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Children's spacers for the treatment of asthma: Top 10 tips

The purpose of the spacer device is to act as an intermediary chamber into which a pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI) can discharge the drug. This slows down the drug, which is propelled at force...

Maintenance And Reliever Therapy (MART) for young people with asthma

MART as a regimen works because it allows for automatic self-titration. By its very nature, the patient will take more ICS doses when they are symptomatic and default to baseline (preventer therapy...

Drug interactions and hormonal contraception

CYP450 enzymes increase clearance of contraceptive hormones, making them less effective. This includes all combined hormonal contraceptives, all progestogen-only pills (POP), the etonogestrel implant...

The current state of paediatric non-medical prescribing

DPP supervision during and after NMP training can also be considered as a human factor, despite research showing that DPPs, on the whole, are enthusiastic about supervision (Jarmain et al, 2023)....

Menopause and menstrual health policy

A recent study explored menstrual health and menopause at work, the results of which are being used to inform new NHS Scotland policy.

Domperidone

Day 1: After recognition that early antipsychotic drugs acting on dopamine pathways had an impact on vomiting, the search was on for an anti-emetic without extra pyramidal side-effects (EPS)....

Updates

A researcher from the University of Glasgow has received funding to develop new wearable technology capable of measuring the progress of neuromuscular diseases. Professor Hadi Heidari has been awarded...

Evolution of the use of quetiapine

Duncan et al (2016) published a study in the BMJ Open, which evaluated trends in the prescribing of quetiapine to adults in the Canadian province of Alberta between 2008 and 2013.

Prescribing in cancer care

This article, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, sought to review the evidence surrounding nurse and pharmacist review of patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).

Excipient induced laxative thresholds

Based on the information above, what is the minimum expected amount of sorbitol (in g) for an adult that could produce a laxative effect?

Probiotics and antibiotics

While promoting antibiotic stewardship, alternative antibiotic-free approaches to bacterial infections are being explored, including the use of probiotics, says George Winter

A–Z of prescribing for children

It has been more widely accepted in recent years that the inclusion of patients in the therapeutic prescribing process is more beneficial to the patient, and concordance considers the wishes and...

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