Category list : Non-prescription medicines
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A strong base: the importance of foot health
Healthcare professionals are beginning to recognise the importance of keeping our feet in good working order, but does more need to be done to communicate this message to the public? Find out in this feature produced in partnership with RB.
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Identifying common foot conditions
Patients visit their pharmacy to seek advice on a variety of conditions affecting their feet. This visual guide for pharmacists and their teams illustrates some common foot conditions, and describes their key features, causes and treatment. Produced in partnership with RB.
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Reclassifying erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil as a P medicine not such a huge leap Subscription
Allowing pharmacists to sell sildenafil would offer men a convenient, safe, and perhaps less intimidating, channel for seeking professional advice and treatment for erectile dysfunction.
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A breakdown of the over-the-counter medicines market in Britain in 2016 Subscription
The over-the-counter medicines market grew by 2.3% during 2016 to reach £2.62bn.
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MHRA recommends that sildenafil is made available over the counter in the UK
Sildenafil — the prescription-only medicine branded as Viagra for the treatment of erectile dysfunction — could become a pharmacy (P) medicine if government proposals go ahead.
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Pharmacists in New Zealand can now prescribe the oral contraception pill to women Subscription
We have come a long way from the early days of the oral contraceptive pill, where the doctor would only prescribe it to women who were married, and then told them soon after that it was time to stop it and have babies. But in most countries we have not come far enough.
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Changes to pharmacy supervision laws ‘will not be easy’, says chair of rebalancing board
Plans to change the law around pharmacy supervision “will not be easy”, especially in England, the chair of the government-appointed board set up to push through the reforms has warned.
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New Zealand pharmacists will soon be able to dispense OTC oral contraception
Pharmacists in New Zealand will soon be able to dispense certain types of oral contraceptive to women without a prescription.
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Inappropriate piece about increasing OTC sales Subscription
I am concerned about one of your recent articles, particularly the headline ‘How pharmacists can boost sales of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines’ (Pharmaceutical Journal online, 9 January 2016).
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Increased duration of OTC painkiller use increases risk of hearing loss
Researchers say their findings suggest that a “significant proportion” of hearing loss is owed to paracetamol or NSAID-related ototoxicity.
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