Abstract
A quick way for a clinical pharmacist to eliminate himself or herself from "employee of the month" consideration is to mention the term medication shortage. Even with training geared toward maximizing resources, the cumulative disappearance of a plethora of medications for the treatment of nausea, vomiting, and/or primary headaches is almost too much for emergency medicine physicians to manage. With prochlorperazine, metoclopramide, promethazine, and ondansetron in increasingly short supply, it is time for the Food and Drug Administration to revisit droperidol's black box warning driven by QTc interval prolongation, given its questionable validity, and restore droperidol's place in the armamentarium of emergency medicine physicians.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1259-1261 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Annals of Pharmacotherapy |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2012 |
Keywords
- Black box warning
- Droperidol
- Emergency medicine
- Medication shortage
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology (medical)