Popping pills, doing drugs: the nurse’s drug round
Drugs to alleviate symptoms; drugs to prolong life; drugs to counteract side effects of other drugs. Doctors’ prescribing powers in…
Pharmacy/Drugs
More NHS homeopathy, not less
The debate about whether homeopathy should be available on the NHS invariably sees the opposing sides citing numerous research papers…
Breath tests for life
Heart transplant rejection Last year there were 145 heart transplant operations carried out in the UK, which is a life-saving…
The Story of Your Hangover – Paracetamol
The morning after the night before. Before you even open your eyes you can feel the familiar throbbing behind one eye…
‘Silencer molecules’ switch off cancer’s ability to spread around body
Scientists have revealed that a key molecule in breast and lung cancer cells can help switch off the cancers’ ability to…
MenB – will Parliament cede to a million petitioners?
Meningitis B (MenB), a virulent bacterium, causes the majority of cases of bacterial meningitis in the UK and Europe as…
Dark arts pushing heart drugs
Evidence-based medicine and ‘value for money’ are two of medicine’s Mum and apple pie principles. But like other principles they…
Drugs to prevent hearing loss
AM-111 - this is an experimental drug, developed by Auris Medical for people with acute inner ear hearing loss, which…
SNG001 Anti-Viral
We have discovered and developed a new anti-viral drug (SNG001) that could potentially help reduce the number of hospital admissions for…
Antacids to fundoplication
A pharmacologist's view of progress in gastrointestinal medicine over the past 30 years. As a pharmacologist working in the Pharmaceutical…