Sexual health

Ejaculation ‘delay spray’ recalled ‘on safety grounds’

An ejaculation “delay spray” has been recalled as a “precautionary measure” after a company admitted selling the product “containing lidocaine without authorisation” from the MHRA.

GPhC: Pharmacies to ‘verify’ patient history before supplying hair loss drug

The pharmacy regulator has advised that pharmacy teams carry out a “robust” assessment before supplying finasteride – a hair-loss drug with psychiatric and sexual health risks.

AMR: Gonorrhoea diagnoses highest ‘since records began in 1918’

The government has warned that new antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases are on the rise, with some that are "extensively drug-resistant”.

Scottish pharmacies could be made abortion ‘buffer zones’ under new bill

A bill proposing “safe access zones” around places providing abortions has been backed by Scottish MSPs though its first stage and could be expanded to include pharmacies, the Scottish government has revealed.  

Finasteride: MHRA warns of hair loss drug ‘psychiatric and sexual side effects’

A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.

Make oral emergency contraception a GSL med, sexual health leaders urge

Oral emergency contraception should be a general sales list (GSL) medicine, a prominent sexual and reproductive health coalition has demanded.

Leadsom: ‘We want to support you in every way we can’

In an exclusive opinion piece for C+D, pharmacy minister Andrea Leadsom thanks community pharmacists for their efforts in making the transition to Pharmacy First as smooth as possible

Male infertility causes and management

What do you know about the reasons for male infertility and the various management options available?

Cornwall pharmacies paid £10 service fee to offer free ‘morning-after’ pills to all

Emergency contraception is now available to people of all ages from pharmacies in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as of this month, the local council has announced.

Taking levonorgestrel with NSAID more effective, study suggests

Combining levonorgestrel and piroxicam is more effective at preventing pregnancy than taking levonorgestrel alone, a new study has suggested.