Sucrose is not a pain medication. That rant already exists on this blog. It was also the subject of my talk at the final SMACC conference, which is now online. Another blog post is probably unnecessary, but neither resource included the references from my literature review, so for those who […]
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Last week, I discussed the reasons that I believe that tramadol is a bad drug that shouldn’t be prescribed. This week, I will tackle a similarly bad drug: codeine. The argument is essentially the same. Tramadol may be moderately worse, because of the added SNRI effects, but the variable effects […]
I have never prescribed tramadol. I was taught that, for a variety of reasons, it’s an awful drug. In Canada, everyone seemed to agree. But then I moved to New Zealand.
Another month and another edition of the articles of the month. However, this time I have some very exciting news. I have teamed up with Casey Parker (the brilliant, smooth-talking Australian physician, not the adult film star) to produce an audio version of these summaries. You will be able to […]