Musculoskeletal diseases

Alendronate might help protect against hip fractures

Patients treated with prednisolone are likely to benefit from receiving the osteoporosis treatment alendronate, but further research is needed.…

Identifying common foot conditions

Patients visit their pharmacy to seek advice on a variety of conditions affecting their feet. This visual guide for pharmacists and their teams illustrates some common foot conditions, and describes their key features, causes and treatment. Produced in partnership with RB.…

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How to get your foot in the door with foot care

In this Q&A — as part of a campaign by The Pharmaceutical Journal and RB — Peter Bettles explains how his pharmacy-based foot clinic meets his patients’ needs while boosting business.…

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How to get your foot in the door with foot care

In this Q&A — as part of a campaign by The Pharmaceutical Journal and RB — Peter Bettles explains how his pharmacy-based foot clinic meets his patients’ needs while boosting business.…

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Q&A: Let’s talk foot care with patients

As part of The Pharmaceutical Journal and RB’s joint campaign on foot health, five healthcare professionals talk about their different approaches to discussing foot care with patients and the challenges they face.…

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Prescription charges backfire on UK health and wealth

Rather than generating revenue, it appears that charging people with long-term conditions for their medicines results in patients not filling their prescriptions with hidden costs for their health, for the NHS and for the UK economy as a whole.…

Prescription charges backfire on UK health and wealth

Rather than generating revenue, it appears that charging people with long-term conditions for their medicines results in patients not filling their prescriptions with hidden costs for their health, for the NHS and for the UK economy as a whole.…

Scrap prescription charges for all long-term conditions, charities urge

The cost of prescriptions is putting many patients off collecting the medicines they need, a new report has found.…

Informative video about biosimilar medicines for patients

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) has put together a video about biosimilar medicines which are entering the UK market as originator biologic medicines come off-patent. We want to encourage pharmacists and their staff to signpost suitable patients who are currently being prescribed bi…

Anti-rheumatic works with anti-cancer drug to boost tumour cell death

Researchers find that auranofin and RAPTA-T can work together to kill tumour cells.…