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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 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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Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
As the UK continues to be in lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, this podcast only features David Phizackerley, DTB's Deputy Editor, who provides a brief overview of the May issue of DTB. This includes an editorial that discusses the challenges facing clinicians in involving children and young people in decisions about their healthcare; a summary of the EMA's advice on the use of ibuprofen in people who have Covid-19; and an article on the development of shared care prescribing guidelines over the last 30 years.
The main article looks at the benefits and harms of using potassium permanganate for wound care, and the issue finishes with a case report of hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with sertraline.
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
In April's podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) discuss lung volume reduction surgery for patients with emphysema-predominant COPD (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/4/50). They highlight the results of a trial of low-dose amitriptyline for chronic low back pain (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/4/53), discuss the use of depot triamcinolone injection for hay fever (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/4/57), and talk about a case in which dapagliflozin was thought to have caused euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/4/60).
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Read the full April issue: dtb.bmj.com/content/58/4
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
In March's podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) discuss the decision to extend the license for dapagliflozin 5 mg tablets to include use by people with type 1 diabetes and highlight concerns over the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis. They review an article on managing asthma before and during pregnancy and talk about a case of partial nephrogenic diabetes insipidus associated with lithium therapy.
Read the full March issue: dtb.bmj.com/content/58/3
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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
In February's podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) consider the impact of conflicts of interest and highlight the need to establish comprehensive registers of conflicts of interest for healthcare professionals, healthcare providers and patient support groups. They briefly review an article on melatonin for jet lag (a longer version is available here: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/melatonin-for-jet-lag?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/dtb-podcast), discuss a review of the management of nocturnal enuresis and highlight a report of a possible case of statin-induced delayed rhabdomyolysis.
Read the full February issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/2
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Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
In this podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) discuss a formulation of melatonin that has been licensed in the UK for the management of jet lag. The editors review the evidence for its effectiveness in reducing symptoms of jet lag and consider whether it should be available from the National Health Service. Read the article here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2019.000074.
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Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
In January's podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) consider the burden of overprescribing and discuss how to tackle some of the barriers to deprescribing (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/2). They also review an article on the place of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/3), highlight an article on prescribing for pregnancy for women with mental health issues (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/8), and discuss a case report of sitagliptin-induced seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/12).
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