Issue : Clinical Pharmacist, March 2017, Vol 9, No 3
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Medicines optimisation service in Weymouth and Portland Subscription
In September 2015, the medicines optimisation service (MOS) was set up within Weymouth and Portland, Dorset. The MOS pharmacist conducts in-depth domiciliary consultations with patients to improve adherence and prevent harm from inappropriate medicines administration or prescribing. The service targets patients aged over 75 years with polypharmacy, on admissions avoidance care plans or living in care homes.
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Why there is evidence to be hopeful about neuroscience and drug development Subscription
We continue to see media reports describing how pharmaceutical companies are cutting or altogether halting investment in neuroscience, thereby eliminating the possibility of innovative treatments for devastating brain disorders such as depression and
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Gel-based 'vasectomy' could be an effective male contraceptive Subscription
Researchers injected 16 adult male monkeys with Vasalgel; their mates did not conceive for the duration of the two-year study.
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Team interventions improve adherence to lipid-lowering medication Subscription
Pharmacist-led interventions and patient education are better at improving adherence to lipid-lowering drugs than other types of intervention, such as electronic or telephone reminders, study results show.
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Recent C. difficile reduction in England mostly results from antibiotic stewardship Subscription
Restricting the prescribing of fluoroquinolone seems to explain the reduced rates of C. difficile infections in England over the past decade, national study shows.
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Medical-school Prescribing Safety Assessment could be taken by pharmacists Subscription
Pharmacist prescribers are as competent as medical students when it comes to safe prescribing, pilot study shows.
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Diazepam should not be added to NSAIDs for acute lower back pain, researchers say
Study results show that 22% of patients taking placebo with naproxen for back pain reported moderate to severe pain, compared with 32% of patients taking diazepam with naproxen.
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E-cigarettes linked to increased cardiovascular risk factors Subscription
University of California researchers found that e-cigarette users were more likely to show increased cardiac sympathetic activity and higher levels of oxidative stress.
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Zika candidate vaccine confers durable protection in animal trials Subscription
Researchers found that a single dose of their mRNA-based Zika vaccine could protect mice for up to five months.
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Salicylic acid exposure might increase risk of Staphylococcus aureus Subscription
Animal research suggests that frequent consumption of aspirin could contribute to S. aureus infection.
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