GLG News by Synagis Prescribers (US)

-Parents in NJ are fighting a new state mandate requiring influenza vaccine in preschoolers -Allowing an override of this mandate would be dangerous but parents will have only themselves to blame if their unvaccinated kids get sick

Rotateq is a great vaccine - it protects both vaccinated patients and also gives some protection to their not-yet-vaccinated peers Although in the US it is rare to die from rotavirus illness, the economic savings on lost school/work days and decreased hospital admissions and ER visits is huge.

Most American families are not familiar with signs and symptoms of influenza.  Asking them to use (and not use) a home supply of antivirals would be insanity, stretching thin the amount of antivirals available and depriving them to those in true need.  To ask them to use these meds appropriately...

Yes, there are elevated radon levels in some homes, and, yes, there are patients with lung cancer in some homes, as well. But the connection, while it might be intuitive, remains to be solidified.

The well-regarded Multimodal Treatment study (MTA Study) has shown that adjunctive, behavioral treatment alone is not as effective as treatment options which include medications. Parent input (and education), however, is critical for day-to-day management of these children, since the parents are on...

As physicians, we should have nothing to hide when we provide unbiased advice to pharmaceutical companies. Receiving a grant (or a lunch or a free pen) does not, for the vast majority, obligate us to be anything other than concerned for our patients, first and foremost.

In this small and short-duration study, ACE inhibitors seem to provide an additional preventive benefit when used with beta blockers in patients with marfan's syndrome. This is all to the good for those patients, and if the results of this preliminary study are borne out over a longer term, this may...

Children have long been therapeutic orphans, often relying on off-label use of new drugs which have only been tested on adults. This legislation seeks to remedy that inequality, by encouraging pharmaceutical companies to do more testing in pediatric populations.

With Abbott being such a major player in the infant formula market, will this lead to more promotion of statins in the pediatric office, especially given the recent (although controversial) recommendation for possible statin use in children as young as 8 years old? And since they are involved in the...

Cervical cancer is real, and has the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality. Yet the incidence in developed countries is relatively small, when compared with the developing world. There is a real, although small, benefit in the US, and while the vaccine is effective, the cost per prevented...