Pharmacology

Implementing medicines optimisation across all settings

My vision for the future of holistic patient-centred care around medicines is for primary care to integrate community and hospital pharmacy into patient care pathways and maximise their contribution. Investment in improved pharmaceutical care to support independent living, reduce medication risks an…

Researchers develop platform to aid kinase drug discovery

Researchers have developed a new biochip platform that will help to make drug discovery quicker and more cost-effective, according to an article published in Scientific Reports.…

Mixing medicines: how to ensure patient safety

Incompatibility poses a constant risk when mixing medicines but it can be avoided by understanding the chemical reactions taking place.…

Drug metabolism: manipulating the microbiome

Understanding how symbiotic bacteria that help maintain health interact with medicines is an emerging field of research.…

Liver impairment: ensuring medicines safety

How liver disease can affect absorption and excretion and the clinical consequences for common medicines.…

Tizanidine interactions

Careful titration of the skeletal muscle relaxant tizanidine is required to avoid dose-related hypotension, and its serum levels can be increased by drugs that inhibit CYP1A2.…

Food supplement improves brain energy in Huntington disease, study suggests

Patients with Huntington disease who were treated with the fatty acid food supplement triheptanoin oil experienced improved motor function.…

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.…

Pharmacists and clinical pharmacologists to collaborate following call for more consultant posts

Pharmacists and clinical pharmacologists are to look at how they can work together to improve patient care and increase the potential of medicines management to save NHS funds.…