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Community pharmacy teams are reminded that, from 6 April 2025, patients who hold a tax credit exemption certificate will no longer receive automatic entitlement to free NHS prescriptions under the ‘Tax Credit exemption certificate’ category. This is because HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will be ending tax credit payments on 5 April 2025. To help [...]

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued guidance regarding the use of prolonged-release opioids in post-operative pain. The indication for the treatment of post-operative pain has been removed from the licences of all prolonged release opioids including prolonged-release morphine and prolonged-release oxycodone, due to the increased risk of persistent post-operative opioid use [...]

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This recall notification has been updated since its initial publication on 11 March 2025 to include the correct information in relation to the safety updates in the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) and the changes that have been made in line with reference product PIL. MHRA Class 4 Medicines Notification: Azithromycin 250 mg Capsules (Jubilant Pharmaceuticals [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Salbutamol (Salamol Easi-Breathe®) 100micrograms/dose breath actuated inhaler CFC free MSN/2025/014 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 06/03/2025 Salbutamol (Salamol Easi-Breathe®) 100micrograms/dose breath actuated inhaler CFC free is out of stock until late March 2025. Salbutamol pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) [...]

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Drug alert number: EL(25)A/09 Date issued: 4 March 2025 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Europe B.V. is recalling those product batches listed in this notification as a precautionary measure due to out of specification results reported for the Particulate Matter Test (PMT) during stability testing. Medicine Details Pemetrexed SUN 10 mg/ml solution for infusion (Infusion bag) (PL: [...]

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