In today’s show we discuss the August 2018 Therapeutics Today newsletter with Mary Teeling and MaryJo McAvin, Medical Advisors with The National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC) and co-authors of the newsletter. 

Today we discuss new recommendations from UK Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Health (FSRH) on contraceptive advice for women on potentially teratogenic drugs, a new Cochrane review showing that Omega-3 fatty acids have little or no effect on cardiovascular disease, and a US multicentre RCT comparing Cardiovascular safety of febuxostat vs. allopurinol.

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NMIC Therapeutics Today August 2018 Newsletter:

http://www.stjames.ie/GPsHealthcareProfessionals/Newsletters/TherapeuticsToday/Therapeutics%20Today%20August%202018%20-.pdf

NMIC Management Bulletins:

http://www.stjames.ie/GPsHealthcareProfessionals/Newsletters/NMICBulletins/

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:01 Contraceptive advice for women on potentially teratogenic drugs

00:06:08 Cardiovascular safety of febuxostat vs. allopurinol

00:10:44 Omega - 3 fatty acids have little or no effect on cardiovascular disease

Links:

• FSRH Contraceptive advice for women on potentially teratogenic drugs:

https://www.fsrh.org/standards-and-guidance/clinical-statements/contraception-for-specific-populations/

• Cardiovascular safety of febuxostat vs. allopurinol (NEJM):

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1710895

• Omega - 3 fatty acids have little or no effect on cardiovascular disease (Cochrane):

https://www.cochrane.org/news/new-cochrane-health-evidence-challenges-belief-omega-3-supplements-reduce-risk-heart-disease

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