Oct 13, 2018
“Studies show that people with limited vision find managing their medication is one of the many issues they have to contend with daily.” “Nine out of ten participants found information on medication was quite difficult or impossible to read.”...
Oct 13, 2018
What to do about allopurinol in renal impairment? A question that has taxed clinicians for many years. In a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers have suggested that this drug may be less fraught for these patients than previously thought. People...
Oct 9, 2018
Some interesting new research published in the journal Addiction examined the impact of cannabis use on opioid use treatment outcomes. A sample of 820 people using illicit drugs 820 starting Opioid Agonist Treatment (with methadone or buprenorphine/nalaxone) 1996 and...
Oct 9, 2018
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada has issued a reminder about potentially unsafe medication abbreviations. Reading the document, it is clear that there are many ways for some commonly encountered abbreviations to be misinterpreted with potentially...
Oct 9, 2018
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended restrictions on the use of fluoroquinolone and quinolone antibiotics in view of the association of these medications with adverse effects involving muscles, tendons and bones and the nervous system. The...
