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Antibiotic prescribing should be standardized across Europe to help tackle resistance
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory illnesses should be standardised across Europe to help reduce inappropriate prescribing and resistance, say experts in a study published on bmj.com today.
Electronic prescribing systems boost efficiency, may lead to improved quality of care
May 04, 2009 |
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New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that the adoption of electronic prescribing systems may allow for greater efficiency at hospitals, which could result in lon ...
Electronic prescribing system may encourage physicians to choose lower-cost drugs
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Clinicians using an electronic prescribing system appear more likely to prescribe lower-cost medications, reducing drug spending, according to a report in the December 8/22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the ...
Doctors should disclose off-label prescribing to their patients
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Doctors should be required to disclose when they are prescribing drugs off-label, argues a new article in this week's PLoS Medicine. Michael Wilkes and Margaret Johns from the University of California Davis argue that the et ...
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Prescribing of antibiotics to children still at a level to cause drug resistance, warn experts
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Regular prescribing of antibiotics to children in the community is sufficient to sustain a high level of antibiotic resistance in the population, warn experts in a study published on bmj.com today.
Use of opioids for pain in ERs on the rise, but racial differences in use still exist
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 02, 2008 |
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In the last 15 years, use of opioid medications to treat patients with pain-related emergency department visits has improved although white patients were more likely to receive opioids than patients of a different race/ethnicity, ...
Reduction in suicides after withdrawal of painkiller
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol from use in the UK has led to a major reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, research led by Oxford University has shown.
Getting old is a costly business
Jul 04, 2007 |
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Independent research, involving over 3 million Italians, conducted by Henley Management College and the University of Milan has concluded that the prescription costs for men over the age of 65 is significantly higher than ...
Should heroin be prescribed to addicts?
Jan 11, 2008 |
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In this week’s BMJ experts debate whether heroin should be prescribed to addicts who are difficult to treat.
Prescription costs rise more than 6 times when patients reach 65 says study of 5M people
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Prescribing costs increase dramatically when people reach 65, according to a detailed analysis of more than five million patients published in the March issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Researchers examine safety of Internet prescriber service providing erectile dysfunction medications
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Online Internet shopping today offers many benefits. You can research a product in the privacy of your own home and purchase most anything by clicking a mouse. But should we be allowed to buy prescription drugs via the Internet, ...
Blood tests and better communication skills could cut over-prescribing of antibiotics
May 21, 2009 |
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Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, a joint Cardiff University trial has discovered.
Nurse practitioners don't realise how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of ...
Antibiotics do not appear helpful in preventing fluid buildup in children with ear infections
Feb 18, 2008 |
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When prescribed to children with middle ear infections, antibiotics are not associated with a significant reduction in fluid buildup in the ear, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the February ...
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