Medicines And Stuff

Medicines And Stuff

By George Jiri KempnyMedicineHealth & Fitness
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Medicines And Stuff episodes

  • 9. Anticholinergic Burden
    Anticholinergic drugs are associated with increased risks of impaired cognition, falls and death in patients over the age of 65 years. Combining treatments with anticholinergics might have cumulative harmful effects when given to patients with more than one condition. Rating scales called ACB (anticholinergic burden scale) have been developed in 2008 ranking drugs according to their anticholinergic activity – it’s a practical tool for optimising prescribing for older patients. Anticholinergic burden (ACB) is calculated by totalling the scores for all anticholinergic medicines that the patient is taking.
    Link to ACB calculator:
    http://www.acbcalc.com/
    5 min
  • 8. Anticholinergics
    Anticholinergic drugs are prescribed for a variety of conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, overactive bladder, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nausea and vomiting, depression, psychosis and this episode is a general overview of their effects, properties and use.
    10 min
  • 7. Duloxetine

    Duloxetine is a drug widely used for depression, anxiety, nerve pain and urinary incontinence.

    This episode is about use and properties of this medication.

    6 min
  • 6. Amiodarone

    Amiodarone is a drug used to treat irregular heartbeats and this episode is about properties, indications, side effects and monitoring.  

    7 min
  • 5. STOPP/START Criteria

    STOPP/START criteria or toolkit is a medication review tool designed to identify medication where the risks outweigh the benefits in the elderly and vice versa

    STOPP/START stands for: screening tool of older person’s prescriptions and screening tool to alert to right treatment and were first published in 2008 by 18-member expert panel from academic centres in Ireland and the UK. It was reviewed, updated and expanded in 2015 for the purpose of minimizing inappropriate prescribing in older people (>65y old).

    STOPP/START version 2 consists of 114 criteria (80 STOPP and 34 START criteria).

    33 min
  • 4. Structured Medication Reviews - SMRs
    An overview of Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) - focused on the NHS England Guidance on the implementation of SMRs by Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
    Link to NHS England Structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation: guidance
    https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SMR-Spec-Guidance-2020-21-FINAL-.pdf
    9 min
  • 2. Antidepressants
    General overview of Antidepressants.
    Useful links for more information:
    https://bnf.nice.org.uk/
    https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc
    https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/depression/
    https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/
    16 min

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