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Leading Article
Medical
journals get tough
The
NPA looks to the future
News & Features
News
Pharmacists’ place in stroke prevention [more]
Internal review planned by the NPA [more]
Comment
Broad Spectrum: The inevitable needn’t happen!
[more]
Letters
to the Editor
Continuing Education
Vitamin
and mineral supplements
»(PDF*,
55K), Information
sources
Original
Papers
A
partnership between community pharmacists and GPs in the management of
ischaemic heart disease: a feasibility study
»(PDF*,
70K)
Meetings
World Congress of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FIP) [more]
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Front Cover Picture
This week’s front cover illustration (John Bavosi/SPL) shows
how a stroke can be caused by an embolism blocking the cerebral artery.
A news feature
looks at the way in which community pharmacists in Pembrokeshire are contributing
to stroke prevention by getting involved in the monitoring of blood pressure.
Loratadine withdrawal
Schering Plough plans
to withdraw prescription packs of loratadine (Clarityn) and hopes
that doctors will instead prescribe desloratadine (Neoclarityn), its primary
active metabolite.
Sponsored clinical trials
The editors of major medical journals will not
publish research conducted under conditions where the sponsor has
sole control of the data or is able to withhold publication if the results
are unfavourable. Leading
article.
NPA internal review
The National Pharmaceutical Association has adopted a five-year
plan for improving its service to members. Leading
article.
Vitamin supplements
This week’s continuing education article looks at vitamin and mineral
supplements.
Pharmacists and IHD
An original paper describes research indicating that community pharmacists
can successfully work in partnership with GPs in the secondary prevention
of ischaemic heart disease.
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