The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 pp303-336 No 7290
13 March 2004

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Leading Articles PDF (45K)   304

Your four-legged friends 304
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It is thought that as many as 500,000 visits to UK pharmacies are made daily by people who own a pet, or a companion animal, as they are now properly known. But how many pharmacists have ever sold a veterinary product to a pet owner or given health advice about their customers' four-legged (and other) companions? Although many pharmacists may answer ad hoc enquiries about pet health, relatively few pharmacies have areas or sections in their premises dedicated to pets

Why paying fees this year was not perfect 304
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To judge by the number of letters received by The Journal, the difficulties encountered by members this year is unprecedented. We have published a selection of letters in previous weeks, but decided not to publish others since they all told the same story. The problems have been recognised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and in this week's issue there is an explanation of why the new system has fallen short and also an apology for any distress that has been caused


News & Features   305-312

News summary (and R&D) 305-312
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POEMs    311
POEMs series

Tricyclics, not SSRIs, effective for chronic back pain 311
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Products PDF (60K)   313

• Products Text 313
• Announcements Text 313

• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text


Letters PDF (90K)   314-318

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Community pharmacy / The Profession / Thalidomide / Which? report / Art / Alcohol metabolism / The register / The Society / CPD


Agenda for 2004   319-320
Agenda for 2004

Benefit from GMS enhanced services 319
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In the third of four consecutive articles, Sue Carter, head of prescribing and pharmacy, Adur, Arun and Worthing Teaching Primary Care Trust, gives her view on new general medical services contract enhanced services and the move towards commissioning services in primary care

Veterinary medicines — a challenge for the pharmacy profession to meet 320
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By Andrew Cairns


Vision for pharmacy   321-322
Vision for pharmacy

Pharmacists must not overlook the opportunities on offer in animal health 321-322
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Human customers account for only 20 per cent of business for a pharmacist in Cumbria; the largest part comes from animal health. Judy Kirby reports


Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   323-325
Recent articles

Peri-operative medication series

Peri-operative care and diabetes   323-325
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In the second article in our series, Mohamed H. Rahman and Jane Beattie look at care of patients with diabetes mellitus who are to undergo surgery


Articles   326-328

Bone up on veterinary pharmacy and benefit from new skills and experience 326-327
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Michael Jepson describes the developing role for pharmacists in public health and animal health care, especially with regard to pets

March issue of IJPP looks at pharmacy services that are designed for women 328
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Research published in the March issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice is highlighted by Joanna Lumb, managing editor, IJPP


Meetings   329-330
Reports

Northern Ireland integrated medicines management 329-330
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Participants at this conference heard about the integrated medicines management project in Northern Ireland. Christine Clark reports


Reviews PDF (70K)   331

Medicines for children produced by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Neonatal Paediatric Pharmacists Group Text

Diabetes in focus by Anjana Patel Text

Transdermal and topical drug delivery by Adrian C. Williams Text


Onlooker PDF (60K)   332

Is there life not as we know it on Mars? It seems odd that any project intending to determine whether life exists on an inhospitable planet such as Mars should concentrate on the search for water, liquid or solid, superficial or buried deep. Presumably, the reasoning is that without water there can be no life. Yet it is possible that there might be extraordinary forms of life other than “life as we know it” Text

Lions were special to the ancient Egyptians A commentary by French archaeologists, in the 15 January issue of Nature, throws some light on the status of the lion in ancient Egypt. Classical literary sources and inscriptions by various pharaohs have shown that lions were among the sacred animals bred and buried in the Nile valley, yet until recently no mummified lions have been discovered Text

Dispute over DNA profile of Romanovs There has been controversy for years over details of the demise of the Imperial Romanov dynasty of Russia. Richard Stone in Science for 6 February has described new investigations into the DNA analysis of the remains of tsar Nicholas II, his tsarina and three of their five children, whose bodies disappeared after they had been shot by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg in July 1918 Text

Why you cannot understand what the opera diva is singing about A group of physicists from the University of New South Wales in Sydney have made a study of the problems faced by operatic sopranos Text


The Society PDF (160K)   333-336

•  Veterinary pharmacy diploma The Society has relaunched its postgraduate diploma in veterinary pharmacy and introduced a postgraduate certificate in companion animal health care Text 333

•  Register annotations The Society’s Council has been given the power to annotate the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists to indicate pharmacists’ qualifications, specialist areas of practice or status Text 333

Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
• Ban on Sunday sales of methylated spirits lifted in England, Wales and NI Text 333

•  Retention fee collection system The Society’s deputy Secretary and registrar answers some questions about the Society’s new system for collecting the retention fees Text 334

•  Student day at BPC 2004 A special day rate of £5 will be available for students attending this year’s British Pharmaceutical Conference Text 334

Obituaries & tributes Text 335

Official notices 2001 to present
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 335
• Council election 2004 Text 335
• Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election 2004 Text 335-336
• Industrial Pharmacists' Group Committee Election 2004 Text 336


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 336
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 313
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text


Awards Text

Corrections Text

Reunions Text

Resources Text

• Heart leaflet 313


Wants Text