Month: October 2015

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Acid Base Practice Questions…and Answers

Study in PBL want some more practice Acid/Base questions, so here you go. Practice Questions: Lagniappe Answers:Lagniappe-key   -Adrian Baudy

There's A New Binder On the Block: FDA Approves Patiromer

BETHESDA, MD — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new oral option for reversing hyperkalemia, patiromer. Patiromer is an oral suspension (Veltassa, Relypsa) that has just come out of the phase-2 AMETHYST-DN study, which  showed that daily administration of the potassium-binding agent safely controlled hyperkalemia over a 1 year in patients…
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