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Psychotropic Drug Prescribing Among Nursing Home Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Internal Medicine

This cross-sectional study uses data from the Ontario Drug Benefit database to assess prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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The rise of prescription drug abuse and drug diversion

pharmaphorum

As prescription drug abuse has grown in the US and Europe, the diversion of such treatments from legitimate sources has also increased. Ben Hargreaves speaks to an expert in the area to learn how drug diversion occurs, and how it can be countered. Why drug diversion represents a challenge.

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90% of penicillin allergy labels in Hong Kong found to be false

Medical Xpress

A collaborative research team led by Dr. Philip Li from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has pioneered a new nurse-led penicillin allergy triage and testing strategy—the Hong Kong Drug Allergy Delabelling Initiative (HK-DADI), and demonstrated its effectiveness and safety compared to traditional allergy testing.

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We make clinical research easy.

Deltaclinical

Clinical trials in drug development are a vital part of the process to bring new medicines to patients. We have recognized this need and offer flexible and fast services that can be custom tailored, specifically to meet all study protocols.

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We make clinical research easy.

Deltaclinical

Clinical trials in drug development are a vital part of the process to bring new medicines to patients. Training study nurse. We have recognized this need and offer flexible and fast services that can be custom tailored, specifically to meet all study protocols. Data processing (eCRF). Quality control. Pre-)screening calls.

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We make clinical research easy.

Deltaclinical

Clinical trials in drug development are a vital part of the process to bring new medicines to patients. Training study nurse. We have recognized this need and offer flexible and fast services that can be custom tailored, specifically to meet all study protocols. Data processing (eCRF). Quality control. Pre-)screening calls.

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We make clinical research easy.

Deltaclinical

Clinical trials in drug development are a vital part of the process to bring new medicines to patients. Training study nurse. We have recognized this need and offer flexible and fast services that can be custom tailored, specifically to meet all study protocols. Data processing (eCRF). Quality control. Pre-)screening calls.