All patients should undergo pharmacogenetic testing before being prescribed clopidogrel The UK Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation in Pharmacogenomics has highlighted that a significant proportion of the UK population have lower CYP2C19 enzyme levels, which lower the effectiveness of the antiplatelet drug.…
Electronic patient records pose risk to safety, watchdog warns The Health Services Safety Investigations Body said that electronic patient records contributed to patient safety incidents when they lacked necessary functions and displayed inconsistencies in terms used.…
‘Life-threatening condition’ added to Mounjaro patient information leaflet Manufacturer of Mounjaro, Eli Lilly has added more detail to the list of the drug's 'possible side effects'.…
Mounjaro health benefits found to reverse one year after stopping drug Researchers said their findings “underscore the importance of continued obesity treatment”.…
Patient safety alert issued after penicillin allergies incorrectly recorded Penicillin allergies have been recorded as penicillamine allergies in electronic prescribing systems, a “look-alike sound-alike error” that could lead to a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction.…
Health news round-up: men’s health, AMR and nuclear fuel turned cancer drug A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…
Weight-loss drugs: is social media promotion to teenagers still a problem? Following an investigation conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal in 2022, which revealed that weight-loss drugs were being promoted to teenagers on TikTok, we look at whether anything has changed.…
Barcode errors ‘potentially fatal’, warns patient safety commissioner Exclusive: All four UK chief pharmaceutical officers also wrote an open letter to pharmaceutical companies earlier this year urging them to continue 2D barcodes on medicine packs, despite it no longer being mandatory following Brexit.…
Coroner raises concerns over system for patients ordering repeat medication A patient’s information was removed from software used to order repeat medication without notifying his GP, a report from the assistant coroner for Cheshire has found.…
How safe are GLP-1s? As the use of weight-loss drugs continues to increase, there has been a rise in documented side effects. But what are the serious and unwanted effects of these drugs, and is Yellow Card reporting capturing enough information?…
