by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS In August 2009 we reported a potential interaction between Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and Clopidogrel. Subsequent to that report, Lancet concluded that PPI does not interfere with the clinical benefits of clopidogrel. The case frustrated me because in one week I was asking
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard The words of Kierkegaard is relevant to this post. Other writers, including the famous Steve Jobs, have described the reflection process in much similar lines. Steve Jobs
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS Do you know what has been our bugbear for a while now? How we can safely and effectively transfer our patients from one care setting to another. As a pharmacist, I am focussing on the medication journey. We haven’t done that very
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS Last April we posted a blog entitled “NHS choices” where we highlighted the choices facing patients in the NHS with respect to increasing prescription charges. The choice then was stark: …is it inconceivable that patients will re-locate to another place within the UK
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS The students of pharmacy at the Sharad Pawar College of Pharmacy in Nagpur, India really fancy their chances at music – in between learning about pharmacology, pharmaceutics and pharmacy practice. So they released a music video on Youtube. According to them: “This is
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS I will be upfront….This is not a scare story. This is a story about a pharmacist’s attempt to cut through an issue that was brought to our consciousness recently (27/02/2012) by the publication on BMJ Open of a paper alerting us to the
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS In August of last year, I reviewed the iphone app called MicroGuide that details the antimicrobial guideline at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. I like Apps that help me do my job on the go. It is therefore with great pleasure that I welcome
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS I was driving my family on Easter holiday recently and my daughter kept saying ‘Are we there yet?’. This will be familiar to anyone with young children. They say this Ad nauseam almost as if they are enjoying it! I am going to repeat
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS The results of a recent YouGov survey conducted on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society gave me a great cause for concern. The first survey was completed from 10-15 February 2012 by 7,755 UK adults and the second survey from 17-22 February by
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by Kazeem Olalekan I came across the card pictured above (like you do!) and the first line which said: ‘If you have any questions about your medicines after your hospital visit, our pharmacists are here to help’ captured my attention. All I could think of all day
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS If asked to describe one of my passions, it will have to be looking after children’s welfare. I am also passionate about pharmacy and quite keen to promote professional joint working and put the care user at the centre of everything we do.
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A class 1 drug alert (FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION) was posted on the MHRA website last week for Co-codamol 8/500 (codeine phosphate 8mg, paracetamol 500mg) containing rogue Co-codamol 30/500 tablets! The brand affected was manufactured by Wockhardt UK Ltd. Batch No: LL11701. Excerpts from the MHRA website
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS Clearly do you don’t think the above statement is profound! Everyone knows by now the inherent dangers of smoking. In 2007, I posted a piece on the Iforg weblog in anticipation of the introduction of Smoke-free initiative across England. I am going to repeat
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by Kazeem Olalekan I was at the Wessex Pharmacy Forum Conference organised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society late last year (link). It was aptly title the: ‘Indispensables!’. The conference was well attended but I was particularly enthused by the attendance of Pre-registration students. These are our future…pharmacy’s
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by Kazeem Olalekan The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is navigating through a seismic wave of change with the talent of a professional surfer. The wave can be precarious but the Society is navigating through it gracefully and effortlessly – or so it seems. It is for this reason
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