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Anticholinergic drugs linked to mental impairment in elderly people
Anticholinergic drugs may lead to mild cognitive (mental) impairment in elderly people, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. view more (2006-02-01)
Commonly used medications associated with impaired physical function in older adults
Older adults who take drugs designed to block the neurotransmitter acetylcholine - including common medications for incontinence, high blood pressure and allergies - are more likely to be dependent in one or more activities of daily living and to walk slower, according to new findings from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine... view more... (2008-05-05)
Commonly used medications may produce cognitive impairment in older adults
Many drugs commonly prescribed to older adults for a variety of common medical conditions including allergies, hypertension, asthma, and cardiovascular disease appear to negatively affect the aging brain causing immediate but possibly reversible cognitive impairment, including delirium, in older adults. view more (2009-06-02)
Dual treatment of incontinence and dementia associated with functional decline
Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues. view more (2008-05-01)
New-generation Antipsychotic Drugs May Have Similar Neurological Side-effects To Conventional Drugs (p 1581)
Authors of a systematic review of antipsychotic drugs in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the better side-effect profile of new-generation drugs may not be as substantial as previously thought when compared with conventional antipsychotics. New-generation drugs are generally more efficacious, although older-generation antipsychotics... view more... (2003-05-07)
Sleep attacks from Parkinson`s drugs do exist
Car crashes in patients with Parkinson’s disease have been associated with sudden sleep attacks caused by dopamine drugs, but the concept of sleep attacks, and their connection with dopamine drugs, has been disputed. view more (2002-06-19)
Study supports triple combination therapy for HIV
New evidence in this week’s BMJ supports the use of up to three antiviral drugs (triple therapy) to treat people with HIV. view more (2002-03-27)
Pricey new versions of old drugs fuelling huge rise in drug spending
Newly patented versions of old drugs are driving the rapid growth in expenditure on prescription drugs in most developed countries, without offering substantial improvements over existing products, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. view more (2005-09-02)
Bisphosphonate drugs reduce the risk of broken bones in breast cancer patients
Bisphosphonate drugs reduce the risk of bone complications when used in patients whose cancer has spread to the bone, according to a new study in the BMJ. view more (2003-08-29)
Moms, have you done drugs? Tell your kids
Moms who have used drugs may be doing their teens a favour by admitting to it, University of Alberta research shows. view more (2009-06-10)
Over 6% of admissions to one unit related to pharmaceutical drugs; and over two thirds avoidable
More than 6% of admissions to one medical unit over six months were related to pharmaceutical drugs, reveals a study in Quality and Safety in Health Care. And over two thirds of these cases were potentially avoidable, concludes the research. view more (2003-08-01)
Biotechnology has failed to live up to its promises
Promises of cheaper and better drugs using biotechnologies have not been met, say researchers in this week's BMJ. view more (2005-10-14)
Fighting drug-resistant flu viruses
Amid reports that swine flu viruses are developing the ability to shrug off existing antiviral drugs, scientists in Japan are reporting a first-of-its kind discovery that could foster a new genre of antivirals that sidestep resistance problems. view more (2009-07-15)
Aspirin is most cost effective way to prevent heart disease
Aspirin and blood pressure lowering drugs can prevent heart disease at a fraction of the cost of cholesterol lowering drugs (statins) and clopidogrel (an anti-clotting drug), finds a study in this week's BMJ. view more (2003-11-26)
Study casts doubt on value of emergency breathing procedure
For more than 20 years, paramedics in Britain have performed emergency intubation (passing a breathing tube into the windpipe to deliver oxygen to the lungs of trauma patients) without using anaesthesia. Yet a study in this week's BMJ finds that less than one per cent of these patients survive, casting serious doubt on the value of this practice.... view more... (2001-07-18)
Taking aim at mysterious DNA structures in the battle against cancer
Designers of anti-cancer drugs are aiming their arrows at mysterious chunks of the genetic material DNA that may play a key role in preventing the growth and spread of cancer cells, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. view more (2009-11-05)
South Asian patients are missing out on cholesterol drugs
Patients in general practices with a greater South Asian population are less likely to be prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs, despite being at a higher risk of coronary heart disease than white patients, finds a study in this week`s BMJ. view more (2002-07-03)
Stopping statins after stroke raises risk of death, dependency
People who stopped taking cholesterol-lowering drugs after being hospitalized for a stroke are at greater risk of death or dependency within three months of the stroke. view more (2007-08-28)
Prescribing information for kidney disease far too vague
Prescribing information for healthcare professionals treating patients with kidney disease is too vague, concludes the latest issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). view more (2006-12-07)
Concern over clinical value of new mood disorder drugs
Recent changes to the classification of psychiatric disorders are encouraging pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs that are of questionable clinical value, argue researchers in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-07-16)
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