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Letrozole (Femara drug) Manufacturer: Novartis, Inc., East Hanover, NJ Indication: Originally approved for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive early breast cancer, letrozole can now be used immediately after surgery (in the adjuvant setting) to prevent cancer recurrence.

Problem: Errors in administering intravenous (IV) therapy can cause serious harm to patients. In fact, with few exceptions, high-alert medications that are known to harm patients are administered via the IV route. One aspect of potentially harmful IV errors that may go unnoticed, however, is the injection of an IV medication too quickly.

NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS is an infection of the central nervous system by the larval forms, or cysticerci, of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, which is prevalent primarily in the rural areas of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The number of cases of neurocysticercosis diagnosed in the United States is rising as a result of the increasing number [...]