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Keep supply chain intact 334
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Nearly a year ago The Journal carried
a leading article pointing out the potential dangers to the public of
buying counterfeit medicines, particularly over the internet. We wrote: “Although
they are not a significant problem in the United Kingdom at present,
they may become so in future.” More worrying, counterfeit versions
of Cialis and Reductil have now been found in the legitimate supply chain
Chinese medicine is a risky business 334
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Every day thousands of people buy a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) thinking it will do them good. However, as the latest warning from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency points out it may just as easily do harm
News & Features 335-342
News summary, including R&D 335-340
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Counterfeit drugs set alarm bells ringing 341
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This week's recall of a counterfeit drug found in the UK medicines supply chain is the second such case in as many weeks. Debbie Andalo reports
TCM: balancing choice and risk? 342
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Joanne Barnes and Lida Teng (Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of London), with Debbie Shaw (Chinese Medicine Advisory Service), discuss how pharmacists can help patients use traditional chinese medicines safely
Products PDF (70K) 343
• Products Text 343
Moss preregistration trainee of the year Text 343
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 343
Reductil capsules 15mg
Broad Spectrum 344
Internet pharmacy — some words of warning from across the pond 344
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By John Perrin
Letters PDF (80K) 345-348
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Personal control / Shipman / Animal testing / Charter / Statins / Cholesterol testing / Media scrutiny / Retention fee / Enhanced services
Vision for pharmacy 349-350
Vision for pharmacy
Improving medicines management in intermediate care and social services 349-350
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Two pharmacists in Leeds are working as intermediate care pharmacists. One of them, Claire Standage, told Clare Bellingham about how they are tackling medicines-related problems, how their roles are developing and what the future holds
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 351-353
Recent articles
How to choose a suitable emollient 351-353
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Is E45 cream better than Epaderm? In this article, Christine Clark investigates emollients and how pharmacists can answer such questions
Articles 354
September FACT looks at acupuncture 354
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Research published in the September issue of Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies is highlighted by Helen Bond
Meetings 355-359
Reports
FIP: World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 355-359
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Onlooker PDF (65K) 360
Vultures now near the edge Ever since Rachel Carson published her classic ‘Silent spring’ in 1962 there has been consternation among nature conservationists concerning the widespread threat posed by pesticides used in farming practice Text
The primrose path to dodgy drug supplies As Ophelia remarks to Laertes, the “puffed and reckless libertine” treads “the primrose path of dalliance” and “recks not his own rede” (ie, ignores his own counsel). In our own day, the same gay libertine takes his dalliance among the many medications offered him through the internet. As a commentary published in Science for 23 July expresses it, “Internet pharmacies have become major access points for illegitimate sales and distribution of prescription drugs internationally.” Text
How the truth may be reached through intuition rather than evidence The mind is a strange thing, almost impossible to define with accuracy, and it worries not only psychiatrists but also philosophers. One particularly shady corner of it is what goes by the name of intuition, a quality not universally accepted by experts on psychology Text
The Society PDF (290K) 361-366
• Advice on counterfeit medicines Text 361
• Society’s herbal session at BA festival makes the
news Text 361
• Council’s response to BRM resolutions Text PDF (55K) 362-363
Statutory Committee Reports
• Catalogue of dispensing errors leads to striking-off Text 364
• Pharmacist reprimanded after taking medicines for own use Text 364
• Reprimand for pharmacist who failed to take appropriate action after
patient injected adrenaline that had been dispensed in error Text 365
• Restoration decision postponed in case of pharmacist struck off for
Viagra offences Text 365
Obituaries & tributes Text 366
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 366
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 343
• Conferences Text 343
• Reunions Text 343
Cardiff 1971
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text 343
Dictionary of pharmacovigilance
Resources Text
Wants Text 343
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