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Opioids were the most prescribed in quarter two of 2024-25 with 9.85 million items.
10 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article
NHS Business Services Authority said 7.1 million patients were prescribed the medicines, a 13 per cent decrease from 2015-16.
05 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article
Belfast pharmacist who could not explain drug register discrepancies spared jail
02 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article
Coroner issues damning criticism of companies selling medicines online.
19 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article
This module aims to provide an overview of the major developments in pharmacy practice during 2020.
14 Dec 2020 , 4 Min Module
PHE publishes the first ever review of dependence and withdrawal problems associated with five classes of medicines.
22 Nov 2019 , 3 Min Article
Helping customers choose the right topical analgesic for their individual needs is key if they are to gain optimum benefit.
03 Aug 2019 , 5 Min Article
The prescription opioid time bomb has focused clinical attention on chronic pain and inspired a raft of management initiatives across the UK.
30 Jul 2019 , 6 Min Article
Opioid over-prescribing, medical cannabis and digital health developments were some of the topics covered.
15 Mar 2019 , 2 Min Article
Prescription opioids may increase the risk of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), research suggests.
20 Feb 2019 , 1 Min Article
An initiative being pioneered by a world authority on pain management relies on pharmacists helping to reduce opioid risk
17 Jun 2018 , 6 Min Article
Non-opioid analgesics improved pain-related function over 12 months as much as opioids in back or osteoarthritic pain
03 Apr 2018 , 1 Min Article
Data suggests pharmacists in Scotland’s National Naloxone Programme are reducing opioid-related deaths
21 Jan 2016 , 1 Min Article
