This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
As non-medical or medical prescribers, you will be used to keeping up-to-date with any changes to medications or advice and guidance on prescribing.
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...
Women are still missing out on vital treatment for cardiovascular disease, despite progress in the medical management of heart disease and stroke, a consensus statement published online in the journal...
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...
Dopamine is a cardiac stimulant and is a naturally occurring precursor to norepinephrine and epinephrine. Dopamine has alpha-adrenergic effects and stimulates beta1 receptors in cardiac muscle to...
‘Klas et al (2023) consider how ethical issues acquired relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on amantadine, a drug often used in neurological conditions’
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2006) has shown that substantial cost savings can be achieved through identifying and treating malnutrition, subsequently reducing health...
As this project aimed to appraise and synthesise results of previous research, this review was conducted systematically, using primary research between 2013 and 2022, to evaluate the reliability and...
A neonate, weighing 700 g is prescribed a dopamine infusion. What is the initial dose? What is the maximum dose and infusion rate?
On 14 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the recent mpox outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The declaration was given at the recommendation of an...
Day 1: As it is chemically related to the neurotransmitter GABA, #baclofen was trialed for epilepsy in the 1960s, but found ineffective, However, a centrally acting muscle relaxant effect was...
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