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  • We can learn a lot from drug adverse effects
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 654-655; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85b.09018

    No one likes adverse effects, but they can teach us important things about human biology.

  • What can we do about musculoskeletal pain from bisphosphonates?
    Sian Yik Lim, MD and Marcy B. Bolster, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 675-678; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18005

    The authors recommend acetaminophen before infusions, and acetaminophen or NSAIDs if an acute-phase reaction occurs.

  • Phosphorus binders: The new and the old, and how to choose
    Phosphorus binders: The new and the old, and how to choose
    Arjun Sekar, MD, Taranpreet Kaur, MD, Joseph V. Nally, MD, Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD, Stacey Jolly, MD, MAS, FACP and Georges N. Nakhoul, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2018, 85 (8) 629-638; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17054

    The pathophysiology and control of hyperphosphatemia in kidney disease, focusing on phosphorus binders.

  • Phosphorus in kidney disease: Culprit or bystander?
    Malvinder S. Parmar, MB, MS, FRCPC, FASN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2018, 85 (8) 639-642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18013

    As kidney function declines, phosphorus accumulates, but the process is complex.

  • Diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder in primary care
    Parashar Koirala, MD and Amit Anand, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2018, 85 (8) 601-608; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85gr.18003

    Many patients have undiagnosed bipolar depression, ie, depression with shifts to periods of mania.

  • Navigating travel with diabetes
    Navigating travel with diabetes
    Rachael Mullin, OMS3, MS, Davida Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM, CNP, Clipper F. Young, PharmD, CDE, MPH, BC-ADM and Jay H. Shubrook, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 537-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17105

    Help patients plan ahead to manage diabetes while traveling and prepare for emergencies that may arise.

  • What inpatient treatments do we have for acute intractable migraine?
    Ashhar S. Ali, DO and Mark Stillman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 514-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17049

    Options: volume repletion, antiemetics, antiepileptics, NSAIDs, corticosteroids, and magnesium sulfate. Avoid opioids.

  • Hydroxychloroquine: An old drug with new relevance
    Eugen Alexander Shippey, MD, Vanya D. Wagler, DO, FACP, FACR and Angelique N. Collamer, MD, FACP, FACR
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 459-467; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17034

    This antimalarial drug is now approved to treat discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.

  • In reply: Perioperative interruption of dual antiplatelet therapy (November 2017)
    Ryan Munyon, Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP and Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.04002
  • A 71-year-old woman with shock and a high INR
    Raja Y. Zaghlol, MD, Michael E. Tierney, MD, BMedSc, Louay Y. Zaghlol and Ayman A. Zayed, MD, MSc, FACE, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 303-312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17031

    She presents with an acute change in mental status, blood pressure 80/40 mm Hg, pulse 130, INR 6.13.

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