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DTB Podcast
The Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) Podcast is your source for practical, independent, and evidence-based information on drugs, medication, and prescribing. Join the Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor of DTB each month as they discuss the key highlights of the latest issue. DTB - dtb.bmj.com - is published by BMJ Group, and offers rigorous, independent evaluations and practical advice on treatments and disease management for doctors, pharmacists, and healthcare professionals. Subscribe to the DTB Podcast and get the latest drug and therapeutic insights.
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the October 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss whether the language used in announcements from organisations such as NHS England, NICE and the MHRA regarding new medicines is appropriate and highlight concerns that some press releases are at risk of promoting POMs to the public (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/10/146). They review a study that assessed the effect that regular doses of paracetamol had on blood pressure (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/10/147) and talk about an article that discusses the role played over the past 20 years by groups, organisations and individuals that have been critical of the pharmaceutical industry (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/10/151).
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Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the September 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss a new national guideline on the management of gout (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/130). They highlight a safety update on the risk of vitamin B12 deficiency with metformin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/131) and provide an overview of a study that analysed the way countries across Europe report payments made by pharmaceutical companies to healthcare professionals (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/135). They end the podcast with a discussion on the evidence for carbetocin in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/9/136).
The contact address for the DTB team is dtb@bmj.com.
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the August 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss progress in reducing use of psychotropic medications in adults and children with a learning disability, autism or both (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/114). They also provide an overview of a study that assessed the effect of deprescribing antihypertensive medication in older people (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/118) and talk about a national safety alert relating to amiodarone (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/116). They end the podcast with a discussion on the evidence for the lipid-lowering drug bempedoic acid and its effect on reducing low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and the lack of evidence on clinical outcomes (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/8/120).
The contact address for the DTB team is dtb@bmj.com.
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Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the July 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the proposed reclassification of estradiol vaginal tablets from Prescription Only Medicine to a Pharmacy medicine (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/98) and review a study that assessed pharmaceutical industry funding of All Party Parliamentary Groups (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/100). They talk about the evidence for the lipid-lowering drug inclisiran and its effect on reducing low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and the lack of evidence on clinical outcomes (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/102). The editors also highlight a case report of acute lung toxicity caused by nitrofurantoin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/108).
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the June 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the impact that the cessation of spirometry services in primary care has had on diagnosing obstructive lung disease (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/82). They highlight two separate patient safety incident reports from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch - confusion over the prescribed dose of oral morphine solution and the harm caused by a standard therapeutic dose of paracetamol in a frail older person (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/84). The editors also talk about an article on serotonin syndrome (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/88).
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Read the June issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the May 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about drug bulletins across the world and the role of the International Society of Drug Bulletins in supporting bulletins and ensuring that they are intellectually and financially independent (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/66). They review a study that assessed the use of mirtazapine for treating agitation in people with dementia (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/68). The editors also discuss the evidence behind two new oral antivirals that have been licensed for the treatment of covid-19 (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/73).
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the April 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about DTB's 60th anniversary, the importance of independent scrutiny of new medicines and the need to question how medicines are licensed and used (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/50). They highlight the benefits of a comprehensive national register of conflicts of interest and discuss a study that compared a quadpill containing low doses of four antihypertensive agents with a standard dose of irbesartan (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/56). They also review a study that assessed clinicians' awareness of the harms from long-term use of nitrofurantoin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/59) and provide an overview of an article on managing hypertension in pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/60). The editors also look back at the very first issue of DTB that was published on 20th April 1962 (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/s1-1/1).
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Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the March 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about paracetamol and its effect on blood pressure and discuss progress on moving to inhalers that have less of an impact on the environment (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/34). The editors review a study that examined harms from medicines (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/37) and discuss the use of naldemedine in the management of opioid-induced constipation (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/39).
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Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
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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Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the January 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's decision to license the oral antiviral drug molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and the paucity of publicly available clinical trial data - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/2. The editors talk about a study that highlighted potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/6. They also review an article on some of the challenges facing people when they try to stop taking antidepressants - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/7.
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