Category list : Non-prescription medicines
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It's time to change the way we approach coughs in community pharmacy Subscription
Over-the-counter treatments for the common cough need to be brought up to date and improved, especially considering the social and economic implications of the condition.
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Supervision of veterinary medicines sale Subscription
Veterinary medicine is an important category in most community pharmacies, largely comprising flea and worm preparations for cats and dogs. Fipronil (Frontline, for instance) is the active ingredient contained in the most popular flea treatment and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), which licenses and regulates all veterinary medicines, has categorised it as an NFA-VPS product. This means it can be prescribed and supplied by vets, pharmacists and suitably qualified persons ...
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Dieticians join ranks of prescribers Subscription
More health professional groups in England are being given the chance to prescribe, sell and supply medicines, NHS England has announced.
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The man who discovered ibuprofen Subscription
Ibuprofen is one of the world’s best selling anti-inflammatory painkillers. Its pioneer, Stewart Adams, now 92 years old, tells Julia Robinson about how and why his discovery came to fruition.
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Engagement is vital for switching more medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter, says UK regulator Subscription
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has emphasised that greater stakeholder and public engagement will be key to the success of its reclassification platform, set up in 2015 to help enable more medicines to be made available without prescription.
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Contaminated packs of St John’s Wort herbal medicines recalled Subscription
Contaminated packs of St John’s Wort herbal medicines are being recalled because they contain higher than recommended levels of a toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid, which can cause liver problems in patients.
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Survey of UK public reveals extent of over-the-counter drug misuse and abuse Subscription
A fifth of the UK population may have misused non-prescription medicines in some way during their lifetime, either by taking a higher dose than recommended, using a product more often than recommended or by using a medicine beyond the recommended time limit, according to research published in the Journal of Public Health.
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Non-pharmacy retailers ignore selling guidelines for paracetamol and aspirin, study shows Subscription
Secret shopper study reveals more than half of retailers sold more than the recommended quantity of paracetamol or aspirin in one transaction.
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Acute confusional state diagnosed in healthy teenager after OTC codeine use Subscription
Pharmacists have been warned to be aware of the potential for over-the-counter cough and cold remedies that contain codeine to cause confusion in young people.
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Review of 2015: ten developments that are changing pharmacy Subscription
The pharmacy landscape continues to shift amid a backdrop of austere UK public spending and the rising spectre of centralised dispensing in the community. The Pharmaceutical Journal presents ten developments that affected pharmacists in 2015.
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