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Warning of counterfeit ivermectin tablets sold via social media

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In 2021, a total of 12 529 counterfeit ivermectin tablets originating from postal packages were seized. These tablets are regularly found in postal packages to this day. It is also being promoted as a low-cost medicine via social media, but there is no clinical evidence to confirm that ivermectin is an effective treatment of COVID -19.

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Are microtaggants the key to making medicines smarter?

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Pharmaceutical companies are accountable for ensuring that their medicine is safe when it comes into the hands of patients. Specific apps could also alert healthcare providers if vulnerable patients are failing to scan their medicine. The threat of illegal online pharmacies.

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Digital health player UpHealth swells with three-way merger

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The three-way deal combines UpHealth – which provides patient care management, telemedicine and digital pharmacy services and gives its name to the new group – with CloudBreak, which provides a video consultation platform for doctors and patients.

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How to Reduce Your Chance of Medication Errors

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The Institute of Medicine estimates the average patient in a healthcare facility experiences at least one medication error each day – leading to an estimated 1.5 Also, pharmacists can select the wrong medication or wrong dosage due to confusion over drugs with similar names or look-alike packaging. How common are medication errors?

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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

It’s also a story about consumers and their providers navigating conflicting public information about buying less expensive medicines online from foreign countries. costs only $90 for a three-month supply at the lowest-cost PharmacyChecker-accredited international online pharmacy: a savings of 71%. pharmacies. Is the drug safe?

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Our abysmal health care system

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First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?

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Can you take co-codamol with naproxen and diazepam?

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The lower strength of co-codamol is widely available as a pharmacy-only medication. ‘Standard’ pharmacy-only co-codamol contains 500mg of paracetamol and 8mg of codeine per tablets (Co-codamol 8/500). Another example of NSAIDs, which is commonly available over the counter from pharmacies is ibuprofen. £11.99.