Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers compare drugs for treating severe hypertension in pregnancy
A recent meta-analysis of published studies has compared the efficacy and safety of antihypertensive drugs during pregnancy.
Jul 5, 2018
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Can doctors identify older patients at risk of medication harm following hospital discharge?
Medication-related harm (MRH) is common in older adults following hospital discharge. A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study has examined whether doctors can predict which older patients will experience MRH ...
Jul 2, 2018
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Health
Should pharmacists be allowed to write prescriptions?
Prescribing of medications has traditionally been restricted to physicians, but there is growing support to allow pharmacists to do so as well. A British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology review of a large number of studies ...
Jun 20, 2018
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Medications
Model examines pregnancy's effects on opioid addiction treatment
Buprenorphine (BUP) is approved for the treatment of opioid addiction. The current dosing regimen of BUP in pregnant women is based on recommendations designed for non-pregnant adults, but physiological changes during pregnancy ...
Jun 6, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New journal series provides insights on European medication-related guidelines
A new series published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP) aims to help clinicians, researchers, and patients access and understand recent guidelines and regulatory documents issued by the European Medicines ...
May 30, 2018
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Health
Medication-related harm in older adults is common, costly, and preventable
New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial use of healthcare resources. In the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study, medication-related ...
May 23, 2018
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Health
Many older adults discharged from the hospital receive inappropriate prescriptions
In a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of 259 older adults discharged from a general medical hospital, more than 4 in 5 patients were issued a potentially inappropriate prescription containing at least 1 potentially ...
May 11, 2018
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Health
Study points to the futility of urine tests for salbutamol doping
Salbutamol, also known as albuterol, is a medication that opens upconstrictedmedium and large airways in the lungs and is often used to treat asthma. Because high doses are suspected by some to also have an anabolic effect, ...
May 3, 2018
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Pediatrics
Study reveals large differences in drug prescriptions for newborns between NICUs
Little is known concerning how extensively drugs are prescribed to newborns in different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of nearly 1,500 newborns admitted during ...
Apr 23, 2018
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Pediatrics
Study challenges previous findings that antidepressants affect breastfeeding
New research does not support the previously observed negative impacts of antidepressant use on breastfeeding. In the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study, use of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in late pregnancy ...
Mar 26, 2018
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