 Practical Approach A customer asks to see the pharmacist in private and says that he believes he has an anal fissure. How could you confirm his self-diagnosis and what treatment could you offer? |
 Practical Approach A regular patient has been diagnosed with oesophageal stricture - what information can you give her about the condition? |
 Daily digest GPs could be prescribing apps to help patients manage conditions; and Nice have revised its guidance on tocilizumab after manufacturers lowered the drug’s price. Isobel Smith reports |
 Practice The Department of Health has urged GP practices to use pharmacists' expertise after a study found pharmacist feedback could reduce key prescribing error rates by up to 50 per cent. |
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Looking for some last minute practice ahead of the pre-registration exam in September? Try your hand at these free questions. You can use your BNF, MEP and Drug Tariff. |
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With a week to go, get some last-minute practice in with these challenging questions for the closed book pre-reg exam. |
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With the pre-reg exam at the end of this month, get some practice in for the open book paper with these ten questions. You can use your BNF, MEP and Drug Tariff. |
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With the pre-reg exam coming up later this month, get some practice in with these two questions for the closed book exam. |
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With time ticking away before the pre-reg exam, test yourself with these two practice questions to help you prepare. |
 CPD editor Chris Chapman answers reader questions on methotrexate therapy and discusses additional counselling points for diuretic patients |
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Clinical blog Do you know why warfarin is given at 6pm? CPD editor Chris Chapman answers readers' questions on the anticoagulant |
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Clinical blog CPD editor Chris Chapman welcomes you to the first clinical blog of 2012 and fitting with the new year, he introduces some changes to blog content as well as telling you what to look out for in this week's mag |
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Clinical Debate Around this time last year, I was sat in a little room under the Department of Health... |
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Clinical Debate First launched on the NHS 50 years ago, why is the contraceptive pill still locked away in the drawer marked POM? |
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Clinical quiz Raynaud's phenomenon is a condition that causes the ends of a person's fingers to turn pale white, but what causes the condition? Take this week's picture quiz to find out |
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Products A hand-held device that uses light to reduce the duration of cold sores has been launched by Mentholatum. |
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Product The MHRA has suspended its licence for Teva and Numark levothyroxine 100mcg tablets after manufacturing problems and concerns the tablets are not interchangeable with other brands. |
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Daily digestThe war of words over the Lib-Con's planned NHS reforms has turned into a battle of numbers, writes Niall Hunt. |
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Constipation is distressing and easily treatable, but many patients suffer in silence, too embarrassed to seek advice; around 5 to 30 per cent of the population are constipated at any one time, though only a fraction ask for help. |