Barbara Rinehart, Freelance Medical Writer

 

 

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Barbara Rinehart has over 19 years of freelance experience, writing in numerous therapeutic classes. Below are some of the areas and topics covered in past projects. Many topics are linked to a writing sample. Please click on the link to read more.

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ALLERGY & ASTHMA (back to contents)

Asthma [view article]

Azmacort [triamcinolone acetonide]

Conjunctivitis, Allergic (CME monograph) [view article]

Claritin [loratadine] [view article]

Formoterol

Prolastin [alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (human)]

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY (back to contents)

            DNA Measurement/Flow cytometry [view]

            Gene identification [view]

            Glycobiology [view]

            Growth factors [view]

            Proteasome inhibition [view]

            Protease inhibition

            Polyflo biomolecular purification [view] [view]

            Zyn-linkers drug delivery system

 

CARDIOVASCULAR (back to contents)

Antiplatelet Drug Interactions

                        Clopidogrel

                        Dipyridamole

Anazor [tasosartan] [view article]

Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists [view article]

Arrhythmia Management

Betapace [sotalol HCl] [view article]

Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain (book chapter)

Coagulation [antiphospholipid antibody]

Coreg [carvedilol]

Coronary Artery Disease

Digital Subtraction Angiography

Dyslipidemia (monograph)

EchoGen (contrast agent) [view article]

Endothelial mediators [view article]

Hemophilia, Medication Adherence Long-term

Pravagard [pravastatin/aspirin]

Refludan [r-lepirudin]

ReoPro [abciximab]

Retavase [r-plasminogen activator]

Tarka [trandolapril/verapamil] [view article]

Tikosyn [dofetilide]

Xarelto [Rivaroxaban] (DVT prophylaxis)

Ziac [bisoprolol]

 

COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (back to contents)

Beta Carotene [view article]

Chiropractic

Chronotherapy

ExtraCare® Services

Herbal Therapy

Homeopathic Medicines

Honey Bee Royal

 

DENTISTRY (back to contents)

Orthognathic Surgery

Periostat [doxycycline hyclate]

 

DERMATOLOGY (back to contents)

Acne, Aczone

Antifungals [view article]

Apligraf [living skin equivalents] [view article]

Eczema (patient education) [view article]

Procuren [platelet derived wound healing]

Sclerotherapy

Venous Stasis Ulcers

Wound Care

 

DEVICES (back to contents)

Chromatography

DNA Flow Cytometry [view article]

Helical CT

Intact Breast Excision System

Lithotripsy

Mechanized Medicine: Laying off of Hands [view article]

PET

Photophoresis

SPECT

Surface EMG

Transdermal Drug Delivery (patch)

UltraTouch® Breast Diagnosis

 

ENDOCRINOLOGY (back to contents)

Avandia [rosiglitazone maleate]

Diabetes [view article]

Diabetes in Pregnancy (patient education)

Diabetic Ketoacidosis (monograph)

Dutogliptin, diabetes

Levoxine [levothyroxine] [view article]

Metabolic Syndrome

Precose

Pituitary Tumors

Acromegaly

Cushing Disease

Hypopituitarism

Reproductive Endocrinology

Starlix [nateglinide]

 

GASTROENTEROLOGY (back to contents)

Crohn’s Disease

Constipation [view article]

Dysmotility Disorders

Dobutamine

Dopamine

Dopexamine

GERD

IBD/IBS (Tegaserod) [view article]

NOD2 Crohn’s Gene [view article]

Proton Pump Inhibitors

Splanchnic blood flow

 

IMMUNOLOGY (back to contents)

Antibodies, chimerized

Arava [leflunomide]

Avonex [interferon Beta-1a]

Betaseron [interferon beta-1b] [view article]

Cytokines

Enbrel [Etanercept]

Progress and Promise of Biological Therapies in the Rheumatic Diseases

Erythropoietin

Fibromyalgia

GAMMAGUARD (IgG replacement therapy) [view poster]

Gamma Interferon

Glycobiology [view article]

Gout

Growth Factors

Growth Hormones

Immune mediated diseases

Immunotherapy in Cancer

Infergen [interferon alfacon-1]

Interleukins

Neoral [cyclosporin]

Neumega [oprelvekin]

Osteoarthritis [view article]

RN624 (anti-NGF) [view article]
Licofelone
Relamine

Remicade [infliximab]

