Sep 20, 2018
A case report of a 73-year-old woman who developed mania after exposure to memantine.
Sep 18, 2018
There are growing suggestions that many samples of street drugs, including heroin, cocaine, MDMA and others are frequently contaminated with fentanyl – a potent opioid that can cause death rapidly when inadvertently ingested. Fentanyl is now implicated as a...
Sep 18, 2018
Broadening of the QT interval on ECG is a serious complication that can have lethal outcomes. For years it has been know that various medicines can cause QT prolongation, either alone or as a result of drug interactions. CredibleMeds from the University of North...
Sep 17, 2018
The EMA have produced a patient-oriented resource about biosimilar medicines that addresses some common issues related to these agents. The YouTube presentation can be viewed here
Sep 17, 2018
Aspirin remains a widely used drug, perhaps more widely used in modern times for cardiovascular purposes than as an analgesic. People with Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) commonly have symptoms such as swelling of the mucosa of the sinuses and nasal...
