Womens health

Shortage warnings: ADHD, opioid dependence and period delay drugs

The pharmacy negotiator has warned that one ADHD drug is in short supply, while some period delay and opioid dependency drugs will remain “out of stock” into the autumn.  

Three HRT medicines discontinued amid ADHD drug recall

Tomorrow will see three hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs removed from the pre-payment certificate (PPC) list, while 39 batches of an ADHD drug have been recalled.  

RSV vaccine programme to roll out in pharmacies this autumn

Elderly patients will be eligible to receive the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine from September 1 in some community pharmacies, the government has announced.

Wegovy: 'I really hope the NHS crack down on this. I am forever traumatised by what happened'

My symptoms landed me in hospital. I was shaking uncontrollably on the floor shivering cold and blacking out. I couldn’t put any food in my mouth or even sip water because I was so nauseous for the first three days.  

Conservatives pledge to expand Pharmacy First conditions if re-elected

The Conservative Party has said it will expand the Pharmacy First service to include two additional conditions if it wins the upcoming general election.

‘Switching machine’: Maxwellia ‘poised and ready’ for more POM to P switches

Drug manufacturer Maxwellia has positioned itself as a “switching machine”, focussing on the reclassification of medicines to make them available without a prescription, it has told C+D.

Maxwellia launches two new pharmacy brands to help millions of women struggling with debilitating periods

 The introduction of Evana and Ultravana in pharmacies widens access to menstrual health medicines

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.  

Competition watchdog to probe HRT medication rights sale

The CMA has announced the launch of a merger inquiry into manufacturer Viatris’s sale of “certain rights” to two of its HRT drugs to Theramex.

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.