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Stanford researcher criticizes FDA plans to reduce oversight of off-label drug use
Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step in the wrong direction, said a researcher from the Stanford University School of Medicine.   view more (2008-04-03)

Unlicensed and off-label prescribing in children must improve
Many drugs prescribed to children in general practice are either not licensed for use in children ("unlicensed") or are prescribed outside the terms of the product licence ("off-label"). Three studies in this week's BMJ show that unlicensed and off-label prescription of drugs... view more (2002-05-28)

Drug Prescribing By Nurses In The Uk - Editor Of The Lancet Urges Caution (p 1875)
The contentious issue of drug prescribing by nurses is assessed by Richard Horton, Editor of THE LANCET, in a Commentary in this week's issue of the journal. He concludes that UK government plans to introduce unrestricted prescribing rights to nurses over the next few years could have serious... view more (2002-05-29)

Weekly contact with drug reps linked to unnecessary prescribing
General practitioners who see drug industry representatives at least once a week are more likely to express views that will lead to unnecessary prescribing then those who report less frequent contact, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-05-28)

European award for University of Kent
The University of Kent has welcomed the news that it has been presented with an internationally recognised award for the quality of its European Exchange programmes.   view more (2004-12-21)

Junior Doctors Need Training To Reduce Prescribing Errors
A qualitative UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests that prescribing errors in hospitals are a consequence of poor understanding of drug prescribing. Authors of the study conclude that junior doctors should be trained in the principles of drug dosing, and that medical staff should... view more (2002-04-17)

Prescribing of antibiotics to children still at a level to cause drug resistance, warn experts
Regular prescribing of antibiotics to children in the community is sufficient to sustain a high level of antibiotic resistance in the population, warn experts in a study published on bmj.com today.   view more (2007-07-27)

High prescribing family doctors much more likely to see drug company reps frequently
Family doctors with high annual drug bills for their practices are significantly more likely to see drug company reps almost every day or at least once a week, reveals a representative survey of General Practitioners in England.   view more (2003-02-04)

Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
Some of the costs of prescribing antidepressant drugs over the last decade could have been used to deliver psychological treatments of proven effectiveness, finds a study published online by the BMJ today.   view more (2005-03-16)

Reduced antibiotic prescribing is associated with increased hospital admissions
New research indicates that efforts to reduce antibiotic resistance led to a decrease in the prescribing of antibiotics by doctors yet an increase in hospitalizations for respiratory infections like pneumonia.   view more (2006-06-22)

Increased antidepressant prescribing linked with fewer suicides
In Australia, suicide rates have fallen most in those groups of people most exposed to antidepressant drugs, especially older people.   view more (2003-05-07)

What's really in your St John's wort tablets?
The real amount of active ingredient in over-the-counter St John's wort "varies greatly" and can be up to 114% of the amount on the label, according to new study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.   view more (2004-02-04)

Clear guidelines on oral chemotherapy needed
Current practices around the use of oral chemotherapy in US cancer centres need to be improved, say doctors in a study on bmj.com.   view more (2007-01-12)

Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teens surge 250 percent over 7 year period
Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teenagers skyrocketed 250 percent between 1994 and 2001, rising particularly sharply after 1999.   view more (2006-01-04)

Antibiotics overprescribed by GPs
GPs are unnecessarily giving patients antibiotics for respiratory tract (RT) infections which would clear up on their own.   view more (2007-09-20)

Many patients still missing out on drugs to cut heart attacks and stroke
Many patients who need statins to cut their risk of heart attacks and stroke are missing out, particularly the elderly, finds research in Heart.   view more (2003-03-17)

Is GSK guilty of fraud? (p 1919)
This week's editorial calls on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to make all its research on paroxetine (Seroxat/Paxil) publicly available. This follows the filing of last week's law suit by the state of New York against GSK: the state accuses the company of fraud, by depriving consumers of the information... view more (2004-06-09)

Study looks at off-label use of biliary stents
Although approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a palliative treatment for cancer patients who have developed bile-duct obstructions, biliary stents are sometimes used "off-label" for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD).   view more (2008-01-21)

Should heroin be prescribed to addicts?
In this week's BMJ experts debate whether heroin should be prescribed to addicts who are difficult to treat.   view more (2008-01-11)

Boston University scientists develop new application to characterize structure of DNA molecules
A team of researchers from Boston University has developed a new application to enable more precise measurement of the location of a fluorescent label in a DNA layer.   view more (2006-03-01)

Fears about complications shouldn't drive antibiotic prescribing
Antibiotics are not justified to reduce the risk of complications after upper respiratory tract infection, sore throat, or ear infection, finds a study published on bmj.com today.   view more (2007-10-19)

ARE OLDER PEOPLE BEING PRESCRIBED THE RIGHT MEDICINES?
An earlier report from the RCP, `Medication for Older People', published in 1997, revealed that older people were more likely to suffer from over-prescription of medicines, being prescribed the wrong kind of medicine due to a mistaken diagnosis, and poor monitoring of side effects and adverse... view more (1999-04-15)

Use of opioids for pain in ERs on the rise, but racial differences in use still exist
In the last 15 years, use of opioid medications to treat patients with pain-related emergency department visits has improved although white patients were more likely to receive opioids than patients of a different race/ethnicity, according to a study in the January 2 issue of JAMA.   view more (2008-01-02)

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)

Children overprescribed antibiotics for sore throat
Physicians prescribe antibiotics for more than half of children with sore throat, exceeding the expected prevalence of strep throat, and used nonrecommended antibiotics for 27 percent of children who received an antibiotic prescription.   view more (2005-11-09)
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