Drugs: musculoskeletal and joint diseases

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• Thiazolidinediones for plaque psoriasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Anita Malhotra,
  • Nusrat Shafiq,
  • Sujit Rajagopalan,
  • Sunil Dogra,
  • Samir Malhotra

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;  doi:10.1136/ebmed-2011-100388
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• Therapeutics:

  In people with hand osteoarthritis, chondroitin sulphate therapy for 6 months improves pain and function compared with placebo

  • Jean-Yves Reginster

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;  doi:10.1136/ebmed-2011-100515
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• Therapeutics:

  Warming local anaesthetic prior to injection reduces injection pain

  • David Leaper

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;17:46-47  doi:10.1136/ebm.2011.100165
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• Prognosis:

  Short- and long-term treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increases risk of death or recurrent MI in those with previous MI

  • Anjan K Chakrabarti,
  • C Michael Gibson

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;17:61-62  doi:10.1136/ebm.2011.100132
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• Therapeutics:

  In irritable bowel syndrome, antispasmodics and antidepressants improve abdominal pain and global assessment and symptom scores, but there is no evidence for the effectiveness of bulking agents

  • Alexander C Ford

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;  doi:10.1136/ebmed-2011-100424
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• Mechanisms of reducing postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting: a systematic review of current techniques

  • Alex Rawlinson,
  • Nina Kitchingham,
  • Colin Hart,
  • Gregory McMahon,
  • Seok Ling Ong,
  • Achal Khanna

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;  doi:10.1136/ebmed-2011-100265
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• Therapeutics:

  Preterm infants receiving heel lance procedures have slightly lower pain scores and quicker time to return to baseline heart rate when held in kangaroo care by the mother than by the father

  • Vibhuti Shah,
  • Ann Jefferies

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;  doi:10.1136/ebmed-2012-100525
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• Therapeutics:

  Similar rates of relapse and time to return to normal activity with 2 or 5 days of systemic corticosteroids after asthma exacerbation but study confirmation of equivalence would require further study

  • Brian H Rowe

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;17:23-24  doi:10.1136/ebmed.2011.100257
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• Prognosis:

  β-blockers associated with reduced all-cause mortality in COPD

  • Donald P Tashkin

  Evid. Based Med.  2012;17:31-32  doi:10.1136/ebm.2011.100118
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• Therapeutics:

  Oral ondansetron decreases vomiting, as well as the need for intravenous fluids and hospital admission, in children with acute gastroenteritis

  • Deborah A Levine

  Evid. Based Med.  2011;  doi:10.1136/ebmed.2011.100355
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