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Risk for GI events in hospitalized patients similar with newer, older potassium binders
A retrospective study comparing outcomes in U.S. veterans found that risk for intestinal ischemia/thrombosis and a composite outcome of serious gastrointestinal (GI) events was low and did not differ in those who received sodium zirconium cyclosilicate or patiromer and those who received sodium polystyrene sulfonate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/14/risk-for-gi-events-in-hospitalized-patients-similar-with-newer-older-potassium-binders.htm
14 Aug 2024
Calls to poison control centers for gabapentin, baclofen increased in recent years
The increase in exposures to and misuse of these medications in the U.S. may represent an unintended consequence of recent reductions in opioid prescribing for pain management, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/11/3.htm
11 Dec 2019