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Current Issue

April 2008

SYMPOSIUM
• The Current Approach to the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Lessons from PIOPED II

Call for Papers:

July
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Hypertension

FAST-TRACKED
Allergic Rhinitis in Family Practice: The Role of Levocetirizine in Clinical Care by Donald A. Bukstein, MD and Thomas J. Lapine, MD

Answers to the Most Common Questions About the Hepatic Safety Profile of Duloxetine by Madelaine M. Wohlreich, MD; Nayan Acharya, MD; Indiana Strombom, PhD; Louis Kuritzky, MD; Michael Robinson, MD; Alexandra N. Heinloth, MD; Arie Regev, MD; and Joachim F. Wernicke, MD, PhD

Recent Highlights

SYMPOSIUM ON DIABETES

Use of fixed-dose oral combinations
Advantages of early initiation of combination oral therapy include improved efficacy, fewer side effects, lower cost, and better compliance.
David S. H. Bell, MB, FRCPC, FRCP(Edin), Kathleen L. Wyne, MD, PhD

The addition of injection therapy
Incretin mimetics and insulin are options for patients in whom oral therapy is failing.
David S. H. Bell, MB, FRCPC, FRCP(Edin), Kathleen L. Wyne, MD, PhD

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Switching in the era of atypical antipsychotics:
An updated review
This article focuses on recent developments in switching
and highlights differences in the switching profiles of the most recently introduced antipsychotics.
Peter J. Weiden, MD

Health monitoring for patients who have schizophrenia;
Summary of the Mount Sinai Conference recommendations
This paper summarizes findings and recommendations from the conference held at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and discusses the implications for improving medical monitoring of patients with schizophrenia who are managed in outpatient settings.
Nancy H. Covell, PhD; Carlos T. Jackson, PhD; and
Ellen M.Weissman, MD, MPH

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This Special Report was supported by a grant from Amgen Inc and Wyeth Research.

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