Rheumatoid Arthritis [view article]

TACE inhibitors [Apratastat]

Therafectin [amiprilose HCL]

Transfer Factor

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE (back to contents)

AIDS

Azactam [aztreonam]

Cefdinir [view article]

Cefpodoxime

Ceftriaxone

Cefzil [cefprozil]

Contemporary Diagnosis & Management of Surgical Infections (handbook)

Cutivate [fluticasone propionate]

Prezista [darunavir] (HIV)

Diflucan [fluconazole]

Famvir [famciclovir]

Herpes Family of Viruses

Hepatitis (A, B, C)

HIV-Needs Assessments

Infectious Disease [view article]

Otitis media

Pneumonia [view article]

Protease Inhibition (HIV)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sinusitis [view article]

Tequin [gatifloxacin] (fluoroquinolone)

Tygacil [tigecycline]

Aptivus [tipranavir] (HIV)

 

LABORATORY (back to contents)

Clinical Laboratory Standards, Microbiology

Flow Cytometry

Lupus Anticoagulant

Common Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (Book Chapter)

PolyFlow (DNA purification) [view article]

PolyPure (Technical insert) [view article]

ThinPrep® PAP Testing

 

MANAGED CARE (back to contents)

Keystone Insurance Programs

Twinrix MCO Launch Manuals [view article]

Serzone Program [view article]

 

NEUROLOGY (back to contents)

Armodafinil [Nuvigil] narcolepsy

Acupuncture

ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder

Alzheimer’s Disease [view article]

Aricept, Eranz [donepezil HCl]

Benzodiazepine Agonists [view article]

BuSpar [buspirone]

Closed Head Injury (Entire Book) [view book]

Cognex [tacrine]

Depression

Talking to Hispanic Patients about Anxiety and Depression

Diabetic neuropathy

Epilepsy

Felbamate [Felbatol]

Guillain Barré Syndrome

Insomnia

Lacerations & Contusions of the Brain (Book Chapter)

Low Back Pain (Book Chapter)

Luvox [fluvoxamine]

Mirapex [pramipexole] [view article]

Multiple Sclerosis, fampridine (4-aminopyridine)

Neurology abstracts

Parkinson’s Disease (Book Chapter) [view chapter]

Paxil/Sarafem [paroxetine]

Requip [ropinirole HCl]

Restless Legs Syndrome

Risperdal [risperidone]

Schizophrenia [view article]

Serzone [nefazodone HCl]

Sleep apnea

Sonata [zaleplon]

Spinal Cord Trauma

SSRI antagonists [Lecozotan]

Topamax [topiramate] ALS study

Whiplash

Zolpidem [view article]

 

NUTRITION / OBESITY (back to contents)

Progress, Promil, Entercal, Lactomil, Enercal Plus

Infant and young child nutritional supplements

Phendimetrazine tartrate [view article]

Redux [dexfenfluramine]

Thick & Easy Slurries

Xenical [orlistat]

 

ONCOLOGY (back to contents)

Anemia

Anti-tubulin Agents

Bladder Cancer

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Breast Cancer [view article] [view article]

Hormonal therapy in breast cancer

Herceptin [Trastuzumab] [view article]

Carfilzomib, multiple myeloma

Cyclosporin

Chemoprevention

Chemotoxicities

Childhood Cancers

Colorectal Cancer

Early Cancer Detection

Epirubicin

Gliadel Wafer [polifeprosan/carmustine implant]

Head and Neck Cancer

Idarubicin

Leukemia

Mantle Cell Lymphoma

mTOR [Temsirolimus]

Multiple Myeloma [view article]

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Nutrition in Cancer

Organ Preservation

Pancreatic Cancer

PBSCT [view article]

Procrit [erythropoietin]  (various projects)

Prostate Cancer [book chapter]

Prostate Cancer in African Americans

Prostate Specific Antigen, PSA

Proteasome Inhibition

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Sipuleucel-T, [Provenge]

Taxotere [docetaxel]

Torisel [temsirolimus] RCC

Tumor markers [view article]

Tumor Vaccines

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors [Sunitinib; Sorafenib]

Velcade [bortezomib] proteasome inhibitor for multiple myeloma [view article][view article]

Wyeth-Ayerst Oncology Pipeline

 

OPHTHALMOLOGY (back to contents)

Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye (sales training)

Betimol [timolol hemihydrate]

Diabetic retinopathy

Lantus [insulin glargine]

Macular Degeneration (Book Chapter) [view chapter]

Ophthalmic Chairs

Radial Keratotomy

Trusopt [dorzolamide]

Xalatan [latanoprost]

 

PAIN MANAGEMENT (back to contents)

Celebrex [celecoxib]

Diclofenac

Dipyrone

Fentora [fentanyl]

Fiorinal/Fioricet with Codeine

Lodine [Etodolac] [view article]

MorphiDex [morphine/dextromethorphan]

Osteoarthritis [view article]

RN624 (anti-NGF) [view article]
Licofelone
Relamine

Pain Relievers [Book Chapter]

Pain management: abuse [view article]

Pain management: adherence [view article]

Pharmacist Role in Pain Management

Phentermine

Stadol NS [butorphanol tartrate]

Ultracet [acetaminophen/tramadol]

Vioxx [rofecoxib]

 

PHARMACY (back to contents)

Pharmaceutical Care for Patients with Dyslipidemias [view article]

Pharmacist Role in Pain Management

Trade Pharmacy Fellowship Report [view article]

 

RESPIRATORY (back to contents)

Asthma

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Mometasone furoate

 

SKELETAL (back to contents)

Aprela (bazedoxifene)

Hip and Knee Replacement [video scripts]

Osteoporosis [view article]

Paget’s Disease [Tiludronate]

SERM (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator)

Viviant (bazedoxifene)

 

UROLOGY (back to contents)

AndroGel

Chronic Kidney Disease [view article]

Interstitial cystitis

Ostomy Products

Over Active Bladder (OAB), Disease state

Over Active Bladder, therapy

            Detrol [tolterodine]

            Enablex [darifenacin]

            Gelnique [oxybutynin gel]

            Sanctura XR [trospium]

            Toviaz [fesoterodine]

            Vesicare [Solifenacin]

            Oxytrol (oxybutynin) 

Patch (transdermal drug delivery)

Physician preceptorship [view article]

Rapaflo (silodosin)

Stress Incontinence

TDS (TransDermal System) (patch)

Transdermal Drug Delivery (patch)

Uracyst

Urinary Incontinence & Devices

UTI

 

VACCINES (back to contents)

Engerix-B

Haemophilus Influenzae

Havrix

HPV

Hepatitis

LYMErix

Malarone

PedvaxHIB [view article]

Recombivax HB

Twinrix [view article]

Vaqta

Varivax

 

WOMEN’S HEALTH (back to contents)

Adolescent Gynecology [view article]

Breast Cancer

Climara [patch]

Clomid-Infertility

CombiPatch

Contraception and Breast Feeding

Desogestrel

Diabetes in Pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy

Emergency Contraception

Endometriosis

Estrasorb

Female Sterilization

Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring

Fibrocystic Breast Changes

HIV Testing and Pregnancy

HRT: Breast Cancer

HRT: Effects on Bone Loss

HRT: Effects on Diabetes

HRT: Effects on Sexual Health

HRT: Effects on Skin

Implanon, single rod contraceptive implant [view article]

Implantable contraceptives (Implanon) [view article]

IUDs

Laparoscopic hysterectomy

LEEP

Levonorgestrel

Menopause

Low dose post-menopausal hormone therapy

Minulet [gestodene]

Myths about contraception

Norethindrone acetate

Norplant

Oral contraceptives

PAP testing

PMS — Reference Guide for Clinicians [view article]

Posttubal Sterilization Syndrome

Preconception Counseling (Dialogues in Contraception) 

Preterm Labor

Primary Preventative Health Care

Sexuality

Sexual Problems and Pain

Silicone Gel Breast Implants

STDs

ThinPrep PAP Testing [view article]

Transvaginal Ultrasound

Tri-Levlen

Trinordiol/Triphasil

Uterine Fibroids

 

MISCELLANEOUS (back to contents)

 

Aging

Meeting the Demands of Changing Patient Acuity

Envisioning the Future of Senior Care: New Models and Improved Outcomes

Biopharma (Wyeth)

Cultural Competency

Drug development process (Wyeth)

Evidence-based medicine versus one man’s opinion

Informed Consent

Observational Research

Use of Fair Balance in Sales Presentations

Video tour of Wyeth facilities

 

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