Overprescribing, overuse of short-acting beta agonists, inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the February 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about some of the details from a national report on overprescribing and discuss its implications (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/18). The editors review a study that highlighted overprescribing of short-acting beta agonists in people with asthma (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/21). They also discuss an article on prescribing for women of childbearing age who have inflammatory bowel disease and managing medicines during pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/24).

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