More than half of the experts on the UK government’s nutrition advisory panel have links to the food industry, reveals an investigation by The BMJ today. At least 11 of […]
Between 2018 and 2020, Australia implemented policy changes to improve the quality and safety of opioid prescribing, with a specific focus on oxycodone. A new study led by […]
New research from the University of Georgia suggests the COVID-19 pandemic may have had an unexpected side effect for postpartum women: more benzodiazepine prescriptions. The new study found that the pandemic […]
Patients who undergo total hip (THA) and total knee replacement surgery (TKA) can successfully reduce opioid doses before surgery with support from a pharmacy-led intervention, according to a […]
A pharmacy professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York has a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to tackle gene therapy challengs. […]
Patients are “crying out” for help with opioid dose reduction according to evidence gathered during the OpioidHALT study and the impressive results have led to funding of $1.5 […]
Treatment with semaglutide and tirzepatide led to significant weight loss and improved blood sugar control in overweight or obese patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Researchers reported this […]
The results of the OpioidHALT pilot study show that 90% of patients reduced their opioid doses by at least 50% compared with 17% in the control group and […]
A new study reveals that young patients treated with psychiatric medications receive potentially dangerous combinations with concerning frequency. Researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions analyzed New York […]
The OpioidHALT intervention is tailored to the needs of individual patients and evaluated for safety by a pain specialist. Shared decision-making, with the patient, is an important feature […]
Opioid doses can be successfully reduced by a pharmacy-led intervention, according to a randomised study led by Dr Shania Liu and Dr Jonathan Penm at the University of […]
Using hypertonic saline nasal drops can reduce the length of the common cold in children by two days, according to a study that will be presented at the […]
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