PPIs
Clinical tips: swallowing difficulties
Pharmacists are well placed to spot swallowing trouble early and to help manage the problem as part of a health care team, write Carlene McMaugh and Jarrod McMaugh Pharmacists will …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Oral Anticoagulants and Proton Pump Inhibitor Cotherapy Among patients initiating oral anticoagulant treatment, incidence of hospitalization for upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding …
Increase awareness of PPI harms: researchers
New research has found a link between use of proton pump inhibitors and iron deficiency A collaboration between academics at the Universities of Melbourne, Utrecht and Maastricht is the first …
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Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Proton‐Pump Inhibitors and Long‐Term Risk of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in Older Adults In a large cohort of older adults in primary care, …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease in adults In July 2017, NICE updated its 2006 guideline on Parkinson’s disease …
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Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs Use of certain medications is recognized as a major and modifiable risk factor for falls. In this systematic review …
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Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Development of a clinical pharmacy model within an Australian home nursing service This paper describes a collaborative, person-centred model …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look around at the latest in research news Effect of vitamin D supplementation on non-skeletal disorders This systematic review explored more recently published meta-analyses and randomised …
PPI-stomach cancer link highlighted
ASMI has issued a statement saying consumers can be confident in the safety profile of OTC proton pump inhibitors A study published in Gut has shown that people who regularly …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news We have had a gutful: The need for deprescribing proton pump inhibitors Times series analysis of PBS and RPBS …
S3 esomeprazole to go S2
The Schedule 3 entry for proton-pump inhibitor esomeprazole is set to be deleted from 1 February 2018 The TGA delegate has made an interim decision to downschedule the PPI to Pharmacy …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib monotherapy, tofacitinib with methotrexate, and adalimumab with methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ORAL …