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{"title":"Drugs for some common eye disorders.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 123","pages":"79-86; quiz 2 p following 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31014964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 122","pages":"73-8; quiz 79-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30920719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drugs for chronic heart failure.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 121","pages":"69-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30861108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antifungal drugs.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 120","pages":"61-8; quiz 69-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30783786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drugs for insomnia.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 119","pages":"57-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30749045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advice for travelers.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 118","pages":"45-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30748801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 117","pages":"37-44; quiz 2 p following 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40188049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drugs for inflammatory bowel disease.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 115","pages":"19-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30483789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drugs for tuberculosis.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Recommendations: </strong>The standard treatment for latent tuberculosis is nine months of isoniazid taken daily, or twice weekly under direct observation by a healthcare worker. Taking isoniazid and rifapentine once weekly for 12 weeks under direct observation is an alternative for patients >12 years old. Initial therapy for patients with active or suspected tuberculosis should include isoniazid, rifampin,pyrazinamide and ethambutol until susceptibility is known. In patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis, the continuation phase of treatment should be a combination of isoniazid and either rifampin or rifapentine, taken for 4 or 7 months depending on risk factors. Confirmed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis or extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis should be treated with directly observed therapy in collaboration with a clinician familiar with management of these conditions. Treatment must include at least 4 drugs to which the organism is susceptible; the duration of therapy should usually be 18-24 months. Directly observed therapy by a healthcare worker should be offered to all patients with active tuberculosis to minimize treatment failure, relapse and the emergence of drug resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":87161,"journal":{"name":"Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter","volume":"10 116","pages":"29-36; quiz 37-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30531032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}