Shifting the scales: a promising new era for weight-loss drugs With obesity rates continuing to rise, the need for pharmacological options to help patients safely lose weight is urgent, but there are several promising drugs on the horizon.…
Pharmacies and opioid dependency: working together to better support recovery One patient in particular led Rachel Britton to discover and develop the role of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in helping people with opioid dependency.…
Antibiotic use in older adults linked to inflammatory bowel disease, research suggests Patients aged 60 years and over who had received five or more courses of antibiotics in five years were 2.3 times more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease.…
MPs vote in favour of continued online provision of medical abortion drugs Temporary measures to allow women to have early-stage abortions at home following a video consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic will now be made permanent.…
Antiseptic as effective as antibiotics in preventing recurrent UTIs, study results suggest There was just a small numerical difference in urinary tract infection incidence between the daily antibiotic and methenamine hippurate groups.…
Some patients switched to ‘greener’ inhalers without consultation, say experts Exclusive: Experts warn that non-consented inhaler switches pose risks to patients' health and advise physicians to carry out individual inhaler checks to avoid this.…
Pharmacies prevented from signing up for minor ailments service over AMR concerns NHS England has paused sign-ups for the extended care service in the Midlands while it carries out a review of community pharmacy services where antibiotics are supplied without a prescription.…
Government recommends Paxlovid as first-line treatment for eligible COVID-19 patients New guidance advises that patients who test positive for COVID-19 following their admission to hospital should be offered Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir + ritonavir) first.…
Pharmacist antibiotic use doubles after sore throat testing requirement is removed Data from the Welsh community pharmacy Sore Throat Test and Treat (STTT) service show that antibiotic prescribing increased from 27% to 63% during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Community pharmacies to supply antiviral treatments to high-risk COVID-19 patients Scottish community pharmacies will be able to dispense the antiviral molnupiravir to patients at high risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.…
