The Pharmaceutical Journal
March 18, 2000

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Comment

• Corvine conundrum
• Grim predictions
• Mystery bottles

Leading Article   423

• Pharmacist prescribing - one step closer

News   424-428

• Pharmacist prescribing "as soon as Parliamentary time allows" 424-425
• Society welcomes prescribing proposal 425
• EPSRC fellowship 425
• Welsh Assembly appointment 425
• FIP drops its journal as part of new communications strategy 425
• MCA to consult on OTC emergency contraception 425
• Wiltshire HA highlights medicines waste 426
• Pharmaceutical scientists to get FIP honour 426
• PSNC calls for action on waste 426
• ABPI formalises links with clinical fraud investigation firm 426
• Warfarin test strips on FP10 call 426
• Generics market has changed, says BAPW chairman 427
• France benefits from new generic substitution rules 427
• Shipman inquiry to examine prescribing 427
• Peppermint case 427
• Health Minister visits Birmingham city hospital 428
• BNF to go on the internet 428
• Scottish Tariff shortage 428
• IPMI seeks education tax relief 428
• Past-President at Downing Street 428

Clinical Pharmacy   429-431

• Adherence to oral hypoglycaemic treatment low, study shows 429
• Study counts cost of diabetes complications 429
• Icodextrin and allergic skin reactions 429
• Survival by postcode? 429
• Botulinum toxin welcomed as treatment for cerebral palsy 430
• Alzheimer's vaccine trials to start 430
• New study estimates risk of death from long-term use of NSAIDs 430
• Developments with nitric oxide drugs 431
• Another way to quit smoking? 431
• Negative HRT results in women with heart disease 431
• FDA advises ECG before cisapride 431
• NOS advertises osteoporosis symptoms 431

News feature   432-433

• NSF for coronary heart disease: how important is it for pharmacists?

Business   434

• NCI offers e-commerce for pharmacies 434
• New marketing director for AAH 434
• Du Pont in European deal with Aventis 434
• Briefly
  • Nexus Point open days 434
  • Norton seeks "perfect pack" 434
  • Axis buys diagnostics 434
  • Weldrick reaccredited 434
  • Primary Care Group appointment 434

The Society   435-436

• Society announces plans to improve membership services 435
• Obituaries 435-436
  • Obituaries - Michael Barnett 435

Letters to the Editor   437-439

• Badly let down 437
• Open communications necessary 437
• Walk-in waste 437
• Responsibility 438
• Use specials manufacturers 438
• Check with prescriber 438
• Patient packs and labelling 438
• Unhelpful reply 438
• A hypothesis 438
• Something must be done 439
• YPG hustings 439
• Training target 439

Broad Spectrum   440

• Sic transit gloria (J. Wilson)

Continuing education   441-445

• Eye disorders: Topical ocular antibiotics: Part 2 (L. C. Titcomb)

Original papers   446-448

• A survey of disinfectant use in hospital pharmacy aseptic preparation areas (S. M. Murtough et al)

The Conference   449

• Birmingham 2000 update

Products   450

• Thiotepa SPC changes 450
• New indication for Dysport 450
• Insuman range 450
• Discontinued 450
• Alliance Pharmaceuticals 450
• Dioralyte tablets supply problem 450
• HRT web site 450
• Sun lotions 450
• Cytotoxic Drug Spill Kit 450
• Price changes 450

Notice-Board   451-452

• Diary 451
• Official notices 451
• Future Events 451
• Society meeting 452
• Announcements 452
• About people 452
• Wants list 452
• Corrections 452
• Missing person 452
• Personal 452
• Drug tariff updates 452

Original papers

Research published this week suggests that attitudes towards disinfection in hospital pharmacy aseptic preparation areas have greatly improved in recent years (p446).

Pharmacist prescribing

Pharmacist prescribing has moved one step closer with the Government's announcement that it will consider appropriate legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows (p424). The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has welcomed the news (p425). Leading article (p423).

Non-adherence

Patients with type II diabetes are not taking their oral hypoglycaemic treatment properly, researchers from Dundee have found (p429).

Improving membership services

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced a series of measures to improve the service it provides to members, including the establishment of a dedicated membership team, which it hopes to have in place by May (p435).

Ocular antibiotics

Our continuing education series on eye disorders concludes with publication of the second part of an article on topical ocular antibiotics (p441).