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Drug safety update says fluoroquinolone antibiotics should be last resort

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Reports of serious adverse reactions to fluoroquinolone antibiotics have included tendinitis or tendon rupture, muscle pain, muscle weakness, joint pain, joint swelling, peripheral neuropathy and central nervous system effects. Fluoroquinolones use should be discontinued at the first signs of a serious adverse reaction.

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STAT+: Experts critique flawed system for monitoring drugs’ side effects in wake of asthma drug report

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and globally, for monitoring adverse reactions after a drug is on the market — one that will require extensive changes to address. ” said Ameet Sarpatwari, the assistant director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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ChatGPT shows promise but remains less effective than clinical pharmacists, study finds

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

For patient medication education, ChatGPT provided a well-organised and detailed list of therapeutic indications, dosing regimens and common adverse reactions for each medication. The post ChatGPT shows promise but remains less effective than clinical pharmacists, study finds appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.

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ChatGPT shows promise but remains less effective than clinical pharmacists, study finds

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

For patient medication education, ChatGPT provided a well-organised and detailed list of therapeutic indications, dosing regimens and common adverse reactions for each medication. The post ChatGPT shows promise but remains less effective than clinical pharmacists, study finds appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.

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MHRA set to launch biobank pilot to better understand genetics and medicines safety

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‘Almost a third of adverse reactions to medicines could be prevented with the introduction of genetic testing… This has the potential to transform our safety monitoring activities – enabling us to meet a real need by using high-quality patient data to reduce side effects of medicines.’

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Opinion: Health care coaches are the next big thing. They’re also completely unregulated

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It turns out that one of the supplements recommended by the health coach has adverse reactions with a medication prescribed by his doctor. He goes to the emergency room, where they immediately ask him about medications and supplements he’s taking. The health coach never asked John about his medications. Read the rest…

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Nivolumab approved in EU as adjuvant treatment for resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma 

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In terms of safety, the pooled dataset of nivolumab as monotherapy found that some of the most frequent adverse reactions, occurring in more than 10% of patients, were fatigue (44%), musculoskeletal pain (28%), diarrhoea (26%), rash (24%) and cough (22%).