by Kazeem Olalekan MRPhamS At the recent Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference, the strategy for supporting the future of pharmacy through education and professionalism was the theme of a break-out session. The following pieces of work are relevant: Defining professionalism (and its elements) in early career pharmacists R.
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by Kazeem Olalekan The discovery of blister packs of Seroquel XL (manufactured by AstraZeneca) and Neurontin 100mg capsules (manufactured by Pfizer) in Reckitt Benckiser’s Nurofen Plus OTC tablets is odder than odd (1)! As far as I can tell, these were not even manufactured in the same
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The MHRA has just posted a safety update that the use of pioglitazone is associated with a small increased risk of bladder cancer. Healthcare professionals should be aware of new warnings and precautions for use in at-risk patients. The advice for healthcare professionals include: Patients with active
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS The nation continues to face up to the aftermath of the riot that started in London and spread to different parts of the country. The perpetrators, the instigators and those just swept up in the whirlwind of mass behaviour are being identified and
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS I knew something was brewing at my hospital but wasn’t sure until I saw this headline in the Daily Echo: “Infection app is ‘sat nav for medicines’ (pictured). Then this headline on the PJ Online website: “Smartphone app aim to improve antimicrobial prescribing”
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by Kazeem Olalekan The PJ News article about the rioters in London targeting pharmacies is emphasising the absurdity of this senseless charade (1). When you consider this in conjunction with the report in GP that GPs and practice staff have also been targeted (2), you start to
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS In June of this year we highlighted the new tool produced by the Tomorrow’s Pharmacist team called ONtrack (1) developed to help pre-registration pharmacist trainees revise for their pre-registration exam. Well guess what? Bookapharmacist.com had an exclusive preview of the online tool and
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by Kazeem Olalekan In June 2010, Karen Liebreich wrote an article in the The Telegraph (1) about the mystery of the message in the bottle. The piece is based around her fruitless search for the author of a heart-rendering letter found washed up in a bottle off
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS On this bookapharmacist.com blog, I have been very vocal in recent past about the seemingly increasing need to add additional layer of packaging to medication bottle. It started with our post on the 15th of September 2009 (1), then 28th of September 2009
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by Kazeem Olalekan In an attempt to avoid being pisunderstood, I will like to state here that fook-a-barm-a-cyst will be endorsing the “yes” vote to allow Pharmaceutical Scientist membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical society-RPS (1). This is the story of Rindercella and her sugly isters. Rindercella and
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS I am an unashamed fan of big pharma. I have expressed this in a number of my posts. Given the right leadership and a dedication to what matters, then they can play a vibrant role in economic wellbeing of the nation. They can
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Counterfeit medicine is a menace that must be stopped. Mike Deats, MHRA Head of Enforcement was quoted recently as saying “The MHRA will not hesitate to take action against those who undermine public health.” This follows the successful prosecution of Graham Dawson, the mastermind behind a scam
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It is always great to see legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne paying tribute to the NHS (caption). “I want to say a big thank you to all of the dedicated doctors, nurses and everyone else who makes up the NHS across the country – from Birmingham to Berkshire.
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Ever seen a patient/parent walk into the pharmacy with expired Epipen/Epipen Jr autoinjector? The pens expired a while ago without realising it! So the pen might have expired when it is actually needed. Not good. As we know, Anaphylaxis is a potentially life threatening allergic condition. When
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by Kazeem Olalekan MRPhamS When you read this headline in the Daily Express: Now Salt is safe to eat, you will be forgiven for thinking that the time is right to get out the salt shaker and shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time. In
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