Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Prescribing for pregnancy: general prepregnancy care

Doxylamine/pyridoxine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

MHRA drug safety update: hydrochlorothiazide and non-melanoma skin cancer

Management for women with subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy

Measuring PIGF speeds up pre-eclampsia diagnosis

Chronic cough: a practical approach to assessment and management

Can shorter courses of oral steroids treat acute COPD exacerbations?

Time to review fibrate prescribing?

Role of primary care in supporting patients who are taking clozapine

Testosterone replacement therapy in older men: results of the T-Trials

CBT for managing chronic non-cancer pain in older adults

Cannabinoids not very effective for chronic non-cancer pain

Meeting QOF hypertension targets but failing the patient

Time to speed up the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

What role for saline nasal irrigation?

Republished: Retrograde ejaculation associated with quetiapine and treatment with low-dose imipramine

Additional GI bleeding risk with SSRIs in people with declining kidney function

Does prophylactic progesterone for women at high risk of preterm birth improve outcomes?

Republished: Severe acute ocular hypertension following pulsed methylprednisolone for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation does not prevent serious vascular events in people with diabetes

▼Ospemifene for vulvar and vaginal atrophy

Final orders at the last chance saloon?

Do oral steroids improve hearing outcomes in children with otitis media with effusion?

The new GP contract: an opportunity for drugs and therapeutics

Republished: Successful thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke after reversal of dabigatran etexilate with idarucizumab

A new DiRECTion for diabetes

New guidelines for providing faecal microbiota transplant

Prescribing for pregnancy: managing prescribing for women with mental health diagnoses

Limited evidence for non-drug treatment of childhood ADHD

Social prescribing: right idea, wrong name?

Oral or intravenous antibiotics for complex orthopaedic infections?

Risperidone for rapid tranquilisation: more evidence required

Has the polypill finally proven its worth?

Republished: Direct oral anticoagulant and AKI: apixaban-induced acute interstitial nephritis

Republished: Metformin-associated lactic acidosis precipitated by liraglutide use: adverse effects of aggressive antihyperglycaemic therapy

COPD: how many asthmatics does it take to make an impact?

▼Prasterone for vulvar and vaginal atrophy

Delusional infestation in the treatment of ADHD with atomoxetine

Republished: DPP-4 inhibitor (sitagliptin)-induced seronegative rheumatoid arthritis

Oral lidocaine for infant teething reclassified as Pharmacy only

Analysis of primary care management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

Republished: Complex encephalopathy arising from the combination of opioids and gabapentin

Nitrofurantoin: friend or foe?

Hospital at home versus hospital treatment of COPD exacerbations

Comparison of antibiotics for Clostridium difficile infection

MHRA guidance on assessing renal function

Republished: Partial nephrogenic diabetes insipidus associated with lithium therapy