TCAs should be avoided after major cardiovascular events

Antidepressants are amongst the very widely prescribed medications in many nations. Researchers have recently studied the association of antidepressants with major adverse cardiovascular events (including death). In a historical study of 1266 patients who completed...

Pharmacy pre-review impacts opioid prescribing

With so much attention being focused on the harm associated with prescription opioid use, especially amongst people treated with high dose opioids for chronic pain, interventions focused upon achieving harm reduction are most welcome.  Researchers have recently...

Problematic drug interactions with antimicrobials

American researchers have recently studied the potential for serious drug interactions involving antimicrobial agents, in a report published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection. The researchers studied national-level patterns of contraindications between oral...

Tall Man lettering

Tall man lettering is a method to emphasize the unique letter characters of similar drug names that have the potential to be confused with one another. Starting with a drug name printed in lowercase letters, tall man lettering highlights the differences between...