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New-Drug Reviews Committee News

   Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) (July 2008)

   Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide) (July 2008)

   Bystolic (nebivolol) (May 2008)

  Cyanokit (hydroxoccobalamin) (March 2008)

  Doribax (doripenem) (March 2008)

   

Drug-Class Reviews

  Antidepressants (July 2008)

  Antiemetics (May 2008)

  Weight-Management Medications (May 2008)

  Anti-Alcohol Agents (March 2008)

  Carbapenems (March 2008)

  Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonists (March 2008)

  Opioid Agonists and Antagonists (March 2008)

   

    Next Meeting:  September 10, 2008
   Packets mailed on or about September 3.
    July 9:  Last committee meeting.
   Thank you for participating.
    Relistor reviewed in July.
    Pristiq and other antidepressants
   reviewed in July.
    Unapproved uses for approved drugs
  
reviewed in July.
    Postoperative nausea and vomiting
   management
reviewed in July.
    Bystolic reviewed in May.
    Weight-management medications
   reviewed in May.
    Antiemetics reviewed in May.
    Cyanokit reviewed in March.
    Carbapenems and Doribax
   reviewed in March.
    Drugs related to substance abuse
   reviewed in March.
    Histamine H2-Receptor Antagonists
  
reviewed in March.
    The UPHP and the UPHCN won a 2008
   Rx Benefit Innovation Award from
   the Pharmacy Benefit Management
   Institute in February. The award
   recognized both organizations for
   collaborating on the
   Community-Based Initiative to
   Manage Prescribing Cost and
                     Quality.
     
    Symbicort reviewed in January.
    Inhaled corticosteroids reviewed in January.
    Intranasal corticosteroids reviewed in
   January.
    Less-sedating antihistamines reviewed in
   January.

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