Substance abuse
0Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.
0A new charity partnership has seen over 60 Fife pharmacies sign up to offer life-saving take-home naloxone services.
0Alcohol harm charity Drinkaware has partnered with Paydens Pharmacy to rollout a free “drinking check” in 128 of its stores in southeast England to “assess” the drinking habits of customers.
0Alcohol harm charity Drinkaware has announced the rollout of a free “drinking check” in all of Morrisons’ 117 pharmacies across the UK to assess the “drinking habits” of customers.
0A woman with fibromyalgia has died from multiple organ failure with two medicines purchased from websites selling off-label prescription medications found in her body, a coroner has found.
0A pharmacy technician has been removed from the register after he “took advantage” of a teenager who he messaged on Snapchat and gave cannabis “to facilitate the offence of rape”, the regulator has revealed.
0Pharmacy technicians, students and pharmacists are among those who are no longer free to practise tattooing or body piercing without a licence, while exemptions around take-home naloxone have expanded.
0A 78-year-old woman has overdosed after being given excess diazepam and codeine she was “addicted to” ahead of an Easter bank holiday weekend, a coroner has found.
0A 27-year-old man has been jailed for 12 months for cultivating cannabis plants in a former Lloydspharmacy in Pembroke with an estimated street value of up to £500,000.
0Pharmacies in Devon are taking part in a new pilot service that aims to reduce the number of drug-related deaths in the county and trains staff to recognise and respond to the “symptoms of opioid overdose”.