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Day 1: Identification of the psychoactive substance in cannabis (THC) in the...
This article, published in the journal Women's Health, sought to evaluate the factors contributing to the apparent change in the perceptions of women and health professionals of the use of menopausal...
“While naloxone is a prescription-only medicine (POM), exemptions have been developing over the years, owing to its potential to save lives” .
Calculating dosage where the dose is expressed as mg/kg uses multiplication skills – this is similar to calculating the cooking time of turkey in minutes per kg. For example, a turkey requires a...
Pharmacogenomics looks at how a person's genetic make-up can affect how a body responds to medications and focuses on combining knowledge on pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and genetics. The genetics...
A rapid review, a streamlined approach to synthesising evidence (Khangura et al, 2012), was registered with Figshare (Peacock et al, 2021) and a narrative synthesis of evidence published between...
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Calculating dosage where the dose is expressed as mg/kg uses multiplication skills – this is similar to calculating the cooking time of turkey in minutes per kg. For example, a turkey requires a...
On Wednesday 30 October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the new government's Autumn budget. It was a milestone in many ways, as this was the first budget from a Labour government since the...
In addition to the tweets, read the BNF monograph on acamprosate and the related treatment summaries for alcohol dependency. Another useful source is the Summary of Product Characteristics for...
This article, published in the Journal of American Directors Association, sought to demonstrate the potential impact of a pharmacist-led application of STOPPFrail criteria on reducing potentially...
What is the glucose delivery rate in mg/kg/min that is currently required by this patient from the 20% glucose?
As part of its 120th anniversary celebrations, in 2019 the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine inscribed the names of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934),...
In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) grants licences that confirm the specific medical condition a drug should be used for, alongside the recommended dosage. This...
Guidance is available to support discussion and inform clinical decisions about the need or preference for contraception in transgender patients (International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF),...
A narrative review was conducted on the potential benefits of finerenone for diabetic kidney disease. Free and paid full-text publications and articles indexed in PUBMED, Science Direct, and Google...
What is the glucose delivery rate that is currently required by this patient from the 20% glucose? .
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Day 1: #mebendazole is a synthetic benzimidazole derivative, designed as a broad spectrum anthelmintic drug for intestinal nematodes. Licensed in 1970s. This drug class is selectively toxic to...
This article, published in the British Journal of General Practice, aimed to identify the training needs, core competencies and learning methods for staff in general practice in the UK who provided...
Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet therapy that is used to prevent myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in individuals with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (either managed medically or with PCI), those...
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