Jones said the drugs have revolutionized health care, however, he noted that the cost of the pricy drugs hurt healthcare dollar spending. Medicare is paying for these, but that moneys coming out of the pot
A ROUT test (Q=1%) was used to identify statistical outliers
Doses Per Vial 5mg vial: At 2.5mg/week = 2 weeks At 5mg/week = 1 week 10mg vial: At 2.5mg/week = 4 weeks At 5mg/week = 2 weeks At 7.5mg/week = 1.3 weeks At 10mg/week = 1 week 15mg vial: At 2.5mg/week = 6 weeks At 5mg/week = 3 weeks At 10mg/week = 1.5 weeks At 15mg/week = 1 week A 10mg vial covers the first month of a standard escalation at 2.5mg/week
Data extraction After finishing the study selection, the final studies (randomized and non-randomized) underwent data extraction to summarize the following variables: author, publication year, type of study, population, intervention, control, type of surgery and procedure, and the result of outcomes of interest