For decades, stroke patients with swallowing difficulties have routinely received crushed tablets to reduce the risk of aspiration. New clinical data now challenge this practice. A study using ...

People who take more than four doses of medicine a day appear more likely to crush tablets or open capsules potentially reducing their effectiveness, QUT research has found. Also most of those who ...

A 51-year-old man presented to the hospital in severe pain approximately 1 hour after injecting three crushed morphine tablets (10 mg) into his right radial artery. Clinicians learned that he had been ...

(UPDATED) Giving crushed prasugrel tablets in the ambulance to STEMI patients with planned primary PCI does not improve reperfusion rates compared with giving the tablets whole, according to results ...

There is no benefit in terms of 1-year clinical outcomes for STEMI patients who receive crushed over integral prasugrel tablet loading doses in the ambulance, according to new data from the COMPARE ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DENVER - Cenobamate was effective in treating focal seizures administered as a whole tablet, crushed tablet or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the COMPARE CRUSH trial, administration of crushed prasugrel tablets in patients with STEMI on the way to the ...