This is an update of the summary presented on December 17th, 2013. Based on our readers’ comments and questions, we have sought answers from the author. Due to their importance, we chose to present those in an updated post. Dr. Edmund Bailey What would be the recommended dosing and schedule for combining the two medications? […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of Human Hypertension: Calcium channel blocker-induced gingival enlargement (June 2013) Context Despite the popularity and wide acceptance of the calcium channel blockers (CCBs) by the medical community, their oral impact is rarely recognized or discussed. CCBs, as a group, have been frequently implicated as an etiologic […]
This summary is based on the Cochrane systematic review: Ibuprofen versus paracetamol (acetaminophen) for pain relief after surgical removal of lower wisdom teeth Context Both paracetamol and ibuprofen are commonly used analgesics for the relief of pain following the surgical removal of lower wisdom teeth (third molars). In 2010, a novel analgesic (marketed as Nuromol) containing […]
By Drs. Jacob Fitzgerald, Joel Epstein, Mark Donaldson, Karen Fung, Gordon Schwartz, Cameron Jones Classes of medications reported by patients (PDF) There are many reasons why we need to be aware of the medications that our patients are taking. We need to make sure that there are no adverse reactions to these medications with the treatments […]
This information is courtesy of Dr. Mark Donaldson Dr. Mark Donaldson is Director of Pharmaceutical Services at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Montana, and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Dentistry at the Oregon Health and Sciences University Safe Drugs in Renal Failure […]
This question was submitted by a general dentist: A patient presents with an oral infection for which I would like to consider antibiotics as part of overall care. However, she has a history of C.Difficile infection and there is concern that the antibiotic chosen might reactivate the residual C.Difficile in her gut. What is the best […]
Derived from the Chronic Orofacial Pain Workshop of the Network for Canadian Oral Health Research, IMHA, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Montreal, November 2013 Gilles Lavigne, DMD, PhD, FRCD, Professor, Faculté de médecine dentaire, Université de Montreal Mary Lynch, MD FRCPC,Professor Anesthesiology Psychiatry Pharmacology,Dalhousie University, To understand the misuse of prescription opioid analgesics (POA), it […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of Neuroscience: Drug-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity Causing Addictive Behavior (November 2013) Context The core element of the addiction process: an initially neutral stimulus becomes attractive when associated with drug consumption, and even after prolonged periods of abstinence this cue may trigger craving and cause the subject to relapse. Therefore, many researchers […]