Blog – Page 8 – Online Prescribing

How Much Does a Pharmacy Technician Earn?

By Mike Bereza July 26, 2021Digital HealthNo Comments

Pharmacy Technicians are healthcare professionals who work collaboratively with pharmacists and are responsible for preparing, supplying, administering as well as promoting the safe and effective use of medicines. They also…

Top 10 Tips to Make a Pharmacy Environmentally Friendly

By Mike Bereza July 7, 2021Digital Health, Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

The reality of climate change is becoming harder to ignore and pharmacies are often overlooked in being able to make a difference. Below is a list of our Top 10…

What stock levels do I need as a new UK primary care community pharmacy?

By Mike Bereza July 1, 2021Digital Health, Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

How much stock will your new pharmacy need? One of the major costs associated with starting a new pharmacy in the UK is the initial cost of stock. It is…

Are smartphone-based mental health apps any good for depression?

By Mike Bereza March 30, 2021Depression, Digital HealthNo Comments

In the latter quarter of what seems to be the worst year ever, 2020, it seems the opportunities for slipping into clinical depression are exponentially increasing. The latest statistics show…

Psilocybin availability in the UK

By Mike Bereza February 28, 2021Depression, Digital Health, Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy11 Comments

When will psilocybin be legally available in the UK? It is no secret in the medical sector, that evidence for the efficacy of traditional antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, NASSAs...) is underwhelming.…

Can pharmacists prescribe cannabis-based medicines?

By Mike Bereza January 27, 2021Digital Health, New Medicines, Psychedelic-Assisted PsychotherapyNo Comments

Who can prescribe cannabis in the UK? Currently, prescribing pharmacists in the UK cannot prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs). Prescribing of CBPMs for medicinal use in the UK…

MMR vaccines do not cause autism.

By Mike Bereza December 2, 2020DebunkingNo Comments

Primary Review Twenty epidemiologic studies have shown that neither thimerosal nor MMR vaccine causes autism. These studies have been performed in several countries by many different investigators who have employed…

Psychoactive Candy

By Mike Bereza October 14, 2020Digital Health, New MedicinesNo Comments

Figure 1: "Nerds" THC sweets contain 600mg of THC. In the latter half of 2020, it has been reported in the popular press¹'²'³, that a number of school-aged children from…

Are pharmacists proficient vaccinators?

By Mike Bereza October 5, 2020Digital Health, Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy CommissioningNo Comments

Flu has been responsible for the world's most deadly pandemics having once killed 50 million people in a single wave (Spanish Flu, 1918). The technology to produce flu vaccines at…

Hong Kong Flu 2020?

By Mike Bereza September 27, 2020Corona, Digital HealthNo Comments

With second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in full bloom, we look at what new pandemic might lie just over the horizon. Can 2020 get any worse? The…