Advanced practitioners more likely to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics than doctors
A study has shown that advanced practitioners are more likely to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics than doctors. (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - April 6, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Community pharmacists' contribution to public health: assessing the global evidence base
Abstract
In the UK, community pharmacies are more accessible to the general population than general practices. Therefore, government white papers and briefing documents from pharmacy professional bodies have advocated the expansion of the role of community pharmacists, particularly in relation to the provision of services that contribute to disease prevention and health improvement. It is unknown whether the same evidence exists globally for the expansion ... (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - April 6, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Effective depression treatment could improve opioid cessation
Research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has shown that opioid cessation may be more successful if concomitant depression is also effectively treated (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - April 5, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Glucose-lowering drugs and cardiovascular risk: how recent outcome trials have informed practice
This article examines how the trials have evolved and how they impact the use of glucose-lowering agents in the routine care of patients with type ... (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - April 4, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Medical cannabis safe and effective in older people, study finds
Research has shown medical cannabis to be safe and effective for treating pain in older people (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - April 4, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Novel menopause treatment rapidly reduces hot flashes
Research has shown that neurokinin 3 receptor antagonism has a rapid effect on vasomotor symptoms of menopause (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - April 3, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Person-centred over patient-centred care: not just semantics
How does the technology giant ’s marketing approach relate to person-centred care in health? (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 28, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Uncertainty over anticoagulation risks and benefits in CKD patients with AF
The risk of both stroke and haemorrhage increases as chronic kidney disease progresses, which can complicate the decision on whether to begin anticoagulation in those with concomitant atrial fibrillation. (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 28, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Levetiracetam may be superior to phenobarbital in infants with non-syndromic epilepsy
A study comparing levetiracetam and phenobarbital in infants with non-syndromic epilepsy suggests levetiracetam to be superior (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 27, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Hand hygiene interventions could lower death rates in nursing home residents
Hand hygiene interventions, well known for their ability to reduce disease and death rates, are rarely implemented in nursing homes. (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 26, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Community pharmacy and support for patients who take oral anticancer medication
The NHS must provide an integrated cancer service, particularly because improvements in diagnosis and treatment position the management of many cancers similarly to other long-term conditions[1], (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 26, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics favourable for paediatric respiratory infections, researchers say
Research has shown that broad-spectrum antibiotics are associated with slightly worse quality of life in children compared with narrow-spectrum antibiotics, without providing a significant benefit (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 20, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Benefits of smoking cessation medicines decline over first year
Research has shown that the proportion of people who benefit from smoking cessation medicines dwindles over the first year of use (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 19, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Ibuprofen use in early pregnancy might impact female offspring ’s fertility
Research has shown for the first time that ibuprofen use may negatively affect foetuses as early as in the first trimester (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 16, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Steroids do not reduce death from septic shock, study finds
Despite being used for more than four decades, steroid use does not reduce 90-day death rate in patients with septic shock (Source: Clinical Pharmacist)
Source: Clinical Pharmacist - March 14, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
