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..
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...
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: 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: 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...
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