Depression is one of the top three health disorders in adults ages 18-34 with approximately 21.3% of these adults having depression. This means that many women suffer from depression during their peak childbearing years and will begin medication to treat it....
Meningococcal Disease Background Meningococcal disease is a severe, life-threatening illness that may manifest as meningitis, bacteremia, or bacteremic pneumonia. Even with antibiotic treatment, mortality due to invasive disease is 10-15%. Up to 20% of persons who...
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) can be very debilitating for patients. It is a condition that often warrants pharmacotherapy. But which medications are most effective and how should we choose? I’ll lay out some of the most important RLS treatment clinical pearls in...
I know some folks out there really like crossword puzzles, so I figured why not combine a little fun with a little pharmacology education? I’ve created a free pharmacology crossword puzzle that you should be able to work through below. I didn’t make it tremendously...
Trazodone belongs to a class of drugs called serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitors (SARIs). Although trazodone is only FDA-approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), it is most often used off-label to manage insomnia. What’s interesting...
