Hydroxyzine safety measures loom after heart risk review The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee has confirmed that hydroxyzine is associated with a “small but definite risk” of serious heart rhythm anomalies.…
Pharmacists handed guide to changes in drug driving rules Guide from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society covers advice for patients and details drugs affected by new legislation.…
Providing medicines information for community, hospital and the pharmaceutical industry Medicines information pharmacists provide a specialist service across community and hospital pharmacy, as well as within the pharmaceutical industry. What does the role involve and what skills do you need to do it?…
Drug withdrawal delays are causing avoidable deaths, investigation finds The average time it has taken for a drug to be withdrawn following deaths attributable to it has remained constant at four years since the middle of the last century.…
Dementia and OTC medicines31 January 2015: After research in the United States linked some over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to dementia, the Daily Mail asked “if other over-the-counter medicines are as safe as we presume?”. Royal Pharmaceutical Society president Ash Soni was interviewed by the new…
Study highlights safety concerns over morphine use after tonsillectomy New research suggests that morphine should not be used for post-operative pain in children, as it may be unsafe in some children.…
Study questions FDA warning over adverse cognitive effects of statins In 25 placebo-controlled trials involving nearly 47,000 patients, adverse cognitive outcomes attributable to statins were rarely reported, researchers found.…
Older patients taking anticholinergic drugs are at risk of dementia People aged over 65 years who take some common over-the-counter or prescribed medicines for allergy, depression or an overactive bladder have an increased risk of developing dementia.…
Use of NSAIDs associated with surgery complication Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients undergoing surgery may be associated with anastomotic leak at the surgical junction, research confirms.…
Human Protein Atlas reveals drug targets The Human Protein Atlas shows the locations of almost 17,000 different proteins in the human body and could offer invaluable guidance for drug developers. …