Watchdog rap for on-line chemists issuing prescriptions in “seconds”

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has suspended one internet pharmacy after it administered drugs “less than 20 seconds” after receiving a patient questionnaire. Doctor Matt Ltd, known as “theonlinesurgery.co.uk” had its registration suspended until June after inspectors at the premises in Peckham, London, in January found “no monitoring of patients prescribed large quantities of inhalers”. […]

Chemists develop cheaper snake antivenom, may work for spiders and scorpions

Although snakebites only account for about five deaths per year the United States, their global impact is much more severe. About 421,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year and some 20,000 of those bitten die, according to conservative estimates made in a 2008 study published in the journal PLOS Medicine. The reason deaths are so […]

Almost HALF of online chemists ILLEGALLY offer cheap antibiotics WITHOUT prescription

Scientists have discovered the drugs are being made available by 45 per cent of online pharmacy websites.  Imperial College London researchers surveyed 20 pharmacies accessed online by people in the UK.  The illegal supply of the medicine could be contributing to antibiotic resistance.  Published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, the research found 80 per […]