[e-drug] Japanese independent drug-bulletin: "Med Check TIP English No 9 & No 8

E-DRUG: Japanese independent drug-bulletin: "Med Check TIP English No 9 & No 8
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Dear E-drug colleagues

Japanese independent drug-bulletin:
"Med Check TIPe December 2017,eB(JVol.3, No.9 is launched.
http://www.npojip.org/english/MedCheck/medchecktip.html

CONTENTS Dec 2017,e Vol.3, No.9
Editorial
WHO downgraded oseltamivir
New Products
Hypnotic (sleeping pill), suvorexant (brand name Belsomra) P29-33
substance that causes narcolepsy and cataplexy
Teriparatidee More harm than benefit P34-35

Review
  Insomnia, Optimal Sleep Duration and Harm of Sleeping pills P36-39
  Pneumonia caused by proton pump inhibitors (PPI)
(1) meta-analysis P40-41
(2) Critical appraisal of a studye (Othman's paper) P42-45

See also
CONTENTS August 2017,e Vol.3, No.8
Editorial:
Is the intervention really necessary?e 13
The importance of the epidemiologic evidence
Review
Screening does not reduce cervical cancer deathse 14
Pneumococcal and Hib vaccines for childrene 20
Harms may outweigh benefits: not recommended

See also archives.
http://www.npojip.org/english/MedCheck/medchecktip.html

Comments and questions are welcome.

Rokuro