Related to misuse of drugs:Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 the criminal use of certain specified drugs.UKlegislation essentially makes it illegal to produce a controlled drug, to supply a controlled drug, to possess a controlled drug, or to possess with intent to supply. It is, for example, an of...
Technical amendmentsTo allow the commencement of a section in the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006,8 responsibility for issuing licences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 will be reassigned from the Minister for Health to the Health Products Regulatory Authority. Finally, ...
Recently, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency announced that the precursors pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, also used in flu remedies sold over the counter, may in future be available on prescription only.2 Methamphetamine was first synthesised in Japan in 1919 and has been ...
This trend has raised an increased awareness of the abuse potential of central nervous system (CNS)-active drugs in development. This awareness has been translated into more stringent recommendations for the investigation, which have been released since 2006 (the European Medicines Agency (EMA) guide...
From the 90 participants (mean age=26 卤 18 years) the prevalence of self-medication was 91.1%Self-medication misuse is most common in rural (96.15%) than in urban (89%). In our study we found that males who use medicines without prescription 90% ,while females 94.8% .the most common...
{mosads}High costs of treatments can drive patients toward negative health outcomes. Many patients with asthma do not properly follow their inhaled medication regimen. When asked why they aren’t taking their medicines as prescribed, the top three reasons cited centered around cost. Med...
Some of the substances which have been controlled have legitimate uses in the pharmaceutical and chemicals industries e.g. two of the BZP derivatives are used to manufacture authorised medicines, and GBL and 1,4 BD are widely used in the manufacture of plastics, as industrial solvents, as well...
To back up a little bit, impurities are essentially things within a medicine that shouldn't be there. For example, nitrosamines. Those in certain quantities and over an extended period of time could have an impact upon the patient’s health. So that's why ensuring that ...
Member of advisory panels for medicines and research, including UK Biobank EGCGeoff Watts Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, science writer and broadcasterSusan Wallace Lecturer of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of LeicesterJohn Wise Executive Director, Pistoia ...
As the consumption of conventional substances of misuse continued, there was a gradual emergence of improper use and misuse of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, available without a prescription and sold under the supervision of a pharmacist, as well as prescription-only medications (POM). This ...