Category list : Non-prescription medicines
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How pharmacists can boost sales of over-the-counter medicines Subscription
Joanna Mills, consumer and influencer insight manager at specialist over-the-counter pharmaceutical company Perrigo, uses examples from Warman-Freed pharmacy in London to explain how pharmacists can increase their sales of non-prescription products.
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Australia tightens restrictions over codeine-containing medicines
Products containing codeine will no longer be available over the counter in Australia following a review by its medicine’s regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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Patients want to learn about their condition and medicines Subscription
The 2016 Proprietary Association Of Great Britain (PAGB) report ‘Self-care nation’ cites the public’s lack of awareness of pharmacists’ skills and expertise as the main barrier to using pharmacy as the first port of call for help to manage minor ailments (
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Reclassifying emergency hormonal contraception levonorgestrel from a pharmacy to general sale medicine is not the answer Subscription
Instead of making levonorgestrel available to purchase in any retail outlet without medical advice, it would be better to improve emergency hormonal contraception consultations, lower the price of the medicine and make it more easily accessible via national patient group directions.
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New Zealand pharmacists support OTC trimethoprim prescribing Subscription
Pharmacists in New Zealand who are allowed to give women with uncomplicated cystitis a three-day supply of trimethoprim say patients appreciate the improved access to treatment.
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Emergency hormonal contraception should be on general sale in the UK, charity urges
Emergency hormonal contraception should be available to buy from non-pharmacy retail outlets in the UK, urges the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, a reproductive health services charity.
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Methods patients use to purchase over-the-counter medicines for misuse
Duncan Hill, specialist pharmacist in substance misuse, explains the tricks misusers of over-the-counter medicines use to obtain their drug of choice from pharmacies.
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What is the Falsified Medicines Directive? Subscription
Aileen Bryson, practice and policy lead at RPS Scotland, speaks to Julia Robinson about the purpose of the Falsified Medicines Directive and how it will affect pharmacists in the UK.
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Why we need more over-the-counter products to treat acne Subscription
Approval of the first over-the-counter topical retinoid in the United States is a welcome move and should be replicated in other countries.
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Anti-inflammatory drugs linked with higher risk of heart failure
High doses of some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can double the risk of being admitted to hospital for heart failure.
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