Journal article
News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard Reports the Cupboard is Bare ... Time for the FDA to Let Droperidol Out of the (Black) Box
The Annals of pharmacotherapy, Vol.46(9), pp.1259-1261
09/01/2012
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1R156
PMID: 22828973
Abstract
A quick way for a clinical pharmacist to eliminate himself or herself from "employee of the month" consideration is to mention the term medication shortage. Even with training geared toward maximizing resources, the cumulative disappearance of a plethora of medications for the treatment of nausea, vomiting, and/or primary headaches is almost too much for emergency medicine physicians to manage. With prochlorperazine, metoclopramide, promethazine, and ondansetron in increasingly short supply, it is time for the Food and Drug Administration to revisit droperidol's black box warning driven by QTc interval prolongation, given its questionable validity, and restore droperidol's place in the armamentarium of emergency medicine physicians.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard Reports the Cupboard is Bare ... Time for the FDA to Let Droperidol Out of the (Black) Box
- Creators
- Brett Faine - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsChristopher Hogrefe - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Annals of pharmacotherapy, Vol.46(9), pp.1259-1261
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1345/aph.1R156
- PMID
- 22828973
- ISSN
- 1060-0280
- eISSN
- 1542-6270
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine; Pharmacy Practice and Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984297144302771
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