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.…
Health news round-up: immunotherapy for depression, PCOS to PMOS, and clopidogrel for East Asian patients The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
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.…
University of Nottingham awarded £1m to tackle pharmaceutical pollution in waterways The PhRESHWater project will take place in Scotland, where antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and antidepressants have been previously detected in waterways.…
Health news round-up: paternal health, clozapine guideline and news from the European Congress on Obesity Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Newborns given precautionary antibiotics can go home for treatment, says NICE Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has advised that babies born after 35 weeks who are on IV antibiotics can be offered liquid oral antibiotics to be completed at home, if they meet certain conditions.…
Pharmacists as antimicrobial stewards: ‘the bug stops here’ Antimicrobial resistance is a modern day crisis that we must all take responsibility for, with a balanced, careful approach to the use of antibiotic medicines.…
Call to expand pharmacy blood pressure service as study finds heightened stroke risk among black people Researchers found that stroke incidence was twice as high in Black African and Black Caribbean populations compared with white populations, with rates consistently higher in socioeconomically deprived areas.…
Health news round-up: public health, cardiovascular risk and take-up of new medicines on the NHS Our weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
