Hepatology

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Consider these medications to help patients stay sober

Author:

Sydney Hendry, MD

Anne Mounsey, MD

Naltrexone can help prevent relapse in recently detoxified patients with alcohol use disorder. The evidence for acamprosate is not quite as strong...

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Patient Information

Give patients the facts about hepatitis C

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Patient Information

Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be CC

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Applied Evidence

Tuberculosis: Which drug regimen and when

Author:

Jeff Hall, MD

Curt Elliott, MD

Early treatment can prevent mortality, but there are differences in treating latent vs active TB. This resource—with drug reference charts—can...

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Case Reports

Gout exacerbation, weakness, hypotension—Dx?

Author:

Paul Stromberg, MD

Brandon K. Wills, DO

S. Rutherfoord Rose, PharmD

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Original Research

Fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes: Common and often unmanaged

Author:

Eric L. Johnson, MD

This study of patients with type 2 diabetes in a large rural clinic showed that abnormal liver function tests do not usually lead to diagnostic...

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Statins for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver?

Author:

Shailendra Prasad, MBBS, MPH

Mari Egan, MD, MHPE

Although physicians often avoid prescribing statins for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver, their use has been found to reduce cardiovascular...

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Another option for patients with liver disease

Author:

Umang Sharma, MD

Currently used to treat hepatic encephalopathy, rifaximin is effective at preventing this common complication of chronic liver disease, as well....

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