Migraine: pathophysiology, recognition and management An overview of the pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria and licensed and emerging treatment options for the management of migraine.…
Test your knowledge of cardiovascular disease This CPD and learning quiz can help you assess your knowledge of cardiovascular disease and related health issues.…
Pharmacists to improve provision of palliative care medicines under proposed five-year strategy The Scottish government has set out plans to provide better access to high-quality palliative care by 2030, as well as the provision of clear medicines information for patients and their families.…
Prescribing dilemma: balancing risk and benefits of off-label migraine treatment in a child The second of a new series of articles exploring real-world dilemmas that pharmacist prescribers encounter in clinical practice.…
Triptans should be considered as preferred first-line treatment for acute migraine, research concludes From head-to-head comparisons between active interventions, the meta-analysis showed that eletriptan was the most effective drug for pain freedom at two hours post dose.…
One in ten people with chronic pain could experience opioid dependence, suggest study results The pooled prevalence of dependence and opioid use disorder was 9.3% across 148 studies, but the researchers say high heterogeneity means the results should be “interpreted with caution”.…
Changes in migraine treatment: how new classes of drugs can provide additional options for patients and prescribers This episode of The PJ Pod looks at recent changes to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on the treatment of acute and chronic migraine and what pharmacists should expect from the new class of gepant drugs.…
Lung cancer: screening, diagnosis and management An overview of the symptoms of suspected lung cancer, treatment strategies and current national screening programmes and pilots.…
Pharmacists to be central in delivery of campaign to cut prescribing of high-risk pain medicines NHS Fife's 'Pain Talking' campaign is aimed at giving patients better control over chronic pain management and promoting non-medical treatment.…
Pregabalin prescribing increases by almost 25% since restrictions imposed Exclusive: Almost 670,000 patients in England were prescribed pregabalin when it was first reclassified in 2018/2019, compared with more than 820,000 patients in 2023/2024.…
