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Swissmedic Grants Debiopharm Marketing Authorisation For Moapar(R), A New Therapeutic Avenue For The Treatment Of Sexual Deviations
Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, announced that the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, has issued a marketing authorisation for Moapar(R) 11.25mg, the first 3-month injectable formulation, prescribed for a reversible reduction of serum testosterone to the level of castration in adult men suffering from sexual deviations. Developed by Debiopharm, Moapar(R) contains a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist analogue.
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El Paso, Texas Planned Parenthood May Shift HIV/AIDS Programs To Other Organizations To Refocus Its Services
The Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso has begun to refocus its services on family planning and women"s health, and likely will shift its HIV/AIDS support programs to other providers that specialize in such services, according to the local agency"s board president, the El Paso Times reports. According to the agency, 56 percent of the center"s budget was earmarked for HIV/AIDS programs, while 30 percent was for family planning and primary health care. Lynn Salas, board president of the El Paso Planned Parenthood, said, "The [Planned Parenthood Federation of America] felt our AIDS/HIV programs had grown so much we were not focusing enough on the core mission, and we began in mid-March to plan the changes we are still working out" (Valdez, El Paso Times, 6/3).
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The Journal "Foot & Ankle Specialist" Accepted In Medline
Foot & Ankle Specialist (FAS), published by SAGE, has been accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE, the premier bibliographic database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), containing more than 16 million journal article citations.
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Teach Your Patients About Their Medicines To Avoid Misadventure, UK

The National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS) is urging health professionals to teach patients how to identify the active ingredient in their medicines to avoid mix ups and adverse events. A recent NPS literature review found six per cent of hospitalisations are due to adverse events, which increases to nearly 30 per cent in the elderly. Past studies have confirmed that many hospitalisations due to adverse events could have been avoided if the patient had understood their medicines. "Some people identify their medicines by colour and shape, which gets them in trouble if they have to switch brands," NPS CEO, Dr Lynn Weekes said. "There are numerous anecdotes about patients who thought a different brand was a completely different medicine and took both, or stopped taking the medicine completely because they didn"t know what it was." "GPs and pharmacists are trusted experts and are well placed to teach people how to read and understand their medicine labels. To help you do this, NPS has developed several tools that can be used in any pharmacy or GP clinic," Dr Weekes said. These include the NPS Medicine Name Finder, which is an online tool that identifies the active ingredient in PBS-listed prescription medicines and their alternate brand names, and a Medicines List. When a brand name is entered into the NPS Medicine Name Finder, the active ingredient appears and when the active ingredient is entered all available brand names appear. Users are then prompted to record their medicine details on a downloadable Medicines List or print the information to discuss it with their health professional. A link is also provided to the Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet which contains more details about the medicine. Medicines Lists provide a standard template for recording the necessary information about a patient"s current medicines - names, dosage, dosing frequency and indications - in one simple document they can carry around and update as necessary. "Demonstrating these tools to your patients will not only ensure they understand what they are taking but also provide a check for the health professional to ensure they know what has been prescribed and dispensed," Dr Weekes said. Medicines Lists and the NPS Medicine Name Finder are available to download for free at www.nps.org.au/activeingredient. The Medicine Name Finder can also be saved as a Google Gadget for fast, easy use if you have an iGoogle account. The National Prescribing Service Limited


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