Mar 4, 2020
Trained pharmacy teams in the United Kingdom have undertaken a multi-centre study to determine the prevalence, nature and predictors of omitted doses in psychiatric hospitals. Among 444 inpatients, 2,717 dose omissions were reported from 18,664 scheduled doses, a raw...
Mar 2, 2020
A team of researchers in Ireland have conducted a prospective observational pilot study to assess the prevalence, severity and preventability of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), ADRs causing or contributing to hospitalisation (cADRs) and preventable ADRs (pADRs) in...
Mar 2, 2020
A recent Australian national cohort study has investigated the prevalence of psychotropic medicine dispensing (specifically of antipsychotic, benzodiazepine and antidepressant medicines) one year before and one year after entry into residential aged care. During the...
Feb 23, 2020
A systematic review and meta-analysis has revisited the effects of rosiglitazone treatment upon cardiovascular risk and mortality, additionally examining whether different analytical methods might influence the conclusions found in clinical trials. Researchers...
Feb 18, 2020
Around the world, low-dose methotrexate (LD-MTX) is the medication most commonly for systemic rheumatic diseases and is the recommended first-line agent for rheumatoid arthritis. Little information is available to inform clinicians about the nature and prevalence of...
Feb 18, 2020
A recent study set out to identify the types of containers from which young children accessed solid dose medications (SDMs) in the course of unsupervised medication exposures. Five US poisons centers in the USA enrolled individuals calling about unsupervised solid...
