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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 Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) discuss the February issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that highlights the benefits associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes zoster vaccination programmes (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/11/dtb.2020.000048). The editors talk about a cohort study, which found that many older people who had recently been prescribed a calcium-channel blocker for hypertension were subsequently given a loop diuretic. The main article reviews the use of prescribing safety indicators to improve outcomes for patients and the case report is of a patient who developed immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated large vessel vasculitis.
Read the issue on the DTB website: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/2
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) discuss the January issue of DTB (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/1). This includes an editorial that highlights the urgent need for more information for the public to support the national COVID-19 vaccination programme (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/1/2). The editors talk about the importance of knowing how patients use their medicines at home (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/1/3)and discuss advice for population vitamin D supplementation in adults in the UK (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/1/7). This month's case report involves two patients who developed severe hypothermia, bradycardia and cardiac arrest in association with risperidone (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/1/13).
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Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
In this podcast James Cave (Editor in Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) discuss some of the challenges associated with the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. In particular, they highlight the importance of making information on the vaccines’ safety and efficacy available to help people make an informed decision on vaccination.
Read the paper: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/24/dtb.2020.000071
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Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) preview the December issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that discusses the results of a study that suggested that people who took antihypertensive medication at bedtime had a lower risk of a cardiovascular event. The editors talk about a threat to the supply of the Priadel brand of lithium carbonate. They also discuss the use of esketamine for treatment-resistant depression. This month's case report involves an unintentional overdose of hyoscine hydrobromide in a young child.
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) preview the November issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that focuses on the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence's draft guideline on the management of chronic pain, and in particular, the approach to treating chronic primary pain (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/11/162). The editors talk about a new patient-held steroid emergency card that has been introduced to help healthcare staff identify adult patients with adrenal insufficiency (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/11/163). They also discuss the diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension. This month's case report involves a patient who developed medication-related osteonecrosis (MRONJ) of the mandible and maxilla (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/11/172).
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
A socially distanced podcast with James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) previewing the October issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that discusses the harms caused by medicines and medical devices and highlights concerns over proposals to speed up the UK licensing process for medicines. The editors talk about an article that looks at the influence of pharmaceutical marketing. They also review three new medicines used to prevent migraines. This month's case report involves a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who received latent tuberculosis infection treatment prior to treatment with a biologic agent, and developed shock with resistant hypotension on re-exposure to rifampicin.
Read the full issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/10
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
As we continue with our socially distanced DTB podcasts James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the September issue of DTB. This includes an editorial discussing the challenges facing commissioning organisations when changes to clinical practice or market authorisation have a significant impact on how biological therapies can be used. The editors highlight a study that showed a lack of adherence to guidelines on direct oral anticoagulant dosing in people with atrial fibrillation and renal impairment, and review an article that discusses the risk of seizures with antidepressants. This month's case report involves an Infant with status epilepticus secondary to systemic lidocaine toxicity from topical application.
Read the full issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/9
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Another socially distanced DTB podcast features James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) who provide an overview of the August issue of DTB. This includes an editorial discussing the changes that have taken place in general practices and the new ways of working that have been developed during the coronavirus pandemic (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/8/114). The main article reviews the evidence for using vitamin D and calcium in older people who have osteoporosis (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/8/122) and the case report highlights the problems faced by a young man who developed a hyperkinetic reaction to dihydrocodeine (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/8/126).
Read the full issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/8.
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Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Another socially distanced DTB podcast features James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor), who provide an overview of the July issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that discusses some of the challenges in supplying low-dose aspirin to pregnant women for prevention of pre-eclampsia, a DTB Forum article by Margaret McCartney on some of the challenges to evidence-based medicine during the coronavirus pandemic and a DTB Select update on the safety of ibuprofen in people with COVID-19. The main article discusses managing antiepileptic drugs before and during pregnancy for women with epilepsy, and this month's case report is of amiodarone-induced diffuse alveolar haemorrhage. Read the full issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/7
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Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic restrictions still in place, this socially distanced DTB podcast features James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor), who provide an overview of the June issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that discusses whether clinicians should be deprescribing some medicines during the pandemic, and a summary of the EMA's advice on the use of drugs that affect the renin-angiotensin system in people who have COVID-19. The main article looks at the gastrointestinal risks of NSAIDs and the evidence for gastroprotection, and the issue finishes with a case report of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome in a patient taking lamotrigine. Please read the full issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/6.
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