### Key points Analysis of data from the Disclosure UK database shows that more than 90% of NHS trusts in England received non-research-related payments from pharmaceutical companies between 2015 and 2018.1 The authors of the study used data from the Disclosure UK database (https://search.disclosureuk.org.uk/) which contains details of payments and benefits in kind made by the pharmaceutical industry to organisations and health professionals in the UK.1 Information relating to payments made during 4 years …
{"title":"Pharmaceutical company payments to NHS trusts","authors":"BMJ Publishing Group Ltd","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000031","url":null,"abstract":"### Key points Analysis of data from the Disclosure UK database shows that more than 90% of NHS trusts in England received non-research-related payments from pharmaceutical companies between 2015 and 2018.1 The authors of the study used data from the Disclosure UK database (https://search.disclosureuk.org.uk/) which contains details of payments and benefits in kind made by the pharmaceutical industry to organisations and health professionals in the UK.1 Information relating to payments made during 4 years …","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140883239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
### Key messages In children with acute sinusitis, antibiotic treatment had minimal benefit on symptom burden and duration, and the effect did not differ between those with and without coloured nasal discharge.1 This double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial took place in primary care centres in the USA and involved 510 children aged 2–11 years with persistent or worsening symptoms of acute sinusitis and who scored ≥9 on the Pediatric Rhinosinusitis Symptom Scale …
{"title":"Reducing antibiotic use for acute sinusitis in children","authors":"BMJ Publishing Group Ltd","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000029","url":null,"abstract":"### Key messages In children with acute sinusitis, antibiotic treatment had minimal benefit on symptom burden and duration, and the effect did not differ between those with and without coloured nasal discharge.1 This double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial took place in primary care centres in the USA and involved 510 children aged 2–11 years with persistent or worsening symptoms of acute sinusitis and who scored ≥9 on the Pediatric Rhinosinusitis Symptom Scale …","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140831897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
### Key messages A recently published coroner’s report has highlighted concerns that there may be a lack of awareness over the risks associated with an overdose of propranolol.1 A patient who had a history of mental illness was prescribed an antidepressant for anxiety and to help with sleep.1 He also had a history of suicidal ideation and had made previous suicide attempts. After he was discharged from the community mental health team, he consulted his general practitioner (GP) about symptoms of anxiety and physical symptoms including …
{"title":"Increasing awareness of the risk of death from a propanolol overdose","authors":"BMJ Publishing Group Ltd","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000030","url":null,"abstract":"### Key messages A recently published coroner’s report has highlighted concerns that there may be a lack of awareness over the risks associated with an overdose of propranolol.1 A patient who had a history of mental illness was prescribed an antidepressant for anxiety and to help with sleep.1 He also had a history of suicidal ideation and had made previous suicide attempts. After he was discharged from the community mental health team, he consulted his general practitioner (GP) about symptoms of anxiety and physical symptoms including …","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140832064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
### Key learning points A registry-based study has reinforced the need for safety warnings against using valproate during pregnancy because of an increased risk of early-onset developmental disorders in exposed children.1 This prospective cohort study used data on live-born singleton children of mothers with epilepsy from five Nordic countries to examine the association between prenatal use of antiepileptic medication and psychiatric and developmental disorders in exposed offspring.1 Children were followed up from birth until the …
{"title":"Prenatal use of antiepileptic drugs and childhood psychiatric disorders","authors":"BMJ Publishing Group Ltd","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000026","url":null,"abstract":"### Key learning points A registry-based study has reinforced the need for safety warnings against using valproate during pregnancy because of an increased risk of early-onset developmental disorders in exposed children.1 This prospective cohort study used data on live-born singleton children of mothers with epilepsy from five Nordic countries to examine the association between prenatal use of antiepileptic medication and psychiatric and developmental disorders in exposed offspring.1 Children were followed up from birth until the …","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140809356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cytisine for smoking cessation.","authors":"","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"10 7","pages":"71-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140658387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The BNF is jointly published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and BMJ. BNF is published in print twice a year and interim updates are issued and published monthly in the digital versions. The following summary provides a brief description of some recent key changes that have been made to BNF content.
{"title":"Recent updates from the <i>BNF</i> (<i>BNF</i> 87).","authors":"","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000018","DOIUrl":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The BNF is jointly published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and BMJ. BNF is published in print twice a year and interim updates are issued and published monthly in the digital versions. The following summary provides a brief description of some recent key changes that have been made to BNF content.</p>","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"68-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-25DOI: 10.1136/dtb.2023.249684rep
Sasank Konda, Nayha Shetty, Ben Friedman, Jesse Veenstra
{"title":"Delayed drug hypersensitivity reaction to secukinumab in a patient with hidradenitis suppurativa.","authors":"Sasank Konda, Nayha Shetty, Ben Friedman, Jesse Veenstra","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2023.249684rep","DOIUrl":"10.1136/dtb.2023.249684rep","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"77-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9752554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The healthcare sector is responsible for 4.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions.1 Significant contributors to this carbon footprint are the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, directly from the running of these companies (sometimes called scope 1 emissions) and indirectly from purchased energy consumed (scope 2 emissions) and all other emissions indirectly associated with the companies—such as supply chains (scope 3 emissions).2 It is estimated that scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions of biotech and pharmaceutical companies accounted for 260 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in 2021, higher than global emissions from the forestry and paper industry.2 There are particular …
{"title":"Medicines and global warming: a complex problem","authors":"James A Cave","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000003","url":null,"abstract":"The healthcare sector is responsible for 4.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions.1 Significant contributors to this carbon footprint are the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, directly from the running of these companies (sometimes called scope 1 emissions) and indirectly from purchased energy consumed (scope 2 emissions) and all other emissions indirectly associated with the companies—such as supply chains (scope 3 emissions).2 It is estimated that scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions of biotech and pharmaceutical companies accounted for 260 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in 2021, higher than global emissions from the forestry and paper industry.2 There are particular …","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140593984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
### Key learning points The licensed indications for all systemic fluoroquinolones have been updated to restrict their use to situations in which other commonly recommended antibiotics are inappropriate.1 In August and September 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued two safety updates on the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics.1–3 The first update reminded healthcare professionals that systemic fluoroquinolone antibiotics are associated with a risk of …
{"title":"MHRA issues further update on fluoroquinolone safety","authors":"BMJ Publishing Group Ltd","doi":"10.1136/dtb.2024.000021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000021","url":null,"abstract":"### Key learning points The licensed indications for all systemic fluoroquinolones have been updated to restrict their use to situations in which other commonly recommended antibiotics are inappropriate.1 In August and September 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued two safety updates on the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics.1–3 The first update reminded healthcare professionals that systemic fluoroquinolone antibiotics are associated with a risk of …","PeriodicalId":11277,"journal":{"name":"Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140594014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}