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EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

Prescribing information and
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Patient perspective

What is it like to depend on medicine to treat endometriosis?

22nd October 2020 by PIP editor

I found out today after attempting to collect my prescription from my local pharmacy that I can no longer receive my treatment for endometriosis.

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Filed Under: Blogs, Patient perspective Tagged With: brexit, community pharmacist, community pharmacy, Medication shortages, Medicine shortages, pharmacy

“My Dad died” – The story of the pharmacy encounter when no-one listened

10th March 2020 by PIP editor 2 Comments

‘My dad died’, the girl said to the assistant behind the pharmacy counter. Why are they choosing these particular words?

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The long hard road through prescription opioid withdrawal

6th March 2020 by PIP editor 1 Comment

I have lived with persistent pain almost all of my life starting with ‘growing pains’ as a child, which sadly, did not leave me as I got older.

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I think my prescription opioids could have killed me

29th February 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

I have lived with persistent pain almost all of my life starting with ‘growing pains’ as a child, which sadly, did not leave me as I got older.

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Filed Under: Patient perspective Tagged With: Opioids, patient perspective

Time to highlight the unspoken misery of HRT shortages

31st December 2019 by PIP editor 1 Comment

  Emma Hartley is a freelance journalist from London. She wrote a story recently on the topic of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) shortages. The article examined the on-going HRT shortages and sought to find answers. This problem has had a significant impact on people suffering symptoms of the menopause.   Emma has delved into all […]

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Filed Under: Patient perspective, Podcasts

What is it like to have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?

10th November 2019 by PIP editor 1 Comment

People who present with numerous symptoms with no apparent connection can be difficult to diagnose and therefore treat, especially within the typical GP appointment time.

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Drug users need compassion, not custody

3rd June 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Westminster committee hears voices of Scots with experience of addiction during an inquiry into problem drug use.   The current approach of criminalising people who use drugs is making the problem worse and needs to be drastically overhauled, an influential committee of MPs has been told by Scots with personal experience of addiction.   Westminster’s […]

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Filed Under: News, Patient perspective, Scotland Tagged With: harm reduction, illegal drugs, pharmacy in practice, Pharmacy in Practice Scotland, Scotland, Scottish pharmacy, street drugs, Substance Misuse

Medicinal cannabis changed my life

30th May 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

  A few years ago our guest Mark Leaning had viral meningitis and encephalitis. This, unfortunately, resulted in him subsequently suffering from regular seizures. These seizures were treated unsuccessfully with prescription medication. He discovered medicinal cannabis and it changed his life by easing his symptoms.   During this podcast, I explore what the current reality […]

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Filed Under: Patient perspective, Podcasts Tagged With: Cannabis, Cannabis oil, Legalisation of cannabis, Long Term Pain Management, Medical Cannabis, Pain, Pain Management

Why is it still illegal for me to have an abortion in Northern Ireland?

3rd May 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

  I am in my 40’s, live in Belfast and am married with one child.   At the end of 2014 I was ecstatic to find out I was pregnant. We had been trying for a while for a brother or sister for my daughter and I had already been through a devastating and painful […]

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Filed Under: Patient perspective Tagged With: Abortion, patient perspective

“Talk to the person with diabetes, but more importantly, listen to them” says Siobhan Gaffney

3rd December 2018 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

How long have you had diabetes?   43 years   Does diabetes rule your life or do you control it?   My diabetes used to run around my life, but at this stage of my life I like to say it co-exists with my me. Not happily all the time but it most certainly does […]

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Filed Under: Interviews, Patient perspective

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