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Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Frailty and Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Frail patients with COPD have a more unfavourable future risk of acute exacerbations …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news The value of domiciliary medication reviews Medication reviews are recognised as essential to tackling problematic polypharmacy. A thematic analysis of patient …

Do pharmacists’ own values act as barriers to charging patients for cognitive pharmacy services? PhD candidate at the School of Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology Bernice Prior believed community pharmacists …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Management of chronic neuropathic pain in primary care A systematic review of 67 RCTs concluded that there is moderate certainty of …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Benzodiazepines This article is a viewpoint on the risks and benefits of benzodiazepines, showing risk …

Pharmacological treatment for obesity; hormone therapy for postmenopausal women; and mepolizumab in patients with severe asthma… Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Pharmacological Treatment for …

SGLT2 inhibitors, NSAIDs, budesonide-formoterol reliever therapy and medication review in RACFs SGLT2 inhibitors for the prevention of kidney failure in patients with type 2 diabetes A systematic review of 4 …

Pharmacotherapy for hypertension, omega-3 for prevention of diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitors… Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults 60 years or older This is …

COPD treatments; celecoxib; HRT and risk of venous thromboembolism… Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Dual combination therapy versus long‐acting bronchodilators alone for COPD A …

Prokinectics for dyspepsia; SGLT2 inhibitors; acute gastroenteritis; combination probiotics… Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Prokinetics for functional dyspepsia A Cochrane review provided no support for use …

Codeine dependence, cannabinoids, acute dental pain and deprescribing… Debbie Rigby covers the latest research relevant to pharmacists Identifying and treating codeine dependence: a systematic review Codeine dependence is a significant …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder A systematic review …