called major depression, is characterized by symptoms that interfere with a person’s...

WARNING: Do You Really Want to Prescribe This?

A computerized order entry warning system prevented some potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized older patients. Older patients are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) because of the number of medications they receive, plus their...

Rapid vs. Gradual Discontinuation of Antidepressants

Going slower is better. Patients’ risks for relapse increase when lithium or antipsychotic medications are discontinued rapidly rather than gradually. To compare rapid (1–7 days) versus slow (14 days) discontinuation of antidepressants, researchers in Sardinia...

P&G Voluntary Recalls Dayquil Cold & Fly 24-Count Liquicaps

P&G said it is taking this action because this product does not contain a child-resistant backing for the blister packs in the box, despite label statements that the product is in child-resistant packaging. No accidental ingestion by children has been reported...

Single Lot of Alka-Seltzer Cold Medicine Recalled

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Morristown, NJ. – December 8, 2009 – In consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bayer’s Consumer Care division has begun a voluntary recall of a single product lot of the combination package of...