Why pharmacists should manage pre-operative opioid use
Patients are “crying out” for help with opioid dose reduction according to evidence gathered during the OpioidHALT study and the impressive results have led to funding of $1.5… read more.
Patients are “crying out” for help with opioid dose reduction according to evidence gathered during the OpioidHALT study and the impressive results have led to funding of $1.5… read more.
The results of the OpioidHALT pilot study show that 90% of patients reduced their opioid doses by at least 50% compared with 17% in the control group and… read more.
A new study reveals that young patients treated with psychiatric medications receive potentially dangerous combinations with concerning frequency. Researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions analyzed New York… read more.
The OpioidHALT intervention is tailored to the needs of individual patients and evaluated for safety by a pain specialist. Shared decision-making, with the patient, is an important feature… read more.
FIP’s Early Career in Pharmaceutical Practice Recognition Award recognises an outstanding early career pharmacist who has made significant contributions to the field at a national level and is… read more.
Opioid doses can be successfully reduced by a pharmacy-led intervention, according to a randomised study led by Dr Shania Liu and Dr Jonathan Penm at the University of… read more.
Nearly half of counties in the United States have at least one ‘pharmacy desert’ where there is no retail pharmacy within 10 miles, according to a new study… read more.
Up to 74% of adults with treatment-resistant high blood pressure were able to get their blood pressure below 140/90 mm HG within one year through a program combining… read more.
Paul Rutter is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Portsmouth University and the author of a best-selling textbook on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in community pharmacy. His new book… read more.
The introduction of clinical reasoning and diagnosis as routine elements of community pharmacy practice will present a number of challenges and could pave the way for closer working… read more.
A new scientific review of 148 studies enrolling over 4.3 million adult chronic pain patients treated with prescription opioid painkillers has found that nearly one in ten patients… read more.
Clinical reasoning skills are essential for effective consultations that lead to likely diagnoses and appropriate treatment or referral, argues Paul Rutter, Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Portsmouth University… read more.
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