Management of gout in older people

A comprehensive review has just been published in the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research – see here for further details

Surgery cancelled because of medication management issues

Problems with management of medications create potential for unnecessary suspension of surgery. Spanish researchers have recently demonstrated that cancellation of elective surgical procedures due to inadequate management of chronic medications can be reduced with...

Risk of PE with tofacitinib

The US FDA has issued a warning advising of an apparent increased risk of pulmonary embolus during treatment with tofacitinib for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at a dose of a 10 mg twice daily (the FDA has not approved this dosage regimen  for RA, this dose is only...

US FDA adds new boxed warning for febuxistat

The US FDA has taken thee step of commenting regarding an increased risk of death during treatment with febuxostat, compared to the widely prescribed and well-established alternative agent, allopurinol. Patients are advised to inform health care professionals about a...