Many cases of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) seen in hospital and emergency care could be prevented, says a new study to be presented to the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical federation (FIP). The researchers who carried out the study say that the finding that preventable ADRs are so widespread has important implications for healthcare systems…
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The scientific and political worlds were transfixed in late 2009 when UK drugs advisor Dr. David Nutt was sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for his controversial views on the harmfulness of different drugs and the lack of evidence behind current drug policy, views first publicised in a Lancet report in 2007…
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People who receive medical care in an integrated health care system with electronic health records linked to its own pharmacy more often collect their new prescriptions for diabetes, cholesterol and high blood pressure medications than do people who receive care in a non-integrated system, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine…
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A presentation made Thursday 8th Sept. 2011 at The Annual Conference of International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) which is being held this year in Hyderabad, India concludes that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) amongst hospital and emergency patients are often preventable. The researchers say that preventable ADRs being so common has important implications for healthcare…
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A report of a study investigating over the counter medicine (OTC) abuse published by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust provides evidence that there is a group of individuals experiencing a range of problems often with codeine-based medicines purchased from pharmacies, and for whom help and support varied…
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A large proportion of teenagers regularly and frequently take some form of medication without receiving targeted information about the risks and benefits, according to a review of current research, to be presented at the annual congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) tomorrow (Tuesday)…
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People in the UK have been warned to be extra careful when purchasing Nurofen Plus packets, because some of them were found to have Seroquel XL 50mg in them, an anti-psychotic medication. Nurofen is a Reckitt Benckiser brand of pain-relieving drugs, mainly sold in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and other parts of Europe…
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Withdrawal from PPIs (proton pump inhibitors) can lead to severe rebound acid secretion, a complication that can force users to become dependent on them - this should be mentioned in a black-box warning, consumer group Public Citizen has told the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)…
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The corpus delicti is a plain flacon from among the possessions of Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who lived around 1450 B.C., which is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the Egyptian Museum of the University of Bonn. For three and a half millennia, the vessel may have held a deadly secret. This is what the Head of the collection, Michael Hoveler-Muller and Dr…
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The surface of cells and many biologically active molecules are studded with sugar structures that are not used to store energy, but rather are involved in communication, immunity and inflammation…
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