Postoperative mortality and readmission rates among patients with type 2 diabetes has been investigated in a cohort study conducted in the United States. The study specifically examined if these key outcomes differed amongst those who had been receiving treatment with...
The prevalence of alcohol or benzodiazepine co-involvement in opioid overdose deaths (OODs) has recently been scrutinized by researchers from Boston, seeking to understand the possible contribution of other respiratory depressants these deaths. Using data from the CDC...
Researchers in the United States have undertaken a retrospective cohort study investigating the proportion of opioid-tolerant patients initiating opioid-tolerant only (OTO) medications. Evidence of opioid tolerance was collected using prescription claims and...
In vitro research suggests hydroxychloroquine, alone or in combination with azithromycin, may be an effective treatment for COVID-19. A small study from France involving 26 patients (and other significant study design limitations) has explored this treatment and...
Deprescribing intervention study in the memory clinic setting The practicality of a pharmacist-led interdisciplinary deprescribing intervention has been evaluated study in an Australian memory clinic (due to the high prevalence of medication-related problems in this...
