BACKGROUND Effect of statin therapy has been reported to be associated with patient's adherence. Atorvastatin was available in Japan as a brand-name product beginning in 2000. The first atorvastatin generics were introduced in Japan in November 2011. The objective of this study was to analyze whether changing from a brand-name atorvastatin to a generic product would affect patient adherence. ...

We report two unusual cases of septic sacroiliitis resulting from intravenous Subutex abuse that initially masqueraded as low back pain. Both patients, a 48-year-old Malay man and a 30-year-old Malay woman, presented with chills, rigor and progressive lower back pain, and eventually experienced difficulty in ambulating. The Malay woman also developed severe pain in her left elbow, with swelling...

1. Conflict of interest: ABA received fellowships from The Dowling Club, Procter & Gamble, and received educational grants or acted as an investigator for Pfizer, Merck Serono, Basilea, LEO Pharma and Almirall. MP has received funding for research from Pfizer (formerly Wyeth). ADS and CCL have acted as paid consultants for Pzifer and have received funding for research. DJA received fees from Sc...

The postoperative analgesic efficacy of buprenorphine (Temgesic; R & C Pharmaceuticals) 0.004 mg/kg and morphine 0.15 mg/kg were compared in 60 patients, both agents given by intramuscular injection. According to patients, buprenorphine gave better analgesia. There was no difference in the number of analgesic injections the two groups received in the 24-hour postoperative period. Cardiovascular...

healthcare and Ranbaxy have been bought by Abbott and Daiichi Sankyo, respectively.[3] Cipla, an indigenous company, lone with a market share of about 5.4% tops the list of top 10 companies in India. The increasing presence of foreign companies among the top pharmaceutical companies in India is may be due to a few buyouts which happened in the recent past. Daiichi Sankyo, a leading Japanese pha...

In the original publication, in the Methods section, Scholl Fungal Nail Treatment is incorrectly attributed to Bayer Healthcare AG who is neither the manufacturer nor the market authorization holder. This should state Scholl Fungal Nail Treatment, Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare, UK. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Inte...

Bone infarcts result, probably, from interruption of bone blood flow due to intraosseous arterial thrombosis or hypertrophy of adipocytic cells1. Bone infarcts (denoted as multifocal when more than 5 sites are involved2) have recently been described in HIV-infected patients3. In this context, a relationship with intravenous drug use has been established by some authors4. Buprenorphine marketed ...