The waste thing: How can you help?

The waste thing: How can you help?

Previous post (link) highlighted the scale of the problem of medicines waste. A new website: medicinewaste.com has been launched and it details what you can do to help reduce the number of wasted medicines in the NHS. Some great tips include: Let your GP or Pharmacist know

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What a waste!

What a waste!

by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS In an article for the BBC, Lin-Nam Wang of The Pharmaceutical Journal (1) talked about being asked to throw away £2,250!! (2). In this hard times?! Even in good times that would be a bloody waste in my book! The issue of medicines

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New Medicine Service

New Medicine Service

by Kazeem Olalekan I attended the Annual General Meeting of Hampshire and Isle of Wight LPC on the 14th of September 2011. The LPC has launched a new website (pictured) and after the paraphernalia of the AGM, it was time to introduce the key presenters: Professor John

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Are you coming?–It’s the indispensables!

Are you coming?–It’s the indispensables!

**Limited spaces** The Wessex Pharmacy Forum, the local presence of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is hosting a Conference on the 8th of October 2011 entitled: “The Indispensables!(?): Achieving a forward momentum through research and innovation”. Spaces are limited to 50 delegates only and it is going like

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Pioglitazone: risk of bladder cancer

Pioglitazone: risk of bladder cancer

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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Message in a bottle

Message in a bottle

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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You do the Crime…

You do the Crime…

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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