Issue : Clinical Pharmacist, October 2016, Vol 8, No 10
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Administration of nasal flu vaccine via community pharmacy Subscription
In 2012, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that the routine annual influenza vaccination programme should be extended to children aged from 2 years to 17 years of age. These children would receive the nasal flu vaccine.
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Campaign to raise eye drop technique awareness
In summer 2016, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust launched its pharmacy-led #knowyourdrops campaign. Its main objectives are to promote and encourage good eye drop compliance, provide support to patients, carers and staff regarding best techniques for administering eye drops, and demonstrate the range of available compliance aids and review their benefits for individual patients.
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Constipation treatment could lengthen cancer survival Subscription
Study findings support a role for the mu opioid receptor in cancer progression.
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European region most sceptical of vaccine safety, study finds Subscription
Results of an international study suggest that lack of confidence, rather than lack of access, is the main barrier to vaccination in some countries.
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Evaluating a point-of-care C-reactive protein test to support antibiotic prescribing decisions in a general practice Subscription
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of infection and inflammation. It is high in bacterial infections but very low or close to zero in viral infections. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), England and Wales’s health technology assessment body, has issued guidance on pneumonia in adults; it recommends point-of-care (POC) CRP analysers when clinical assessment is inconclusive. If the CRP level is less than 20mg/L, no antibiotics ...
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Existing drugs identified that could fight Zika virus Subscription
By screening 6,000 drugs for anti-Zika properties, researchers found three potential therapies against the Zika virus.
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Fruits and vegetables lower blood pressure and slash medication costs for kidney disease patients Subscription
The cost of antihypertensive drugs nearly halved when researchers assigned patients to eat alkali-inducing fruit and vegetables.
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Laquinimod inhibits secondary progressive MS in mouse model Subscription
Laquinimod reduced the number of mice who developed multiple sclerosis in one model, and slowed disease progression in another.
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Let us be pharmacists in GP practices Subscription
It was interesting to read discussions about working in GP practice (Clinical Pharmacist 2016;8:202). There is a vital role for a pharmacist in every GP practice, but a job title without the word ‘pharmacist’ would seem to be ill advised.
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Long-acting beta-agonist combination therapy not linked with serious asthma events Subscription
A study of asthma patients found that the combination treatment budesonide/formoterol and budesonide alone produced a similar number of serious asthma-related events.
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