Medicines regulator and NICE to review evidence of impact of NSAIDs on COVID-19 The Committee of Human Medicines — an advisory body of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency — and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are to review the evidence on the impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the severity of COVID-19 infecti…
Advice on NSAIDs and COVID-19 RPS issues advice following news reports originating in France regarding the use of ibuprofen in patients with COVID-19…
The role of topical NSAIDs in the management of joint pain in the community Download the full PDF of this white paper here.… Supported content
‘Worrying’ number of patients prescribed risky anticoagulant drug combinations Tens of thousands of patients are potentially being put at risk of a major bleed by being prescribed an antiplatelet without gastroprotection or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug alongside an anticoagulant, NHS figures have shown.…
Forgotten patients: thousands left on risky anticoagulant combinations Combinations of drugs involving anticoagulants are one of the most frequent causes of medicine-related hospital admissions, but pharmacists can help reduce the risk.…
Prednisolone reduces hand osteoarthritis pain Patients with hand osteoarthritis experienced improvements in pain and function with low-dose prednisolone treatment, according to a study presented at the European Congress of Rheumatology.…
Daily naproxen does not stall pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s in older adults Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are unlikely to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people at risk of developing the condition, study authors have concluded.…
Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis Practical guidelines for the treatment and management of Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, rare but life-threatening conditions that are normally caused by drugs or infections.…
Joint pain: pathology and treatment An overview of joint pain for community pharmacy teams.… Supported content
Stewart Adams (1923–2019) Having fallen into the pharmacy profession “purely by chance”, Stewart Adams OBE went on to discover ibuprofen, one of the world’s best selling anti-inflammatory painkillers.…
