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Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies. Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) is a program of the US Food and Drug Administration for the monitoring of medications with a high potential for serious adverse effects. REMS applies only to specific prescription drugs, but can apply to brand name or generic drugs. [1]
Specialty drugs in the United States. Specialty drugs or specialty pharmaceuticals are a recent designation of pharmaceuticals [1][2] classified as high-cost, [3][4][5] high complexity and/or high touch. [4] Specialty drugs are often biologics [3][6] —"drugs derived from living cells" [7] that are injectable or infused (although some are oral ...
Phentermine and topiramate was approved with a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program to ensure that benefits of treatment outweigh the risks. [6]
Sodium oxybate, sold under the brand name Xyrem among others, is a medication used to treat symptoms of narcolepsy: sudden muscle weakness and excessive daytime sleepiness. [3] [7] [8] It is used sometimes in France and Italy as an anesthetic given intravenously; [9]: 15, 27–28 it is also approved and used in Italy and in Austria to treat alcohol dependence and alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry applied to lumbar spine. Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) is a non-ionizing technology for osteoporosis diagnosis and for fracture risk assessment. REMS processes the raw, unfiltered ultrasound signals acquired during an echographic scan of the axial sites, femur and spine.
The iPLEDGE program is a program by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intended to manage the risk of birth defects caused by isotretinoin (also known as Accutane), [1] a prescription medication used for the treatment of acne. [2][3] Patients, their doctors and their pharmacists are required by the FDA to register and use the iPLEDGE ...
Inotersen. Inotersen, sold under the brand name Tegsedi, is a 2'-O- (2-methoxyethyl) (2'-MOE) antisense oligonucleotide medication used for the treatment of nerve damage in adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. [6][7] The sequence is TCTTG GTTACATGAA ATCCC, where C is methylated C, and the first and third section (bases 1-5 ...
The university is known for its competitive Rochester Early Medical Scholars (REMS) program, an eight-year BA/BS + MD program. [101] Admission to the program is separate from admission to the College and requires additional application materials and interviews. [102] The School of Dentistry is known as the Eastman Institute for Oral Health.