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January 2022 - Molnupiravir, potentially harmful prescribing and antidepressant withdrawal reactions
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English - December 18, 2021 20:27 - 28 minutes - 64.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine dtb drug and therapeutics bulletin therapy medical evidence Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the January 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's decision to license the oral antiviral drug molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and the paucity of publicly available clinical trial data - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/2. The editors talk about a study that highlighted potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/6. They also review an article on some of the challenges facing people when they try to stop taking antidepressants - https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/1/7.
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