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BMC Prim Care 2022 May 12;23(1):116. Epub 2022 May 12.

Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada.

Background: Complex elective foot and ankle surgery is known to be painful so most patients are prescribed opioids at the time of surgery; however, the number of patients prescribed opioids while waiting for surgery in Canada is unknown. Our primary objective was to describe the pre and postoperative prescribing practices for patients in Alberta, Canada undergoing complex elective foot and ankle surgery. Secondarily, we evaluated postoperative opioid usage and hospital outcomes. Read More

J Foot Ankle Res 2022 May 11;15(1):35. Epub 2022 May 11.

School of Clinical Sciences, QUT, Brisbane, Australia.

Background: 2022 marks a decade since the profession of podiatry secured independent prescribing rights in the UK. Widely viewed as a significant milestone, its advent appeared to herald a new age of practice, with increased autonomy, a broader scope of practice and improved patient care. Access to any medicine within the British National Formulary (with a few notable exceptions) seemed to signal an end to the perennial difficulties and frequent disappointments in obtaining ease of access to medicines necessary for effective practice. Read More

Br J Clin Pharmacol 2022 May 10. Epub 2022 May 10.

Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

The second-generation antipsychotic quetiapine is commonly used off-label for its anxiolytic and hypnotic properties. However, quetiapine is associated with problematic side-effects. We used Danish Medicinal Product Statistics and a 20% random sample of the Danish population's prescription fills (2001-2020) to describe the utilization of quetiapine and proportion of various prescriber types (general practitioner [GP], specialist in private practice, hospital physician, and other prescribers) both in connection to first-time and subsequent prescriptions. Read More

Clin Park Relat Disord 2022 22;6:100144. Epub 2022 Apr 22.

Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, USA.

Background: Medical management of Parkinson's Disease (PD) is becoming complex. Increasing evidence suggests that patients have better outcomes when they are managed by neurologists. However, access to neurologists can be limited in rural areas. Read More

JAMA Netw Open 2022 May 2;5(5):e229723. Epub 2022 May 2.

Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Importance: Opioid addiction or dependency is a serious crisis in the US that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare. The State of California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 2760 in 2018 that mandates the coprescription of naloxone and opioids for patients with a high overdose risk.

Objective: To assess whether the AB 2760-based electronic prompts were associated with increased naloxone orders for opioid users and reduced opioid prescribing when integrated into the practitioner workflow. Read More