At Ashtons we are always looking to improve the services we provide to our clients. Our latest enhancement is to introduce new environmentally friendly fridge boxes. These are made from white and blue cardboard with a fully recyclable, biodegradable insert…
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At a recent conference, it was pointed out that the bioavailability of oral cyclizine is close to 50% so the practice of using the same maximum daily dose of 150mg by subcutaneous injection or infusion may need to be rethought. This is based on a PhD thesis and small number of healthy volunteers so data is limited…
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Articles in medical and pharmacy journals this month are asking us to adopt safer and more rational approaches to prescribing opioids. One comes from experts in chronic pain, notably Cathy Stannard, consultant in complex pain and Clinical Lead for the Pain Transformation Programme at NHS Gloucestershire CCG (1), and her…
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Articles in medical and pharmacy journals this month are asking us to adopt safer and more rational approaches to prescribing opioids. One comes from experts in chronic pain, notably Cathy Stannard, consultant in complex pain and Clinical Lead for the Pain Transformation Programme at NHS Gloucestershire CCG (1), and her…
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Pain in the mouth is a distressing problem and affects so many essential activities. It can have many causes and good mouthcare is of enormous benefit to all patients, particularly towards the end of life. NICE guidelines (NG48) and quality standards (QS151) are in place for oral health for adults…
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The registration and naming process for drugs: When new drugs come onto the market, they must be licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and registered with a trade name. Details of most UK medicines and their registration is listed with their Summary of Product Characteristics on the…
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Fluconazole is a triazole antifungal agent which came into use in the late 1980s. It has a different chemical structure to its predecessor, ketoconazole, and is safer systemically. It is licensed for the treatment of topical fungal infections in the mouth, skin and genitals and for invasive, systemic fungal infections…
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society set up a Medicines Safety Debate entitled ‘Lessons from Gosport’ in December 2018 to share learning from the Inquiry. It brought together key people responsible for the safe and appropriate use of opioids. The panel comprised the Head of Medicines Optimisation at the CQC, a national…
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