Feedback for GPs helps to reduce high-risk prescription rates, study shows
Regular feedback to GP practices reviewing the safety of their prescribing of drugs to patients can help significantly lower the risk of adverse drug reactions, a new study co-led by the University of...
View ArticleOver-the-counter head lice treatments are likely to fail
A recent review on head lice treatments available in the United States described a marked decline in the effectiveness of permethrin/synergized pyrethrins (collectively pyrethroids), likely due to...
View ArticleAdverse drug reactions may be under-reported in young children
A new study reveals that adverse drug reactions in newborns and infants may be under-reported.
View ArticleStudy reveals scope and characteristics of adverse drug reactions in the...
In a study of 1000 adult patients with unplanned admission to a tertiary hospital in Singapore, the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) at the time of admission was 12.4 percent, and the...
View ArticleNew statement provides guidance-potential interactions between statins and...
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association provides guidance on how to manage the drug interactions of cholesterol-lowering medications called statins with other select heart...
View ArticleTechnology project to analyse thousands of personal experiences of rheumatoid...
A new type of academic research will investigate treatment and management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), by using software to analyse thousands of real life experiences of RA drugs.
View ArticleNurse-led monitoring improves the care of patients prescribed mental health...
New research has found that nurse-led medicines' monitoring can prevent serious adverse side effects of medicines prescribed to people with mental health problems and previously unnoticed health...
View ArticleGreater efforts are needed to encourage patients to report adverse drug...
In a review of published studies addressing patients' perceptions and factors influencing their reporting of adverse drug reactions, most patients were not aware of reporting systems and others were...
View Article'Red yeast rice' statin alternative not harmless either, study says
(HealthDay)—A natural cholesterol-lowering supplement called red yeast rice could pose the same health risks to users as statin drugs, a new study contends.
View ArticleNew tool developed to reduce adverse drug reactions
Researchers at the University of Liverpool, Alder Hey, University of Central Lancashire and University College London have developed a new tool to help avoid adverse reactions to medicines.
View ArticleModernising NHS records could make significant impact on medical care
Digitising health records to include key patient and treatment information could help identify patterns of illness, effectiveness of treatments and how these patients' gender and ethnicity influence this.
View ArticleCase report describes adverse reaction to clindamycin
(HealthDay)—In a case report published online April 17 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis secondary to clindamycin therapy is described.
View ArticlePharmacophobia—what is it and how can be overcome
There is little current interest in research into patients' attitudes toward medications. In the 1960s, psychiatric researchers including Uhlenhuth, Rickels and Covi focused on this area, but this...
View ArticleNew gene therapy for vision loss proven safe in humans
In a small and preliminary clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and their collaborators have shown that an experimental gene therapy that uses viruses to introduce a therapeutic gene into the eye...
View ArticleTeam presents an online tool to extract drug toxicity information from text
There is an increasing interest in more sophisticated search engines that are tailored to cope with the complexity of biomedical data, not only enabling more targeted search queries but also easier...
View ArticleHigh court sides with drugmaker in Plavix lawsuit
The Supreme Court says hundreds of out-state-residents can't sue drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in California state court over adverse reactions to the blood thinner Plavix.
View ArticleSurvival feasible post acute liver failure secondary to amiodarone
(HealthDay)—In a report published online July 16 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, a case of survival after acute liver failure secondary to amiodarone administration is described.
View ArticleBenefits of continued statin use after adverse reactions
Statins are known to reduce the risk of death and cardiovascular events for people who are at high risk; however, as many as 75 percent of patients discontinue statin therapy within two years, often...
View ArticleContinuing statin after adverse Rx tied to lower cardiac risk
(HealthDay)—For patients with an adverse reaction to a statin, continued statin prescriptions are associated with lower incidence of cardiovascular events and death, according to a study published...
View ArticleFinding better ways to reduce serious drug side effects
Many of the medicines we depend on to treat disease—and even to save our lives—pose potentially serious risks along with their benefits. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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