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March 2022 - Paracetamol and blood pressure, greener inhalers, harms from medicines and naldemedine
In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the March 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about paracetamol and its effect on blood pressure and discuss progress on moving to inhalers that have less of an impact on the environment (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/34). The editors review a study that examined harms from medicines (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/37) and discuss the use of naldemedine in the management of opioid-induced constipation (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/39).
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