IT’S no secret the NHS is in crisis. A&E departments are overwhelmed, staff are at breaking point, patients are treated and ...
A photo seen by the BBC showed a pharmacy sticker for gabapentin – a different controlled ... the NHS. It became a Class C drug in 2019 and it is illegal to possess it without a valid prescription.
Most state boards of pharmacy allow the use of preprinted prescriptions in practice ( Table 1). However, not all allow the use of pre-printed prescriptions for controlled substances. Seven state ...
Since 2022, a third drug, liraglutide, has been approved under the name of Saxenda. But all of these medications currently come with strict criteria for their prescription on the NHS as part of a ...
Prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in England have risen 18% year on year since the pandemic.