Drugs

POP QUIZ: Switching antidepressants
The topic of switching antidepressants was featured in the Mental Health column of the June/July issue of Pharmacy Practice + Business. Based on this article, can you tell which of these statements is false?
Study finds more women opted for long-acting IUDs after B.C. made birth control free
Researchers found prescriptions for all types of birth control jumped significantly after the province began covering the cost of contraception in April 2023, especially for IUDs.

Cough syrup as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease-related dementia

A clinical trial investigating Ambroxol suggests it could help reduce cognitive impairment symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Experimental technique sees healthy babies born with DNA of three people

In Britain, eight healthy babies have been born with the help of a process that uses DNA from three individuals to allow mothers to avoid passing devastating rare diseases to their children.
Which antibiotic is safest to treat a first trimester urinary tract infection?

Study evaluates the risk of congenital malformations following first-trimester pregnancy exposure to various antibiotic agents used to treat UTI.
What to prescribe to avoid a relapse of cannabis-related psychosis?

Injectable anti-psychotics offer better outcomes than oral equivalents.
Patients taking antidepressants experience more withdrawal symptoms if the drugs are taken over a longer period: study

Prolonged use of antidepressants increases the prevalence, severity and duration of withdrawal symptoms, U.K. cross-sectional survey shows.
How best to deprescribe benzodiazepines?

New guidance and meta-analysis both say there’s a lack of solid evidence for a specific ideal way.
Risk of acute angle-closure glaucoma with antidepressants

UBC researchers compare the risk of acute angle-closure glaucoma with escitalopram and three other antidepressants.
10 new drug indications pharmacists and physicians should know about

Get the info you need on these new drug indications, part of our drug news roundup for July.

POP QUIZ: Switching antidepressants

Study finds more women opted for long-acting IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

Cough syrup as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease-related dementia

Experimental technique sees healthy babies born with DNA of three people

Which antibiotic is safest to treat a first trimester urinary tract infection?

What to prescribe to avoid a relapse of cannabis-related psychosis?

Patients taking antidepressants experience more withdrawal symptoms if the drugs are taken over a longer period: study

How best to deprescribe benzodiazepines?

Risk of acute angle-closure glaucoma with antidepressants

10 new drug indications pharmacists and physicians should know about