April 2012

Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by AERS, October to December 2011 – http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/762205?src=mp&spon=38 . Product Name: Active Ingredient   (Trade) or Product Class Potential Signal of a Serious   Risk/New Safety Information Additional Information (as of   February 15, 2012)* Bortezomib (Velcade, Takeda) Death from intrathecal   administration (medication error) The Dosage […]

World Malaria Day –  April 25, 2012 On World Malaria Day, we stand at a critical juncture in our efforts to control a global scourge. This year’s theme—Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria—stresses the crucial role of continued investment of resources to maintain hard-won gains. Lives have indeed been saved. According to World Health

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1271?frommailing=1#.T5PkdPaTd3c.facebook While it is paradoxical that poverty and obesity exist hand in hand, so too is the reality that the obese poor tend to be under- or mal-nourished. How can this be? This is because the poor eat the poorest food. Perhaps part of our problem is that when we see those trapped in the

Results from two studies reveal that a daily antiretroviral tablet taken by people who do not have HIV infection can reduce their risk of acquiring HIV by up to 73%. Both daily tenofovir and daily tenofovir/emtricitabine taken as preventive medicine (PrEP – pre-exposure prophylaxis) can prevent heterosexual transmission of HIV from men to women and from

Prebiotics and probiotics can restore the balance of bacteria in your digestive tract. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that can be found in various foods. When you eat probiotics, you will add these healthy bacteria to your intestinal tract. Common strains include Lactobacillis and Bifidobacterium families of bacteria. Prebiotics are non-digestible foods that make their way

The local medicines body must approve all new prescription drugs using evidence that the medicine is safe and effective for a particular condition. This allows a drug maker to market a drug for the use it was registered for.  While a company is not allowed to market an approved drug for other purposes, the law

This is a picture of the “The Pharmacist’s Oath” taken recently at the South African Pharmacy Council. When last did you say it?