Steqeyma is now supplied as a 45mg/0.5mL solution in a single-dose vial for subcutaneous injection for pediatric patients weighing less than 60kg. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a ...

Exparel (bupivacaine liposomal) is a brand-name drug prescribed for pain relief after surgery in adults and some children. Exparel comes as an injection that’s given as a single dose by a healthcare ...

Children who presented to the ED with severe asthma were eligible to enter the study. Severe asthma was classified as having all four features of respiratory distress (wheezing, sternal retraction, ...

Doxycycline is a generic drug prescribed for certain infections and other conditions in adults and some children. Doxycycline is typically taken once or twice per day. The dosage varies depending on ...

“Children are not little adults. This widely-used statement captures the complexity of changes in human physiology during development, which needs to be accounted for while determining drug doses for ...

Caplacizumab is a von Willebrand factor (vWF)-directed antibody fragment designed to inhibit the interaction between vWF and platelets.

When prescribing medicine to children, doctors often rely on guidelines that simply scale down the dosage that adults receive. This imprecise and common practice fails to capture the nuances of ...

The prescribed dosage for dexamethasone may vary depending on a person’s individual treatment plan. Factors such as your medical history and body weight may also affect your dosage of dexamethasone.

This medication is used to treat intestinal worm infections such as pinworm, roundworm, and hookworm. Pyrantel belongs to a class of drugs known as anthelmintics. It works by making the worms unable ...