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Rabies vaccine for travelling abroad

Recently the Travel Health Pro website issued a reminder about rabies. Rabies occurs in warm-blooded mammals and is transmitted to humans, most often by a bite or scratch from an infected animal, usually a dog. Although rabies does not occur in Great Britain, it is present on all continents, except Antarctica, with over 95 percent of human deaths occurring in the Asia and Africa regions. Rabies is almost always fatal once symptoms appear. If you do get bitten abroad then disease is preventable if the correct treatment is provided quickly, but in... Read More

EpiPen advice

EpiPens are currently hard to source. So what can you do if your EpiPen is about to date expire? This post gives you more information. Problems in the production of EpiPen, the biggest brand of adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) on the market, have led to a shortage. The distributors, Mylan, say supply problems were due to manufacturing issues. There are other brands of adrenaline autoinjector pens, Jext and Emerade, but there has also been a shortage of the alternative AAIs prescribed in the UK as demand for them has increased Some... Read More

12/05/2017
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Run out of medicine at the weekend?

Run out of medicine at the weekend? Your pharmacist may be able to help with an emergency supply. If you have run out of medicines at the weekend, you may not need to wait for an out of hours doctor to write you a prescription. Your community pharmacists  may be able to issue five days’ supply of most medicines at weekends when your doctors surgery is closed. If you do not pay for your prescriptions this service is free of charge. If you do pay for your prescription then standard... Read More