In episode 311, Mike and James finish off the series on back pain by looking at the best available evidence around treatment options. We look at the evidence behind acetaminophen, NSAIDs, cyclobenzaprine, narcotics, antidepressants, spinal manipulation, injections, massage, ice, heat, and the kitchen sink.
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In episode 310, Mike and James continue looking at the evidence around back pain and focus on imaging. Unnecessary early imaging not only does nothing but makes things worse. Explaining things to patients seems to be as successful as imaging. When it comes to appropriate imaging red flags are key. At the end of the podcast Mike and James end up waving a white flag in frustration with the evidence.
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In episode 309, Mike and James set-off on a series of podcasts looking at the evidence around back pain from a diagnosis, imaging and treatment perspective. In this podcast we talk about issues associated with pain studies and start to look at the evidence around imaging. At the end we realise this entire area is a pain that emanates from a place just a bit lower than the back.
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In episode 308, James and Mike go over the HOPE-3 trial results in hopefully a hopeful way and we hope that people will appreciate the review. At the end we hope that nobody does any more statin trials ever again but we aren’t to hopeful about that possibility.
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1) HOPE-3 trials
Statin
Blood pressure
2) HOPE-3 results on mystudies.org
HOPE-3
In episode 307, Mike and James engage Tina in yet another discussion and this time it is all about using lower doses of isotretinoin in the treatment of acne. Yet again, James’ approach to using lower doses wins the day and Mike and Tina bow in deference to James’ omnipotence – at least they do in his dreams.
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1) Tools For Practice
In episode 306, Mike and James engage Tina in a discussion on the first medication approved specifically for female sexual dysfunction. She titillates us with the FDA approval stories and the evidence behind the use of this agent.
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1) Tools For Practice
Flibanserin: Feeling frisky or falling over?
2) Efficacy and Safety of Flibanserin for the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Feb 29. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8565
In episode 305, Mike and James continue to simply describe the Simplified Lipid Guidelines developed by the Alberta gang last year. And it’s as simple as that.
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Simplified lipid guidelines – Prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in primary care
Hi Everyone – our website had not been updated in a number of years and over the last few months we decided to upgrade the website to improve functionality. Two weeks ago we launched the revised site and despite a lot of testing etc before launch it has not functioned well at all. MY SINCERE APOLOGIES. For that reason we have, for the time being, reverted back to the old site and hopefully things will function the way they did previously.
Thanks to everyone who let us know of the issues and for everyone’s patience.
James
PS – I would like to blame Mike but he had nothing to do with this problem 🙂
In episode 304, Mike and James describe the Simplified Lipid Guidelines, a document developed primarily by primary care clinicians that puts common sense at the forefront. Importantly, instead of thresholds for treatment we talk about thresholds for discussions – a fundamentally big difference.
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Simplified lipid guidelines – Prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in primary care
THE NUTRITION PROPOSITION BOOK
Check it out at nutritionproposition.com and think about picking up a copy on Amazon. All the evidence you ever wanted about nutrition and the only nutrition book that won’t tell you what to eat.
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