Use antibiotics properlySubscription

18 June 2014: Jocelyn Parkes, director of RPS Wales, wrote in Western Mail’s “The Professionals” section this week. Titled ”Use antibiotics properly”, her piece spoke about a “post-antibiotic era where common infections and minor injuries can kill”. She said: “It’s vital that we take them [antibiotics] as intended, take the right dose (not a substandard one), always finish the course and don’t take antibiotics for a viral infection. Not taking medicines as prescribed makes ...

The beginning of a new chapter for The Pharmaceutical JournalSubscription

By Martin Astbury

For the past 170 years The Pharmaceutical Journal has been the pre-eminent professional publication for pharmacists. This has never been more important for our profession.

Enhancing patient care through researchSubscription

By Bryony Dean Franklin

Bryony Dean Franklin describes what participants can take away from the research stream she is chairing at this year’s Annual Conference

Food-drug interactionsSubscription

24 June 2014: Metro featured an article looking at “The food that medicines hate”. RPS spokesperson Paul Johnson was interviewed and said: “Everyday foods can affect the way some medicines work. They might make your medicine less effective or cause side effects”. Some foods which Johnson noted were grapefruit and grapefruit juice which can affect the way medicines, such as statins, work. Liver, spinach and broccoli were also highlighted due to their high levels of vitamin K ...