Diabetes drug ‘staves off weight gain’ after smoking cessation
Dulaglutide could help motivate patients to quit smoking and avoid early relapse, say Swiss doctors who found the drug counteracts “expected” post-cessation weight gain. Their…
Tag: Addictions
Where is the website for doctors to make complaints about patients?
Medicine — as we are all aware — is an art, and it is the human connection between doctor and patient that is the backbone…
Warning after OTC cough medicine triggers liver injury: case
Clinicians are being urged to consider misuse of OTC cough medicines containing dextromethorphan in patients with abnormal liver results, after US doctors treated an octogenarian…
Vaping: Professor Chapman’s criticism of Cochrane review findings is deeply flawed
Cochrane reviews are the gold standard for determining if a treatment is effective in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The recent Cochrane review on e-cigarettes found…
Why Cochrane got it badly wrong: Aussie expert unpicks ‘pro-vaping’ review
Last month, an updated Cochrane review found “high-certainty evidence” that nicotine e-cigarettes are far more effective smoking cessation tools than traditional nicotine replacement therapy. UK…
Benzodiazepines a ‘high-risk’ treatment for amphetamine use disorder
Benzodiazepine treatment in patients with methamphetamine or amphetamine use disorder is linked to a higher risk of death and hospitalisation than other pharmacotherapies, research shows.…
Cochrane finds ‘high‐certainty evidence’ that vaping beats NRT in helping smokers quit
UK researchers have declared that nicotine e-cigarettes are far more effective at helping patients quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement therapy “for at least six…
Warning over toxic poppy seeds after 19 patients seek hospital care with two in ICU
More than a dozen patients have landed in hospital — with two in the ICU — after drinking home-brewed tea using up to 1kg of…
Fentanyl overdose deaths in ‘steep decline’ years before GP prescribing crackdown
Deaths from fentanyl overdoses in Australia were in steep decline well before the TGA and PBS clamped down on GP prescriptions, new research reveals. A…
Sports betting linked to higher risk of problem gambling
Engagement with sports betting goes hand in hand with higher rates and greater severity of problem gambling, according to a systematic review. The study finds…
