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Some patients switched to edoxaban without being properly informed, pharmacists say

Exclusive: Primary care pharmacists have revealed that patients are being switched to edoxaban without being informed or when it is not clinically appropriate.…

Published: 31 August 2022

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Statins should not be stopped in older people owing to their benefits, say researchers

People with lower cardiovascular disease risk who stopped taking statins aged 80 years lost 73% of their potential benefit if they took them for the rest of their lives, a modelling study has suggested.…

Published: 25 August 2022

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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs linked with heart failure in patients with diabetes

Researchers found that NSAID use in any period was linked with a 43% increased risk of subsequent hospitalisation for heart failure.…

Published: 24 August 2022

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Edoxaban switching scheme: worth the risks?

GP practices in England are being paid millions of pounds to switch up to a third of patients to edoxaban, currently the cheapest choice of anticoagulant for the NHS. However, switching is not always straightforward and there is speculation that patients will need to be switched again in the future.…

Published: 27 July 2022

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Community pharmacies in England carry out more than 110,000 blood pressure checks in six months

Community pharmacies also provided ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to nearly 5,000 patients.…

Published: 23 June 2022

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NICE to approve icosapent ethyl for some high-risk cardiovascular patients

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says 425,000 people with established cardiovascular disease could benefit from treatment with icosapent ethyl.…

Published: 22 June 2022

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Deprivation and ethnicity linked with lower anticoagulation prescribing for atrial fibrillation, study reveals

Researchers found that, compared with white people, black people were 22% less likely to be prescribed an oral anticoagulant and those from other ethnic minorities were 24% less likely.…

Published: 14 June 2022

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Shifting the scales: a promising new era for weight-loss drugs

With obesity rates continuing to rise, the need for pharmacological options to help patients safely lose weight is urgent, but there are several promising drugs on the horizon.…

Published: 9 June 2022

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Whole-genome sequencing is ‘feasible’ for screening in primary care, research suggests

Presenting their findings, study authors said genomic sequencing in primary care could change the way patients and their families are managed by GPs.…

Published: 8 June 2022

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First routine clopidogrel genotype testing introduced at health board

NHS Tayside in Scotland has secured funding to genotype all new patients with an acute indication for clopidogrel in cardiology, stroke and vascular surgery.…

Published: 30 May 2022