Tranquillisation of patients with aggressive or challenging behaviour Although never the first option, rapid tranquillisation may be required to ensure patient and staff safety when a patient exhibits violent behaviour.…
Tackling prescription drug abuse There are signs that strategies to address prescription drug abuse are starting to work but will an increase in illegal drug use be the payoff?…
Pre-anaesthesia sedation may do more harm than good Researchers have called into question the practice of sedating patients before they are anaesthetised for surgery, finding no benefit in terms of patient experience.…
Merton Sandler (1926-2014) Merton Sandler was fascinated by investigative medicine and was a passionate researcher, who would often use himself as a test subject.…
Specialised text for those in CNS drug research ‘Pharmacology of the blood brain barrier: targeting CNS disorders’, edited by Thomas P Davis.…
