The Pharmaceutical Journal,
September 23, 2000

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An Onlooker's Notebook   432

• Verdict on herbal Remedies
• Menace to society
• Mystery Pharaoh

Leading Articles   433

• The BPC in Birmingham

News   434-436

• Patient-centered NHS campaign launched 434
• New association to set standards for locum agencies 434
• YGP looks favourably on the government's plan for pharmacy 434
• Hospital vacancies at 6.4 per cent 434
• Clinical course for technicians 435
• Essential fuel user status for pharmacists 435
• PPA fraud clampdown shows results 435
• President apologises for Private-Rx slight 435
• Methadone guidelines 435
• Under-cover pharmarcy checks planned 435
• Society empowered to authorise under-cover serveillance 436
• E-pharmacy will not reduce community pharmacy, survey sugests 436
• BNF 40th edition 436

Clinical Pharmacy   437-439

• New diabetes drug targets postprandial glucose 437
• Competitor queries "on-demand" PPI use 437
• Epilepsy management in pregnancy 437
• Statins - a class effect 438
• Study supports improved gastrointestinal safety of coxibs 438
• ABPI vaccine report 438
• Medication reviews for elderly patients are useful, study shows 439
• Cancer prevention with combination drug therapy 439
• Advice to patients (47) - Quinine tablets (for night cramps) 439
• Influenza vaccine supplies 439

Business   440

• Boots opens first "health and beauty experience" store 440
• Asda buys 48 Moss pharmacies 440
• New look for Superdrug staff 440
• Glaxo Smithkline merger delayed 440

The Society   441

• Society to offer e-mail addresses to all members 441
• Law and Ethics Bulletin 441
• Obituaries 441

Broad Spectrum   442

• Pharmacy smoking cessation services
  let's get our act together! (T.Maguire) 442

Letters to the Editor   443-445

• The Journal
  • Time to put its position beyond doubt 443
  • Parish magazine 443
  • Factual correctness 443
• Advertisements - All change! 443
• Emergency contraception
• Practical problems 444
• Incumbent on society 444
• Packaging - Pharmacists must help the elderly 444
• Locums
  • An assistant's view 445
  • A few points 445
• The conference - Best science programme 445

Special Feature   446-451

• Influenza prevention and treatment - an update 446-451

Conference   452-462

• Great debate 452-453
• Community pharmacy sessions 454-455
• Conference on camera 456-457
• Community parmacists group 458
• Science session
  • Drug delivery: progress and problems 459-462
  • New UK gene therapy trial means 7am start for pharmacist 460
  • Growing new ligament 461
  • Drug delivery network proposed 462

International   463-464

• World Congress of Pharmacy 463-464

Forum   465

• International Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease 465

Products   466

• Prescription Products
  • Novartis SPC changes 466
  • Intron A 466
  • Clivarine 466
  • Amytal sodium 466
  • Lescol XL tablets 466
  • Product transfer 466
  • Discontinued 466
  • Nexium tablets 466
• Recall
  • Dozol solution 466
• Counter Medicines
  • Nequitin CQ Clear patches 466
  • Sudafed Dual Relief capsules 466
  • Anusol range 466
  • Balneum Plus cream 466
  • Lockets linctus 466
• Price Changes
  • 3M Health care 466

Notice-Board   467-468

• Official Notices 467
• Diary 467
• Future Events 467

Front Cover Picture

This week’s front cover illustration is a coloured transmission electron micrograph of influenza viruses (NIBSC/Science Photo Library). It ties in with our special feature — an update on influenza prevention and treatment (p446).

Under-cover checks

Under-cover investigators are to be sent to community pharmacies to ensure that checks on patients’ entitlements to prescription charge exemption are being properly carried out (p435).

Self regulation

Self-regulation in the health care professions was discussed during a debate at the recent British Pharmaceutical Conference (p452).

RGGP challenge

At the recent British Pharmaceutical Conference, the Royal College of General Practitioners said that GPs want and need access to pharmacists’ knowledge in order to provide integrated, high-quality care (p454 - 455).

Drug delivery

Aspects of drug delivery were discussed at the British Pharmaceutical Conference science sessions (p459).

The internet

The role of the internet in consumer self-care and its impact on the practice of pharmacy was the subject of a plenary session at the World Congress of Pharmacy in Vienna recently (p463).