PJ, March 2000

Parkinson’s disease: treatment

By David Burn, FRCP, MD The treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) was revolutionised by the introduction of levodopa in 1967. In the relatively short period of time that has followed, the limitations of levodopa have been recognised and an increasing number of alternative drugs have been develope…

Peppermint case

In our account of the proceedings at Chester Crown Court on March 4, when two Boots employees pleaded guilty to supplying a medicine not of the nature or quality demanded (PJ, March 11, p390), we reported that a dispenser had told one of defendants that he would need 3.75ml of concentrated chlorofor…

Boots pharmacist and trainee cleared of baby’s manslaughter, but fined for dispensing a defective medicine

A Boots pharmacist (Miss Lisa Taylor-Lloyd of Kestral Drive, Crewe) and a former preregistration trainee (Mr Ziad Khattab of Alton Road, Eccles) have been cleared of manslaughter charges arising from the death of a baby after the Crown Prosecution Service asked the judge, Mr Justice Forbes, to rule …

Fines in Boots peppermint water baby death case

Manslaughter charges against two staff at Boots the Chemists have been dropped after they pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 64 of the Medicines Act 1968 of supplying a medicine "not of the nature or quality demanded". Miss Lisa Taylor-Lloyd, a pharmacist, and Mr Ziad Khattab, a preregistratio…