A major goal for postsecondary teachers with a doctoral degree is attaining a tenureâa guarantee that a professor cannot be fired without just cause. It can take up to 7 years of moving up the ranks in tenure-track positions. The ranks are assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.
Zontivity, known generically as vorapaxar, is the first of a new class of drugs called protease-activated receptor-1 antagonists. The drugs work by preventing blood platelets from clumping together to form a blood clot. Internal bleeding is a common side effect of blood thinning drugs, and Zontivity will carry a boxed warning that it can cause potentially deadly bleeding side effects.
For individuals taking antiplatelet medications, platelet reactivity testing measures levels of platelet reactivity. The anticipated reduction in cost is expected to keep the drug on its perch as the leading nonaspirin antiplatelet agent, experts agree. Also, we were first in the state of Arkansas to have access to some of the newest stents, cath lab devices, antiplatelet drugs, and endografts.