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Pharmacy in Practice

EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

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Substance Misuse

Naloxone, alcohol abuse, why drug deaths remain high and a role for community pharmacy

20th September 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Graham Parsons is the Chief Pharmacist at Turning Point. He is a pharmacist with a wide range of experience in many aspects of pharmacy.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Substance Misuse

Monthly buprenorphine injections will reduce pharmacy contact

22nd April 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Wales will become the first part of the UK to make a new once-a-month injection for recovering heroin addicts routinely available.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Substance Misuse

Drug-related deaths involving fentanyl on the increase

5th January 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

A recently published report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has warned of the pharmacology and toxic effects of fentanyl and related analogues. The report says that it can be concluded that fentanyl and fentanyl-analogues present a significant ongoing risk to UK public health.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: drug deaths, illegal drugs, Misuse of drugs, Substance Misuse

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 […]

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

Innovative pharmacy technician tackles opioid crisis

2nd June 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

  Alyssa Stanlake is a Canadian pharmacy technician who works as an operations manager in a community pharmacy in Whistler. Alyssa works for Pier Health, a community pharmacy which specialises in supporting people who have an addiction and mental health problems.   She was awarded the honour of Canadian Pharmacy Technician of the Year 2018 […]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Canada, Canadian pharmacy, community pharmacy, harm reduction, Methadone, Naloxone, opioid crisis, Opioid replacement, pharmacy, pharmacy technician, Substance Misuse

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