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What happened to chemist-only?
A trip down memory lane to look at how government, business and pharmacy itself helped sink the front-of-shop ‘chemist only’ product, by Ralph Tapping Younger …
Poll: How does your pharmacy deal with medicines shortages?
Many of you are stockpiling or resorting to overseas access to get required medications for patients AJP has received a great deal of feedback regarding …
Forum: FDA advisory on loperamide
“Surely this would be grounds for having the medicine reclassified as pharmacist only? “Taking higher than recommended doses of the antidiarrheal loperamide can cause serious …
Forum: DAA article in June AJP
“I’m interested to hear what people think about some statements made in the article on DAAs in the June issue of AJP. The article says …
Forum: Pharmacy can be sued for wrongful death
“The interesting bit of this article, in my opinion, is the dissenting judges opinion …. It highlights an interesting point, namely that prescriptions – although …
Forum: Antidepressants ineffective for under 18s?
A review of 34 trials comprising 5260 participants with an average age of 9-18 years found fluoxetine was the only drug among 14 that was …
Forum: MedsASSIST – Real-Time Codeine Recording and Monitoring
There have now been 60 comments made in the AJP Discussion Forum on the new Real-Time Codeine Recording and Monitoring tool, MedsASSIST, including this one: …
Letting your hair down
Comedian to highlight pharmacy conference line-up The newest confernece in community pharmacy – Pharmacy Connect – promises a night of dining, entertainment and networking at …
Forum: Things Customers Say
“Assistant: (While receiving script) Have you used this medication before? Patient: Yeah I have used it for ages. Targin’s great because it isn’t habit forming. …
Forum: Metformin XR shortage protocols
“What are Pharmacists doing in their pharmacies when unable to supply Metformin XR. The local doctors seem to want us to give standard release in …
Poll: How will the remuneration and regulation review affect pharmacy
The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation is due to release its initial discussion paper this month Community pharmacy is still waiting for the release …
Quitting the profession
Are you considering leaving the profession? Or will you stay in pharmacy? Vote in our poll UK pharmacists are facing a rising number of threats …