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2021: THE YEAR OF THE COVID VACCINE

2021: THE YEAR OF THE COVID VACCINE

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NICE recommends new migraine treatment for up to 200,000 patients in the UK
NICE recommends new migraine treatment for up to 200,000 patients in the UK

NICE has recommended

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No-deal Brexit will disrupt medicine supplies and Covid response, report warns
No-deal Brexit will disrupt medicine supplies and Covid response, report warns

Disruption to UK

Plans to withdraw GP-prescribed lithium drug halted
Plans to withdraw GP-prescribed lithium drug halted

A drug manufacturer

GPs request prescribing law change to offset Brexit medicine shortages
GPs request prescribing law change to offset Brexit medicine shortages

GP and pharmacy

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GPs prescribed fewer antidepressants during coronavirus lockdown

Prescriptions for mental

GPs prescribed fewer antidepressants during coronavirus lockdown
GPs working for Covid hotline can now prescribe using EPS

GPs working for

GPs working for Covid hotline can now prescribe using EPS
Proposed ban on opioids for chronic pain leaves GPs with scant options

NICE now recommends GPs do not prescribe opioids for chronic primary pain – but what are the alternatives, asks Emma Wilkinson

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Proposed ban on opioids for chronic pain leaves GPs with scant options
OTC prescribing ban delivers fraction of expected savings, shows official data

NHS England’s ban

OTC prescribing ban delivers fraction of expected savings, shows official data
GPs should advise caution to women on contraception when prescribing antibiotics

GPs should warn

GPs should advise caution to women on contraception when prescribing antibiotics
Honey is ‘more effective’ than antibiotics for coughs, finds study

New research has

Honey is ‘more effective’ than antibiotics for coughs, finds study
Governments asks medicine suppliers to make six-week Brexit stockpile

Pharmaceutical suppliers should

Governments asks medicine suppliers to make six-week Brexit stockpile
UK medicines regulator ‘will consider’ ban on over-the-counter codeine

Exclusive The MHRA

UK medicines regulator ‘will consider’ ban on over-the-counter codeine
GPs should not prescribe opioids for chronic pain, says NICE

The first-ever NICE

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GPs should not prescribe opioids for chronic pain, says NICE
The impending antibioticlypse

Copperfield

The impending antibioticlypse