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In episode 36, we take up where we left off in episode 35 by reviewing eight more (not ten) old drugs that hopefully you are still using – if not, get with the progam – in your day-to-day practice. Dr Bob joins us yet again for this episode and provides us with some great clinical experience and finally some reasonable humour. Mike tries to deliver some useful clinical pearls and James tries to keep things flowing smoothly – neither have tremendous success.
Show Notes
Nortriptyline
1) Chronic headache
2) Smoking cessation
Antidepressants for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1
Fluoxetine
1) Weight loss in diabetics
Arch Intern Med 2004;164:1395-1404
Metformin
1) Metformin’s contraindications should be contraindicated
Colchicine
1) Gout – uptake of colchicine into leukocytes
Clin Pharmacol Ther 1993;54:360-7
2) Does colchicine work? The results of the first controlled study in acute gout
Br J Clin Pharmacol 1988;26:488-9
3) Pericarditis
Arch Intern Med 2005;165:1987-91
4) Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2002; 10:247-52
5) Cirrhosis
Vitamin B12
1) Oral vs IM Vitamin B 12
Iron
1) Low dose (15 and/or 50 mg) is as good as high doses (150mg)
Nitroglycerin
1) Tennis elbow
Am J Sports Med 2003;31:915-20
2) Acute pulmonary edema
Amer J Emerg Med 1999;1716:571-4
3) Anal/bum fissures
4) Raynaud’s
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