# pharmacies - Friday 11 February, 2022
# Pregnancy
# Pregnancy
The drug, known as Cariban, is currently unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or by medical card.
# pharmacies - Thursday 16 December, 2021
# Vaccines
People aged 40-49 will be offered boosters from 27 December - three weeks ahead of the initial plan Vaccinations for children aged 5-11 will commence in paediatric hospitals next week 50,000 Covid-19 boosters were administered yesterday - a daily record, Órla Ryan reports
# pharmacies - Tuesday 10 August, 2021
# Vaccines
# Vaccines
Some 320 pharmacies have already been administering Pfizer vaccines.
# pharmacies - Monday 5 July, 2021
# Johnson And Johnson
# Johnson And Johnson
The HSE confirmed that another 343,000 vaccine doses were administered last week.
# pharmacies - Friday 2 July, 2021
# Janssen Jab
# Janssen Jab
The HSE National Director asked the public to ‘be patient’ with pharmacies.
# pharmacies - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# Vaccines
# Vaccines
The vast majority of people over 70 will receive their vaccine at a GP surgery.
# pharmacies - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Flu Jab
# Flu Jab
Pharmacists will be able to give people the flu jab outside the pharmacy premises.
# pharmacies - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
# pharmacies - Wednesday 23 May, 2018
# Legal Action
# Legal Action
The defendants include pharmacies based in Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Tipperary.
# pharmacies - Sunday 20 August, 2017
# Shop Around
# Shop Around
One man was charged 32c a pill for his depression medication in one Dublin pharmacy, and 73c in another.
# pharmacies - Friday 3 March, 2017
# Superbugs
# Superbugs
Misuse and overuse of medication will “almost certainly lead to a health crisis”, it has been warned.
# pharmacies - Tuesday 28 February, 2017
# Easing The Burden
# Easing The Burden
Those eligible are advised to make themselves known to pharmacy staff so they can benefit from this reduction.
# pharmacies - Thursday 19 January, 2017
# Shoplifters
# Shoplifters
Pharmacists have said that violent raids can have a physical and psychological effect on staff.
# pharmacies - Thursday 29 September, 2016
# Major Study
# Major Study
Medics used data taken from 10 million patients across Europe.
# pharmacies - Tuesday 23 August, 2016
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Complaints made against pharmacists fell by nearly a half last year.
# pharmacies - Wednesday 9 March, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
I used to dread bringing an inhaler out to a patient and asking for €85, writes Shane O’Sullivan.
# pharmacies - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Sure It'll Be Grand
# Sure It'll Be Grand
Although hopefully most of them don’t actually have the plague.
# pharmacies - Friday 6 February, 2015
# Under Siege
# Under Siege
A crime survey has found that cosmetics and fake tan are the most likely items to be shoplifted from pharmacies.
# pharmacies - Friday 18 October, 2013
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The antibiotic treats infections like bronchitis and pneumonia and may be unavailable in Ireland until late next year.
# pharmacies - Friday 26 April, 2013
# Pharmacists
# Pharmacists
The figures come from a Grant Thornton survey released by the Irish Pharmacy Union as its conference gets under way in Kildare today.
# pharmacies - Monday 25 March, 2013
# Drug Pricing
# Drug Pricing
The average percentage difference across a range of commonly prescribed drugs nationwide was 56 per cent, according to a survey by the National Consumer Agency .
# pharmacies - Friday 28 December, 2012
# Shoplifting
# Shoplifting
A survey by the Irish Pharmacy Union has found ‘shocking’ levels of crime in pharmacies, with cosmetics and fake tan topping the list for the items most likely to be stolen.
# pharmacies - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
# Drugs
# Drugs
Pharmacists have warned that overuse of antibiotics is a major public health threat – and that we could eventually run out of effective antibiotics.
# pharmacies - Monday 17 September, 2012
# Breaking Bad
# Breaking Bad
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland has advised members to be cautious about people who ask for significant quantities of medicines.
# pharmacies - Monday 16 July, 2012
# Drugs
# Drugs
The new Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 could mean cheaper trips to the pharmacy.
# pharmacies - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
# Health
# Health
The pharmacy says that it is to lower the cost of the majority of its prescription medicines which will save customers on average 25 per cent.
# pharmacies - Monday 17 October, 2011
# Pharmacies
# Pharmacies
The Irish Pharmacy Union criticises an Irish Independent report that some chemists mark-up prices by up to 354 per cent.
# pharmacies - Saturday 27 August, 2011
# Nurofen Plus
# Nurofen Plus
The painkillers have been recalled from Irish wholesalers as a precautionary measure after rogue drugs were found in packs in the UK.
# pharmacies - Wednesday 24 August, 2011
# Pharmacies
# Pharmacies
The US Department of Justice says Google has agreed to forfeit $500m made from illegally advertising Canadian chemists.
# pharmacies - Saturday 7 May, 2011
# Contraception
# Contraception
Survery by the Irish Pharmacy Union says that 85 per cent of pharmacists polled have been asked for the drug since mid-February.
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