The Pharmaceutical Journal
October 7, 2000

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An Onlooker's Notebook   504

• Ocean's nursing
• On the way out
• Virtues of moderation

Leading Articles   505

• E-Pharmacy - the second wave

News   506-507

• Pharmacy stand wins Labour conference prize 506
• RPM case starts with reading of the evidence 506
• Fewer pharmacies in England and Wales 506
• CHI investigation team seeks comments 506
• Pharmacy practice chair at Leeds 506
• NPA board considers pharmacy plan 507
• Pharmacy researchers share in NHS awards 507

Clinical Pharmacy   508-510

• Trial results challenge tamoxifen as first line treatment for breast cancer 508
• Setback for phase II multiple sclerosis trials 508
• Diuretic superior to ACE inhibitor for LVH regression, study shows 509
• Nice recommends use of antiplatelet drugs 509
• Ativan injection 509
• Risks of stopping drugs before surgery 510
• ABPI to set up UK clinical trials register 510
• Safety issues with etanercept 510

Business   511

• Moss opens second traditional branch 511
• Nexus Point "up and running" 511
• CP sees trouble ahead in generics 511
• Unichem to start e-commerce 511
• July retail figures 511

The Society   512-513

• Committee proceedings:
  • Redesign for lithium warning cards 512
• Medicines, Ethics and Practice Guide:
  • October amendments 512
• Obituaries 513
• Museum awarded conservation grant 513
• Law and Ethics bulletin 513

Letters to the Editor   514-517

• The Journal 514
• The Society
  • Ineffective public relations 514
  • Restricted role 514
• Emollients 514
• Local Anaesthetics 515
• The inspectorate 515
• Locums
  • Solution in the hands of staff 516
  • Take a firm line 516
  • Embarrassing remarks 516
• Prescription forms 516
• "Onlooker" 517
• Specials 517
  

Broad Spectrum   518

• Location, location and location 518

Continuing Education   519-523

• Headache (1) Migraine (A. Dawson) 519-523

Conference   524-528

• Plenary session
  • Manage change by tailoring method to the individual practice 524
  • Put good medicine before finance 524
  • External influences on drug costs 525
• Hospital pharmacy sessions
  • The future of hospital pharmacy 526-527
  • Clinical technicians could help deliver seamless care 527
• Lecture 528

International   529-530

• World Congress of Pharmacy
  • The changing role of the pharmacist 529
  • "The good, the bad and the ugly" 529
  • Reflective practice and reflecting in practice 530
  • International Pharmaceutical Students Federation 530
  • The Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2000 530

Forum   531-532

• Unichem Convention
  • Unichem announces pharmology.com 531
  • Alliance Unichem aims for quality 532
  • "E-tailers will not displace retailers" 532
  • E-pharmacy - the challenge 532

Products   533

• Prescription products
  • Generics products 533
  • Abelcet infusion 533
  • Famotidine tablets 533
  • Chlorpheniramine elixir 533
  • Melleril syrup 533
  • Product transfer 533
• Recall 533
• Counter medicines
  • Gaviscon Advance liquid 533
  • Junior paracetamol suspension 533
• Miscellany
  • Hepatitis B test leaflets 533
  • Oleomed range 533
  • Blood Pressure Association 533
• Price changes 533

Notice-Board   534

• Diary 534
• Official Notices 534
• Drug tariff update 534

Front Cover Picture

Our front cover illustration (Mike Bluestone/ Science Photo Library) is a representation of a migraine sufferer. It draws attention to the first article in our new continuing education series on headache (p519).

Tamoxifen challenged

Results from international trials appear to show that letrozole is superior to tamoxifen for the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women (p508).

Primary care budgets

Issues in primary care budgeting were discussed during a plenary session at the British Pharmaceutical Conference recently (p524).

Hospital strategy

The future of hospital pharmacy was the subject of a session at the recent British Pharmaceutical Conference. The session was organised jointly by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Hospital Pharmacists Group and the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (p526).

Unichem convention

The first of our reports from Unichem’s Puerto Rico convention begins on p531. During the convention, Unichem announced its forthcoming internet portal to e-pharmacy services (see p511). Comment (p505).