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Prescrire's ratings of new products and indications over the past 10 years

Each spring, Prescrire International publishes a recap of the drugs reviewed in our French edition during the previous year. It includes a table summing up the ratings Prescrire's editors gave to the new drugs and indications reviewed during each of the past ten years.
1 April 2019

Therapeutic advances in 2018 compared with the previous 10 years

Our recap of the drugs reviewed in our French edition La Revue Prescrire during the previous year includes a graphic summing up the ratings Prescrire's editors gave to new drugs and indications, compared with the previous ten years.
1 April 2019

Multiple sclerosis: wasted opportunities

The drugs on the market have been so poorly evaluated that healthcare professionals are not able to make the best use of the available treatments, to the detriment of patients.
1 April 2019

Pregnancy and lower urinary tract infection: opt for cefuroxime

Requiring just a single dose, fosfomycin trometamol is easier to take than cefuroxime or the combination of amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, but less is known about its short-term effects on the unborn child exposed during the first trimester of pregnancy. It is wiser to choose cefuroxime as first-line treatment.
1 April 2019

High-strength insulins: think and act in units of insulin to prevent errors

FEATURED REVIEW At home as in hospital (and other healthcare facilities), errors associated with insulin use are numerous, frequent and can have serious consequences. How can dosing errors due to the coexistence of different strengths of insulin on the market be prevented?
Full review (2 pages) available for download by subscribers.
1 March 2019

In the March issue of Prescrire International: Minor ischaemic stroke and antiplatelet drugs

FREE DOWNLOADIn this month's free sample text, the results of a trial confirming that after a minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack there is very little advantage from adding clopidogrel to aspirin, which remains the first-choice antithrombotic. 
Full text available for free download.
1 March 2019

Melatonin: significant adverse effects

Melatonin is not a treatment of choice for sleep disorders: its efficacy beyond that of a placebo is uncertain, and it carries a risk of neuropsychological, cutaneous, gastrointestinal and other adverse effects.
1 March 2019

Publicly-funded research: too opaque!

France's top clinical research institutions, like many public organisations or private foundations financing clinical trials around the world, are not up to the mark when it comes to clinical research transparency.
1 March 2019

The annual Prescrire Awards are given out in Paris: 5 winning drugs, but no "Pilule d'Or"

Palmarès des médicaments de Prescrire The independent French medical journal Prescrire announced its Drug Awards for 2018, at its yearly awards ceremony in Paris on 31 January. There was no "Pilule d'Or" (Golden Pill) award, but two drugs made the "Honours List" and three others were recognised as "Noteworthy".
1 February 2019

The Prescrire Drug Packaging Awards for 2018: no winners and a lot of losers

Palmarès du conditionnement de Prescrire The independent French medical journal Prescrire held its annual awards ceremony in Paris on 31 January. There were no Packaging Awards this year, whereas 25 "Yellow Cards" or "Red Cards" were handed out for substandard or dangerous packaging.
1 February 2017

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