Francisco Araujo

#ClinicalPharmacist 👨‍🔬 #Pharmacovigilance ● #Drugsafety ● Art lover 🎨👨‍🎨. I tweet sometimes about pharmacy matters 💉💊📚

[Mad In America @Mad_In_America]

Prescription Stimulant Use Linked to Higher Rates of Psychosis

A systematic study finds a higher incidence of psychosis in individuals diagnosed with ADHD who are prescribed stimulants.

By Joe Huang

https://t.co/Qo7LDCB8od

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

The new @WHO's World health statistics report shows that global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years —the largest drop in recent history — reversing a decade of health gains: https://t.co/xY8bgHYttb

Behind every data point is a person—a child who didn’t reach their fifth birthday, a mother lost in childbirth, a life cut short by a preventable disease.

These are avoidable tragedies.

They point critical gaps in access, protection, and investment in health care — especially for women and girls.

Every government has a responsibility to act, with urgency, commitment, and accountability to the people they serve.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

U.S. measles cases reached 607 today, with 481 cases in Texas.

Of all the patients, 97% were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination statuses, and 74 (12%) have been hospitalized.

https://t.co/BhpxbqJWpH

[Psiquiatría Crítica @psiquicritic]

El uso de antidepresivos en personas con demencia se asocia con un deterioro cognitivo más rápido, fracturas y mortalidad por todas las causas. https://t.co/axi862M3gb

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

Lifestyle is a stronger predictor of aging and mortality than genetics.

A new Nature study of ~500,000 people found:
🎯 17% of mortality variation was linked to lifestyle (exposome).
🧬 <2% of was explained by genetics.

Here’s what you need to know 👇🧵 1/10

[Royal College of Pharmacy @rc_pharm]

Have your patients asked about taking medicines during Ramadan?

With Ramadan starting soon, we’ve updated our fasting guide to ensure you can confidently support people who are fasting.

Brush up your knowledge with our practical tips and resources: https://t.co/XHAA2nAOnH

[Ash Paul @pash22]

“Stress, Everyday Stress, Is A Cancer Risk Factor: A new @ARHarris_PhDMPH et al study shows exactly how stress alters the immune system to cancer’s benefit“ via @fperrywilson https://t.co/XRaIpwnqa2 @Maherjane

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

This is a serious measles outbreak in Texas. The measles vaccine has been proven safe &amp; effective since 1963.

[Francisco Araujo @fararod]

El SNS se hunde muy despacio, por eso pensamos que no es para tanto https://t.co/pGb0q0V7jy via @DiarioMedico

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

How do GLP-1 drugs affect cognitive and mental health disorders? A comprehensive review https://t.co/s6FNtzYp17 @NatMentHealth open-access

[Uppsala Monitoring Centre @UMCGlobalSafety]

Anyone can report a suspected side effect to a medicine or vaccine. These reports are a vital source of information for regulators and scientists to identify emerging safety issues.

👀 See what happens next in the #MedSafetyCycle 👉 https://t.co/UIA59JGBpg

[Alzheimer Europe @AlzheimerEurope]

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has announced its decision to reject #lecanemab for the treatment of early #Alzheimer’s disease.

#AEScienceWatch @alzscot

https://t.co/8rVeYC7u6W

[Francisco Araujo @fararod]

HeLa cells

https://t.co/yCWXU96kl4

[Francisco Araujo @fararod]

#Lecanemab and #Donanemab NNH 3, NNT “Change within patients is below the minimal threshold of perception”

[Shoaib Alam @ShoaibAlamKhat2]

Out in @GHP_Journal:

Antidepressant or antipsychotic monotherapy wasn’t linked to torsades de pointes, but using≥2 #antidepressants was! Other QTc-prolonging drugs posed a greater risk ⚡💊

#Cardiology #Psychopharmacology #Arrhythmia #Pharmacovigilance
https://t.co/cDAyLObKij

[Francisco Araujo @fararod]

💊 Celebrities use testosterone to boost their sex drive, but is it really the answer?

#Testosterone therapy is not a fountain of youth. There’s no proof it will restore youthful sexual function, and long-term efficacy and safety data are lacking.

#Menopause is not a disease

[Nature Reviews Drug Discovery @NatRevDrugDisc]

FDA approves new non-opioid pain drug https://t.co/IMJdd5OHJi

The FDA has approved Vertex’s suzetrigine, an oral inhibitor of the ion channel NaV1.8, for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain, providing a much-needed new option

Background here https://t.co/w90YK8RJLy

[Adam Feuerstein ✡️ @adamfeuerstein]

VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM.
(Yes, I'm typing in my loud voice.)

@matthewherper lays out the facts.

https://t.co/gNzVKMhvnJ

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

A recent study now finds answer to the query: “Why one spouse or partner is infected &amp; the other remains asymptomatic although both are exposed to SARS-CoV-2 virus!” It is due to elevated expression of the gene IFIT3 (interferon-inducible protein with tetrapeptide repeats 3) 1/

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

WHO expresses deep concern about the implications of the immediate funding pause for #HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

These programmes provide access to life-saving HIV therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide.

A funding halt for HIV programmes can put people living with HIV at immediate increased risk of illness and death and undermine efforts to prevent transmission in communities and countries.
Such measures, if prolonged, could lead to rises in new infections and deaths, reversing decades of progress and potentially taking the world back to the 1980s and 1990s when millions died of HIV every year globally, including many in the United States of America.

For the global community, this could result in significant setbacks to progress in partnerships and investments in scientific advances that have been the cornerstone of good public health programming, including innovative diagnostics, affordable medicines, and community delivery models of HIV care.

We call on the Government of the United States of America to enable additional exemptions to ensure the delivery of lifesaving HIV treatment and care.

Read more https://t.co/UWDbvmGGZF