⚠️ ICYMI:
UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording:
Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth?
@drug-evidence.bsky.social
@drug-evidence.bsky.social⚠️ ICYMI:
UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording:
Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth?
@drug-evidence.bsky.social🚨 ICYMI - #Opioids prescribing webinar recording featuring pharmacologist Dr. David Juurlink
💊 What have we learned about #prescribing?
💊 How should we treat pain when opioids overdoses have become an intractable epidemic?
👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr46...
@pharmaj.bsky.socialIn this comment piece, #HananHamad and #MajidJalil highlight that #pharmacytechnicians are well positioned to support medicines optimisation, prescribing safety and workforce sustainability.
@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social🆕In their Article, Steven Gilmore and colleagues investigated the occurrence of #prescribing cascades and their effects on problematic #polypharmacy in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults
Read the full Article here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#primarycare #medsky #familymedicine
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.socialQuarter of disallowed items were prescribed by dentists and nurses prescribers
#pharmacy #medicines #prescribing #CPE #NHSBSA #nurses #dentists
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.socialGovernment sets out legal framework for pharmacist prescribing
#prescribing #independentprescribing #pharmacy #NHS #primarycare #IP
@nursinginpractice.bsky.socialNurse prescribing in adult social care settings requires a ‘system-wide’ approach that brings together local authorities, providers and partners to break down current barriers, a new report has urged.
@pharmaj.bsky.socialA GP surgery has implemented a medicines management and safe prescribing policy for the prescribing of high-risk medicines, including opioids, benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids, in response to the death of patient
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.socialGovernment sets out legal framework for pharmacist prescribing
#prescribing #independentprescribing #pharmacy #NHS #primarycare #IP
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.socialPrescribing requires national baseline to avoid ‘inconsistent patient access’, leaders say
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.socialPrescribing requires national baseline to avoid ‘inconsistent patient access’, leaders say
@samillingworth.com💉 One drug leads to another
A study of 2.3 million older adults found 24 drug 'cascades', where a medicine's side effects get treated with a second prescription. Iron pills leading to laxatives was most common.
@pharmaj.bsky.social*How to be an effective designated prescribing practitioner*
This learning article provides practical guidance for designated prescribing practitioners as they support the learning and development of future pharmacist prescribers