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U.S. Pharmacy Chains Harm Patients With Medication Errors; NABP Appears Silent

Pharmacy Checkers

When you go to your local CVS and Walgreens – and other big pharmacy chains – are you getting the highest standard of care? Have these pharmacies gone rogue? Yet the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to medication errors at U.S. pharmacies. pharmacy industry.

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NEW FEXOFENADINE over the counter – Allevia tablets

Druggist

Allevia tablets will be licensed as General Sale Item (GSL), which means it will be available over the counter in shops and supermarkets and not only in pharmacies. Allevia tablets will be licensed to relieve symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis (hayfever) in adults and children aged 12 years and over (Gov.UK, 2020).

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Digital health player UpHealth swells with three-way merger

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The three-way deal combines UpHealth – which provides patient care management, telemedicine and digital pharmacy services and gives its name to the new group – with CloudBreak, which provides a video consultation platform for doctors and patients.

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Can you get melatonin over the counter in the UK?

Druggist

Is melatonin effective sleep aid medicine? In the UK, licensed forms of melatonin are prescribed either for the management of insomnia in adults over 55 years of age or to help with jet lag. Despite this well-defined licensed use, Circadin is very often prescribed off-license to children and adolescents.

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Diltiazem cream: uses, side effects and availability

Druggist

Diltiazem cream (diltiazem hydrochloride cream) is a medicine prescribed in the UK to manage chronic anal fissure. Calcium channel blockers are a group of medicines used mainly in the management of high blood pressure and angina. One of the implications of unlicensed medicines is the immediate availability.

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FOSTAIR inhaler – TOP questions & ANSWERS

Druggist

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommends that LABA should always be taken with inhaled corticosteroids. Initial license for Fostair included only maintenance therapy in adults over 18 years of age. Fostair inhaler is licensed for the treatment of asthma or COPD in adults over 18 years of age.

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What is the strongest over the counter steroid cream?

Druggist

The strongest over the counter steroid cream (OTC): legal classification Eumovate cream, which is available over the counter without a prescription, is classified as pharmacy-only ‘ P ‘ medication. ‘P’ medicines can only be sold in pharmacies, including online pharmacies with a pharmacist being present at the premises.