Corticosteroids for reducing mortality and mechanical ventilation

The study involved a selection of randomised clinical trials in which people with suspected, probable or confirmed COVID-19 were allocated at random to drug treatment, standard care, or placebo. Pairs...

Managing diabetes care in the COVID-19 pandemic

This piece of original research, carried out in May 2020 in China, used a questionnaire method to gather information about diabetic patients as a measure to determine recruitment before conducting a...

COVID-19 research and non-vaccine treatment

Deprescribing in mental health: pragmatic steps for a better quality of life

There have been numerous studies and articles over the last few years looking at deprescribing in mental health. For example, Bjerre et al (2018) outline that the deprescribing of antipsychotics for...

Multifactorial Tardive Dyskinesia: a case study

TD is a neurological disorder that is characterised by involuntary movements of the face and jaw (Royal College of Psychiatrists [RCPsych], 2019); described by Waln and Janovic (2013) as any ‘tardive...

How world policy affects the equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine

In a study recently published in the British Medical Journal, So and Woo (2020) analysed the premarket purchase commitments for COVID-19 vaccines from leading manufacturers to recipient countries.

Remote healthcare in the COVID-19 pandemic

This editorial published online in the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics near the beginning of the pandemic looked at issues and aspects to consider when conducting what they term...

Reversible diabetes

Balance in management of type 2 diabetes

Insulin resistance increases greatly in obese patients and those who have large amounts of fat around the waist. Locally, nationally and internationally a low carbohydrate diet has demonstrated...

A proposed taxonomy for population-level prescription use patterns

The authors began by acknowledging that a drug's benefit-risk balance depends on the situation in which it is applied. It is recognised that evidence and patient-level data are often insufficient to...

Concordance and non-compliance: a psychological perspective

Non-compliance is not a new thing within the world of prescribing but a census on its causes is still hard to find and views on its origins vary from the psychological, social or cultural (Broekmans...

Fresh and familiar challenges greet us in 2021

wrote my first draft of this editorial before Christmas, apprehensively waiting with bated breath to see just how the lift of restrictions for the holiday season would affect us going forward. Of...