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The action of SGLT2 inhibitors is to reduce renal glucose and sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule of the nephron resulting in increased urinary glucose excretion with osmotic and natriuretic...
Steroids are used in various settings in cancer management and treatment side effects, such as nausea, poor appetite and pain flare(Jeong et al, 2016; Ariaans et al, 2015). SIDM is a common and...
In 2015, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) was commissioned to develop an educational programme for CPs in Essex, which combined 10 sessions of online learning with one day of face-to-face teaching...
Your turkey instructions advise you to cook the bird for 40 minutes per kg plus 20 minutes..
Alongside important lifestyle changes, first-line treatment for heart failure is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and a beta blocker licensed for heart failure in people with reduced...
Asystematic review published in 2018 synthesised evidence from 42 papers and highlighted the facilitators and barriers to nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing (Graham-Clarke et al, 2018). An...
‘Fake medical news and fearmongering… plague the cardiovascular world through relentless attacks on statins’ .
What would be the ideal four times daily intravenous treatment dose for a 48 kg adult? .
Awareness of the anatomical changes that occur during the end stages of life is fundamental to supporting the rationale for stopping medications (Mangoni and Jackson, 2003). When a disease progresses,...
A 78 year old patient was referred to the MHL service for a medication review in relation to psychotropic drugs, as she was experiencing: Reduced mobilityConstipationMultifactorial falls (12 in the...
The first step in safety-netting involves a formal, holistic assessment of whether it is appropriate to send the patient home to monitor themselves, rather than arranging for the patient to undergo a...
Tully and Cantrill (2005) describe appropriate prescribing as ‘indicated, necessary, evidence-based (using a broad meaning of ‘evidence’) and of acceptable cost and risk-benefit ratio’. Buetow et al...
Seizures are controlled with medication in about 70% of cases; inexpensive anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment. When seizures do not respond to AED therapy, surgery,...
Journal of Prescribing Practice shares the latest clinical expertise and professional guidance for non-medical prescribers. Our goal is to provide the knowledge to help you prescribe more efficiently and effectively.
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