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195 Hot weather no risk to medicine stocks The
recent spell of unusually hot weather in the United Kingdom poses no
significant risk to medicines stored at ambient temperatures, say pharmaceutics
experts ...more
195 NPA
says appliance contractors hold NHS to ransom Appliance contractors should stop holding the National Health Service to ransom and receive the same payment for dispensing as community pharmacies rather than fund “free” services through excessive on-cost remuneration, the National Pharmaceutical Association says
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196 Social
and health services back new medicines support scheme in Norfolk Pharmacists
in Norfolk are joining forces with social services to improve medicines
use in older people ...more
196 NPA
warns Shipman Inquiry to avoid overburdening pharmacists A
heavy additional burden in the management of Controlled Drugs might result
in community pharmacists choosing not to stock them, according to the
National Pharmaceutical Association ...more
196Entry plans are “deregulation by stealth” The New Economics Foundation (NEF) has described Government proposals to inject greater competition into the pharmacy market as “deregulation by stealth” and is warning that they could trigger the slow death of traditional high street pharmacies
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196 Pharmaceutical
care trial website A trial of pharmaceutical care offered
through community pharmacies now has a website giving details of the
study and progress to date ...more
197 Anticoagulation
self-testing to launch in Sheffield community pharmacies A
pilot project to move anticoagulation testing from secondary care to
community pharmacies is about to start in Sheffield ...more
197 Low-intensity
warfarin therapy fails to impress Debate about the intensity
of warfarin therapy that should be used to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism
may have been settled this week with publication of a study ...more
197 Measles
is becoming more contagious The rate of spread of the measles
virus in the United Kingdom is increasing, a study suggests ...more
198 Lifting
advertising ban could lead to more switches to pharmacy medicines More
medicines are likely to be switched to pharmacy medicine status next
year as a result of plans to lift the current ban on advertising non-prescription
medicines for a range of chronic diseases ...more
198 CoMedis
aims for 4,000 online users CoMedis, an online ordering service
for non-prescription medicines, is aiming to have around 4,000 independent
community pharmacies using its service by early 2004 ...more
198 Levonorgestrel
to change to stat dose Levonelle (levonorgestrel) is expected
to become simpler to use for emergency contraception next year ...more |
199 Women
face dilemma over HRT use For many women taking hormone
replacement therapy (HRT) the benefits of short-term use will outweigh
the risks, according to the Committee on Safety of Medicines ...more
199 More research
into reducing and preventing chronic illness needed More research
needs to be done on ways of preventing and reducing ill-health, according
to the Health Development Agency, the Government's public health promotion
body ...more
199 Research
into research started An investigation into how the results
of research should be communicated has been launched this week by the
Royal Society ...more
199 Diphtheria
vaccine replaced The current single adsorbed diphtheria vaccine
for adults is being replaced by the combined tetanus/low dose diphtheria
vaccine for adults and adolescents for all routine uses ...more
199 MS risk reduced
by sun exposure Exposure to the sun during childhood and early
adolescence may protect against the development of multiple sclerosis
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199 Psoriasis
treatments similar Methotrexate and ciclosporin are similarly
effective for the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis,
say researchers ...more
200 Warn patients
treated for Parkinson's disease about gambling behaviour risk Patients
with Parkinson&'s disease should be warned that treatment could be
associated with an increased risk of gambling, suggest American researchers
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200 NICE consults
on ninth work wave The National Institute for Clinical Excellence
is consulting on a ninth wave of technology appraisals ...more
200 Scotland
endorses new arthritis drug The Scottish Medicines Consortium
has given the green light to valdecoxib (Bextra) to be used for osteoarthritis
and rheumatoid arthritis within the National Health Service in Scotland
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200 Study supports
pharmaceutical care A United States study provides new evidence
to support the concept of pharmaceutical care ...more
201 Using NRT
to cut down helps long-term Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
can help smokers unable or not ready to stop smoking to reduce the number
of cigarettes smoked, according to a study reported at the World Conference
on Tobacco or Health in Helsinki last week ...more
201 NSAIDs increase
miscarriage risk New research shows that taking non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or aspirin during pregnancy increases
risk of miscarriage ...more
201 All old people
to have pneumococcal immunisation Old people are to be targeted
in a new pneumococcal immunisation campaign to be rolled out over three
years, the Department of Health has announced ...more |
