The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7378 p685
3 December 2005

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· Prescriptions (2)
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· Medicines use reviews
· IT support systems
· Safety
· Complementary medicine

Letters to the Editor

Medicines use reviews

Am I wrong?

From Mr M Goldin, MRPharmS

It was with great relief that I read the letter from Susan Coyle (PJ, 19 November, p633) about medicines use reviews.

It is good to know that I can now feel more comfortable in wanting to do MUR in a community pharmacy environment.

All it seems to boil down to is that I only have to advise on concordance and compliance. Would it not just be far simpler to encourage patients to make the effort and read the patient information leaflet that is now standard issue with every prescription, or is that too simple or too much to ask of the general public?

Please correct me if I am again wrong in my assumptions.

Monty Goldin
London

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