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Morning-After Pill At The Local Pharmacy Could Prevent Unwanted Pregnancies

...le to access the pill much more quickly from local pharmacists as they tend to be open outside normal working hou...ounter at pharmacies in 2001. Selected community pharmacists can now provide it free of charge to females under 20 as long as they feel that all the appropriate ...

Dispensing Drug Dosage To Children Through Computers

...rs. "Most of these errors may have been caught by pharmacists or nurses before they could have hurt a patient," emphasized Lehmann, "But we wanted to prevent providers from making errors in the first place because some of them may reach the patient." The chemotherapy order system uses calculators that automati...

Nurses to Prescribe Drugs

...atient treatment has included bestowing nurses and pharmacists with the right to prescribe several drugs//. Under this plan, nurses and pharmacists can undertake extra training in order to prescribe medicines for common illnesses that range from ac...

More Than ￡500m Wasted On Drugs; MP Blames NH

...owever was not reflected in the amount paid to the pharmacists by the Government. ‘The government is slow to re...tents end. Therefore, the money they are paying to pharmacists is way too much. At time when there are real funding problems this is mismanagement of the worst kin...

Project Stop to Block the Misuse of Cold and Flu Drugs

...containing pseudoephedrine, they will have to show pharmacists photo identification, such as a driver's licence. ... cold and flu drugs within a short period of time, pharmacists will be warned to block the sale. This is mainly initiated to stop the young Australians to fall for...

QIO to Be Upgraded

... time while they were being upgraded. More nurses, pharmacists and consumers are included....

Canadian Medical Association Journal's Editorial Mess Gets Murkier

... had commissioned a secret survey, which had found pharmacists asking sexually sensitive questions to women before selling Plan B despite it being a non-prescription drug. Following a complaint by Canadian Pharmacists Association, this article was pulled and consequently Dr Hoey had resigned....

Drug Combinations Could Be Dangerous

... be taken.' It is important that the doctors and pharmacists know all the interactions and side effects. Patients also need to lay all their cards on the table, said Haefeli. Edited IANS...

Medicare Drug Plans Are Onerous and Restrictive

Doctors and pharmacists face a lot of problem due to the new Medicare drug...luding drugs on the patient’s own formularies. The pharmacists also face a lot of problems as they have to request prior authorizations for hundreds of drugs taken...

Government Should Provide Incentives For Methadone Program

...urs is also seen to be an obstacle. Most of the pharmacists and doctors in Tasmania are not willing to contrib... year as a result of opiate-related causes. The pharmacists and doctors object to having to cater to more drug addicts, and they have called upon the Government...

Manitoba Ombudsman Warns Pharmacists

...ined that embarrassing questions were asked by the pharmacists while she was buying the Levonorgestrel, also called the drug Plan B. The questions asked were with regard to the woman’s sexual relations. Such medicines do not require a prescription nor the personal health information of the patient, according to ...

Walk-In Health Centers Launched By The NHS For Commuters

...soon. It has also been proposed to give nurses and pharmacists the additional responsibility of prescribing medicines and requesting doctors plan for open surgeries during the weekend. With such issues currently under consideration, a dramatic improvement in the existing National Health Services (NHS) is likel...

GPs In Wales Support Minister on Prescribing Issue

...r on the prescription issue. Under this nurses and pharmacists are// eligible to prescribe in Wales. The move ha...contact for most people." He added that nurses and pharmacists could fulfill many obligations like prescribing for many self-limiting illnesses that do not need th...

Government To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth

...hich will come into force from 10 April 2006. Only pharmacists will be able to sell about 15 medicines which are of the single ingredient category. This is inclusive of Sudafed Decongestant 12-hour caplets, Triaminic Allergy Decongestant and Contac Cold. Crystal meth is an additive substance which is rapidly ...

Drug Name Confusion Makes Imports Dangerous: FDA

Many doctors and pharmacists in the U.S. are not aware that ingredients of drugs sold abroad are different from ingredients of drugs of the same brand name or a similar sounding name in the country. An alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) //said medication na...

Medicare Queries Expected To Increase Over Time

...very small number of customers actually approached pharmacists on New Year day. However, following implementation, a lot of customers are expected to rush to their nearest pharmacist to enquire about the new plan. Infact, a few pharmacies have even called for additional pharmacists. "We're expecting a lot of peo...

New Medicare Plan - Mixed Reaction among Pharmacists.

... called the Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM). The pharmacists are concerned that the reimbursement will be around 8 % less than the usual cost as the cost of the drugs will be determined by the insurance company. Pharmacist will also not be availed of the benefits provided by the drug companies for filling pr...

Acute Shortage Of Dentists in UK: Oral Care for Elders To Suffer A Setback

...working in care homes such as community nurses and pharmacists should be trained to offer advice to older people to look after their teeth. Appropriate measures should also be taken to identify old people with increased risk of developing dental decay at the earliest so that timely treatment can be instituted....

Impotence drug such as Viagra may cause Vision Loss

... the side effects of these drugs. Even doctors and pharmacists are not aware of the side effects caused by the dr...S. physicians a letter about the risk and call for pharmacists to give FDA-approved leaflets with prescriptions. Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, Senate Finance...

Fruits and vegetables found to interact with drugs in a dangerous way

... in toxicity. While most people know to ask their pharmacists about possible interactions between medicines, many don't realize they should also be asking about the food interactions with drugs. Hence caution is needed while taking fruits along with medications. There are probably more food and beverage interac...

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