The Pharmaceutical Journal
March 25, 2000

Back issues

Comment

• Face of chemistry
• Rhapsody in blue
• False antagonism
• Judges judged

Leading Article   455

• Re-engineering the profession

News   456-457

• President opens Leicester pharmacy practice research centre 456
• Clinic drops EHC web advertisement 456
• BMJ focuses on medical error 456
• International prescription rules 456
• Drug Tariff statement 456
• Budget billions boost for NHS, but PM says "Step change is needed in reform" 457
• EC asked to rule on parallel imports 457
• New flat-fee for small Scottish pharmacies 457
• New Zealand "Pharmasy" case appeal 457

Clinical Pharmacy   458-461

• New guidelines for care of patients after stroke 458
• French safety agency orders withdrawal of doxycycline capsules 458
• Beta-blocker benefit in advanced heart failure 458
• Researchers suggest paracetamol use could be linked to asthma in adults 459
• Licensing of St John's wort 459
• Mastic gum for treating peptic ulcers? 459
• ACE inhibitors "first choice" for hypertension, expert say 460
• Alpha-blocker dropped from hypertension study 460
• Impotence and lipid lowering drugs 460
• Acute arthritis associated with clopidogrel 460
• Computerised bedside prescribing has "improved safety of patient care" 461
• Good news for SB diabetes drug 461
• Evidence-based medicine "has little impact" 461
• Advice to patients: (38) Co-codamol tablets 461

Business   462

• Competition inquiry for small business banking 462
• Budget boost for e-commerce 462
• Alliance Unichem unveils e-commerce strategy 462
• January retail sales figures 462
• Numark promotes complementary medicines 462

The Society   463-466

• Committee proceedings 463-464
• Community group election attracts only five candidates 465
• New branch formed in Solihull 465
• Martindale editor may not be a pharmacist 465
• Obituaries 465-466
• PJ Online update 466

Broad Spectrum   467

• Waste medicines v unwanted medicines - incineration or altruism?

Letters to the Editor   468-470

• Serious questions 468
• Over reaction 468
• Wrong reaction 468
• Defect in training format 468-469
• Avoid knee-jerk reaction 469
• Administering naloxone 469
• The logic 470
• Not good enough 470
• Naive view 470
• Difficult area 470
• Harsh treatment 470
• All welcome 470

Special feature   471-475

• Infant milk - an update (P. Mason)

Continuing education   476-479

• Neurology: (2) Parkinson's disease: treatment (D. Burn)

Forum   480-492

• PSNC dinner
  • Chairman makes the case for medicines management 480
  • Minister makes commitment to use pharmacy to the full 481
• LPC conference
  • Medicines management bid tests Government attitude to pharmacy 482-483
  • Conference calls for PSNC to implement resolutions 483-486
  • Clinical governance: funding concerns expressed 484
  • Options for pharmacist prescribing 485
  • DTTOs offer possibility of remuneration rise 486
• Pharmaceutical Journal conference 487-490
• Yorkshire region
  • Should the Society regulate pharmacy technicians? 491
  • CPD needs clear goals and strategies 491
  • Profession's future success depends on change 492
  • Allies needed for pharmacy involvement in care of the elderly 492
  • Pharmacists are not immune to system failure 492

Products   493

• Teveten tablets 493
• Taxol infusion 493
• Floxapen injection 493
• Videx tablets 493
• Progaf capsules 493
• Cambridge Laboratories 493
• Clotrimazole 1 per cent cream 493
• Hayfever Relief nasal spray 493
• Engerix B new schedule 493
• Quick2heal plasters 493

Notice-Board   494

• Diary 494
• Official notices 494
• Future Events 494
• Announcements 494

Front Cover Picture

Our front cover photograph shows Lord Hunt (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health) addressing the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee's annual dinner, while Mr Wally Dove (PSNC chairman) listens. In response to Mr Dove's plea for Government funds to support the PSNC's medicines management trial (p480), Lord Hunt told guests that the Government was committed to making full use of community pharmacy in the modern NHS (p481). Leading article (p455).

Leicester research centre

The Leicester centre for practice research was opened on March 17 by the Society's President (p456).

Infant milk

A special feature this week focuses on breastmilk, breastfeeding and infant formulas (p471).

Parkinson's disease

The treatment of Parkinson's disease is the subject of the second article in our continuing education series on neurology (p476).

LPC conference

Local pharmaceutical committee representatives met in London this week (p482).

Information technology

This week we report The Journal's recent conference on applying information technology to modern pharmacy practice (p486).