Feb 5, 2019
There is increasing concern about the dramatic rise in the prescribing of pregabalin in Australia and around the world. New research published in the Medical Journal of Australia has underlined this trend: The study examined pregabalin misuse‐related ambulance...
Feb 1, 2019
A study recently published in The Lancet has explored the possible influence of β-blockers upon the risk of COPD. In this huge study, researchers compared 301,542 new users of β-blockers to 1,000,633 new users of any other antihypertensive drugs (aged 30–90 years...
Feb 1, 2019
In a landmark report commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, startling findings about the extent of medication-related iatrogenic harm are presented. The sobering headlines: 250,000 hospital admissions result from medication-related problems each year...
Feb 1, 2019
Australian researchers have recently published a study that assessed use of medicines associated with delirium prior to hospital admission in older people with a recorded diagnosis of delirium. This retrospective observational study used de‐identified data from the...
Feb 1, 2019
E-cigarettes are used by some people trying to quit smoking, but to date there has not been a robust study to compare the efficacy of this approach to the utility of nicotine replacement products as smoking-cessation treatments. In a head to head trial, subjects were...
Jan 30, 2019
The Australian Prescriber will be familiar to many people with an interest in the safe and effective use of medicines. In addition to written word offerings, AP also provides free access to a range of highly useful podcasts, including a recent piece addressing the...
