The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
– Volume 2, Issue 3 March 2010

EDITOR'S COMMENTS
  Seizing our opportunities
   
NEWS
  New measures to reduce omitted medicines
  Pharmacists spend less time in prescribing roles than nurse prescribers
  More evidence for early and sustained combination RA therapy
  New era in renal transplant immunosuppression?
  Regulatory news

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CLINICAL UPDATE
  Managing the use of opioids in persistent pain
The British Pain Society has recently updated its guidance on the use of opioids in persistent pain. This article describes some of the key changes, including updated information about long-term opioid use. By Shona Kirk.
 
THERAPEUTICS
  Challenges of transplantation: what are the drug options?
More than 3,500 patients per year now receive donated organs in the UK. Survival of patients depends not only on the new organ but also on transplantation drugs. Caroline Ashley discusses the challenges and treatment options, with particular reference to kidney transplants.
   
PRESCRIBER’S CORNER
  Managing tuberculosis and adverse reactions to treatment
Prescriber’s Corner describes situations encountered by pharmacist prescribers and invites you to consider clinical decisions about the patient. In this case you are advising on a drug regimen for a patient showing signs of an adverse reaction to tuberculosis therapy. By Adam Todd, Alan Worsley and Andrew Husband.
   
COMMENTARY
  Bleeding — the missing link in acute coronary syndrome?
The risks of bleeding associated with therapy for non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome are becoming clear. This article describes why it is important to prescribe the correct dose of anti-ischaemic therapy to minimise these risks. By Sotiris Antoniou.
   
RESEARCH
  Assessing the potential impact of an alerting system for laboratory results
By Sam Coffey, Monsey McLeod and Bryony Dean Franklin
   
READERS' LETTERS
  Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
   
MARKET WATCH
  Oncology pipelines outlined in annual report from Roche
Information about recent sales and future research and development prospects of the major pharmaceutical companies can be found in their annual reports. This article reviews the recent report by Roche, to illustrate the issues that are of relevance to clinical pharmacists. By Philip Brown.
   
LAST WORD
  How robots can help us becoa patient-focused profession
To ensure that our profession is truely patient-focused, wider adoption of technology such as robotic dispensing is required, says Philip Brown.
 
 
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