NHS England to review guidance for pain management in ketamine users following patient death The Dorset coroner expressed concern that there were no prescribing guidelines for analgesia in patients with ketamine bladder syndrome who continue to take the drug.…
International Pharmaceutical Federation calls for bigger role for pharmacists in prevention of substance use disorders FIP said governments should remove unnecessary barriers to pharmacist provision of opioid antagonists, including naloxone.…
UK study to look at semaglutide for alcohol addiction and obesity The four-year trial will aim to help “guide future care” for alcohol-related liver disease and obesity in the UK.…
Best practice for prescribing drugs with dependence potential An overview of the considerations for prescribing medicines with the risk of dependency, including monitoring, discontinuation and the optimisation of therapeutic outcomes.…
Prescribing of dependency forming medicines ‘moving in the right direction’ but challenges remain NHS Business Services Authority data reveals that in 2025/2026, the number of prescriptions for opioids decreased by 8% compared with 2016/2017.…
Pharmacy’s role in harm reduction in individuals with substance use disorder An overview of harm reduction principles and activity, as well as emerging substance use trends that pharmacists should be aware of.…
Health news round-up: tobacco and vapes bill, unlicensed emergency medicine and GLP-1s in pregnancy Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Health news round-up: new cancer drugs, pharmacogenomics, and whether GLP-1s cause erectile dysfunction Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Study results raise concern about naloxone efficacy against some synthetic opioids Researchers have warned that a single dose of naloxone is “unlikely to serve as an adequate countermeasure” to high-dose synthetic opioids.…
Pharmacy research: driving safer outcomes in substance misuse Research offers a crucial opportunity in shaping healthcare policy and practice, particularly in the developing landscape of substance misuse.…
