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Sharon Rees

Associate Professor Therapeutics and Prescribing, London South Bank University

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Drug Breakdown: sildenafil (Viagra)

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Drug breakdown: Penthrox

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Drug Breakdown: Omalizumab

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Zopiclone

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Tacrolimus

Day 1: In the same class as ciclosporin A (superior to), #tacrolimus was found in Japan ©1984 from soil bacterium strep. tsukubaensis; the name is a combination of tsuku, macrolide and...

Drug breakdown: Indapamide

With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate.

What is the value of supplementary prescribing in the 2020s? A dietitian's perspective

Supplementary prescribing involves a voluntary partnership between an IP (a doctor or dentist) and an SP to implement an agreed, patient-specific clinical management plan (CMP), with the patient's...

Drug breakdown: caffeine

Day 1: Used for centuries as a stimulant, #caffeine was found via coffee bean analysis circa 1820, but is also found in the cocoa bean, guarana seeds, tea leaves etc; #caffeine can also be synthesised...

A warfarin-antibiotic drug-drug interaction: a podiatric surgical case report

Patient A (Table 1) presented in 2016 with pain in both feet across the lesser metatarsal-phalangeal joints (MTPJs). On clinical examination, she had pain in both third/fourth intermetatarsal (IM)...

Quetiapine

Day 1: #quetiapine is a derivative of the 2nd generation atypical antipsychotic clozapine, with a superior side-effect profile. Developed in the 80s/90s, #quetiapine was approved for schizophrenia in...

Drug breakdown: allopurinol

Day 1: 1950s cancer drug investigations led to the discovery of 6-mercaptopurine; the kinetics revealed the breakdown role of xanthine oxidase (XO). Further tests showed that an analogue to naturally...

Drug breakdown: Nystatin

Day 1: Discovered via painstaking screening of soil samples in 1950 by Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown, #nystatin is a mixture of antifungal polyenes derived from the bacteria Streptomyces...

Drug breakdown: clopidogrel

Day 1: While searching for novel anti-inflammatory drugs in the 1980s, the prodrug #clopidogrel was discovered and launched worldwide in 1998 as an oral antiplatelet agent..

Drug breakdown: sertraline

Day 1: The investigation of tametraline psychoactive compounds led to the discovery of #sertraline in the USA in 1983; not licensed until 1991. Indicated for the treatment and prevention of major...

Drug breakdown: Alendronic acid

With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate.

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