Pharmacy regulator warns against promotion of prescription weight-loss medicines A notice has reminded businesses that they cannot advertise prescription-only medicines or prescription-only medical treatments to the public.…
Restarting psychotropics after a treatment break: patient considerations and the pragmatic approach How to support safe, person-centred re-initiation of antidepressants, antipsychotics and mood stabilisers.…
Health news round-up: endocrine research, binge eating on the pill and AI in the NHS The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Asda Pharmacy launches ‘judgement-free’ disposal scheme as access to unregulated medication rises One-quarter of GPs said they have encountered patients who require hospital care following complications associated with unregulated medicines.…
More than half of patients who stop weight-loss drugs restart within a year Researchers found that people taking newer medications, such as tirzepatide, were 41% less likely to discontinue than those taking older drugs, such as liraglutide.…
Case-based learning: stimulant-induced psychosis associated with ADHD pharmacotherapy Diagnosis and management options for adults and children with stimulant-induced psychosis associated with ADHD pharmacotherapy.…
Commissioning pharmacies would be ‘most effective way’ to meet weight-loss demand, MPs told Health and Social Care Committee hears that “further and faster” roll-out is required for weight-management service to prevent “two-tier” system between NHS and private patients.…
Phase III retatrutide study demonstrates 30% weight loss Researchers found that at 104 weeks of the TRIUMPH-1 trial, participants with severe obesity who took retatrutide 9mg or 12mg achieved up to 30% weight loss.…
Staying safe with online pharmacies: what patients and providers need to know about weight-loss prescribing What pharmacy staff and patients should know about weight-loss prescribing, as regulatory communications continue to highlight concerns related to online weight-loss services.…
Study authors suggest optimal dosing for different ADHD medications Despite concerns about subtherapeutic prescribing, researchers said the dose–effect relationships of all ADHD medications and age groups had “not been comprehensively assessed” prior to their study.…
