The Irish System Of Community Pharmacy Needs A Rethink And A Fresh Vision For Its Future…
‘Turkey Teeth’ And ‘harem Hair’: Is Medical Tourism Lengthening Waiting Lists?
Terry Maguire Wonders If The Increasing Popularity Of Medical Tourism For Cosmetic…
Innovation Once Again — The Eu’s Drugs Agency Highlights Adulterated Cannabis Edibles In Ireland
Dr Des Corrigan Looks At The Alarming Thc Content Of Many Edible Cannabis Products That…
What We Have, We Should Hold
With Rising Costs Everywhere, Pharmacists Need To Act As A Collective To Identify What Expenditure Can Be Reduced, Writes Fintan Moore. They say that money…
A Lack Of Regard, A Lack Of Respect
Twenty Years Of Pharmacies Being Under-Valued And Unappreciated By Successive Governments Is…
Is Addiction Really A Disease?
Recalling His Own Family History, Terry Maguire Tries To Make Sense Of The Scourge Of Addiction…
Prescription-Only Codeine — The Australian Experience
Dr Des Corrigan Takes The Temperature ‘down Under’ After Low-Dose Codeine Products…
Never Let The Facts Get In The Way Of A Good Story
There was bit of a media meal recently made out of the results of a study carried out by a PhD…
Letter To The Editor: Our Role In End-Of-Life Care
Like your columnist Fintan Moore, I have encountered difficulties with prescriptions presented…
Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Pharmacists
With apologies to country music warbler Ed Bruce for the stolen headline, there are some…
Life, Death And Everything In Between
I lost a good friend who was just 44 years old a few weeks back. Not mislaid him of course…
Can We Really Transform The Pharmacy Network?
TERRY MAGUIRE OUTLINES HIS EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE AND ENHANCE THE SOCIETAL…
Drug Innovation is not always a good thing
It is nowadays considered axiomatic that innovation is a key element of human existence….
Stay Or Go?
Fintan Moore Looks At What May Have Changed In The Past Decade In The Profession And Why…
Stress? What Stress?
It was with some surprise that I read the results of a recent survey from the UK by London…
Does Evidence-Based Medicine Need More Rcts?
Admitting A Mistake, Terry Maguire Acknowledges That We Need To Be More Supportive…
Music Festivals More About ‘crack’ & Less About The Craic?
Dr Des Corrigan Looks At The Drugs That Will Be On Party-Goers’ Wish-Lists This Summer…
Staying Positive
I don’t know where to start. Covid really is the virus that just keeps on giving, isn’t it, and now…
Spices as medicines
The problem with clichés is that they are invariably and frustratingly true. Thus, the saying ‘let food…
Getting ‘served’ In The Pharmacy
Just as calm was slowly being restored to the pharmacy network after 20 long months of Covid-19…
The Pharmacy Field
Most of you will be familiar with John B Keane’s famous story The Field, in which the main character…
The Rise Of Extremism
the past two years? In this issue, Terry Maguire writes about the emerging trend in the…
AT A CROSSROADS
Well, how’s everyone! Great to be back from my holidays at this point… I wish! Taking a breaK…
LISTENING TO THE EXPERTS
late December, as the Christmas tree lights twinkled in windows along our street and I should…
Using psychedelics in modern psychiatry – A case of Déjà vu all over again
For many years I have been an avid collector of quotations and compendia thereof…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
We would like to share some encouraging updates in response to your February 2022…
COUNTING THE COST OF COVID
As the old saying goes, ‘we both knew this day would come’. Covid is now beginning to fade…
How effective is Ginger in Arthritis?
Ginger is one of my favourite dual-purpose medicinal/ spice plants. I love the smell and pungency…
What Are You Doing About Climate Change?
As COP26 brought traffic chaos and 100 per cent hotel bed-occupancy to Glasgow last November…