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Become an Antibiotic Guardian
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats facing us today. To slow resistance we need to cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics. November 18th is European Antibiotics Awareness Day. As part of that we’re asking everyone in the UK to become Antibiotic Guardians at http://antibioticguardian.com.
Public Health England report highlights combined GP and hospital prescribing of antibiotics up 6% between 2010 and 2013
A report from Public Health England (English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR)) published on 10th October found […]
European Antibiotics Awareness Day and ‘Keep Calm, Antibiotics Aren’t Always the Answer’ campaign
European Antibiotics Awareness Day (EAAD) is being held on Tuesday 18th November, as part of the UK 5 year antimicrobial […]
NECS and CPPE conference October 2014
NECS Medicines Optimisation and the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) jointly held a Primary Care Conference in the Marriott Hotel, Gateshead in October 2014 focused on getting evidence into practice.
Access to medicines optimisation eLearning
Access to the antibiotics and repeat dispensing eLearning programmes has changed. The updated eLearning programmes can now be accessed through […]
Removal of prescribing restrictions for generic sildenafil
On 1st August 2014 legislation came into effect removing prescribing restrictions for sildenafil. Prescribing of drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) […]
MHRA statement on the misuse of laxatives
Following the BBC Watchdog investigation into the availability of stimulant laxatives in the UK, first broadcast on Thursday 16 October […]
Changes to Klaricid (clarithromycin) SPC
Use with lovastatin/simvastatin/ticagrelor/ranolazine is contraindicated; and caution with other statins. Reports of hypoglycaemia when used disopyramide, and care needed with […]
Denosumab safety update
Denosumab is associated with a risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) and with a risk of hypocalcaemia. Before starting […]