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Associate Professor Therapeutics and Prescribing, London South Bank University
Day 1: After large-scale production of cortisone was enabled in the 1950s, more cortisol derivatives were discovered, such as #dexamethasone in 1957. Long acting and more potent, #dexamethasone has...
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate.
Day 1: A by-product of chloroquine synthesis, quinolone antibiotics were discovered in the early 1960s. Already broad spectrum, the addition of chemical groups such as fluorine led to the 2nd...
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate.
Day 1: In the mid 19th century, phlorizin extracted from the root bark of the apple tree was found to cause glycosuria; there was poor oral absorption and also, because non-selective, the inhibition...
Day 1: Seven days of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), inspired by #ItsASin. The first HIV/AIDs drug #AZT (zidovudine) was discovered from unusual RNA/DNA elements found in marine...
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate.
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate.
Day 1: #carbamazepine was discovered mid 1950s as a tricyclic compound related to imipramine and was found to be effective for trigeminal neuralgia. Animal studies showed an anti-epileptic effect,...
Day 1: As the first new/non-vitamin K oral anti-coagulant (NOAC) in class and the first warfarin alternative for 50 years, #dabigatran was licensed in the USA/UK in 2010–11 for the treatment and...
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate. .
Day 1: #cyclizine is an antihistamine with its clinical niche as an antiemetic. It bears chemical similarity to the ‘piperine’ structure found in the black pepper plant. Developed in 1947, its...
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate..
Day 1: Reports of quinine for ‘febrile illness’ date back to 17th century Peru; one legend is that water contaminated by cinchona tree bark was drunk and fever abated. This led to local villagers...
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