Digital Health – Page 2 – Online Prescribing

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…

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…

Frequently Asked Questions about Esketamine

By Mike Bereza August 18, 2020Digital Health1 Comment

"I have Bi Polar Type 2 (not officially diagnosed as my GP had already started my treatment on mood stabiliser Olanzapine) I am diagnosed as having Major depression, I’m on…

How to set up a distance selling pharmacy in the UK.

By Mike Bereza July 13, 2020Digital Health, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Paperless PharmacyNo Comments

5 Steps to owning your own pharmacy. In the UK, a business which can dispense Prescription Only Medicines (POMs) against a prescription is termed a 'Pharmacy' and must be registered…

Secure Online Pharmacy Exams via Remote Proctoring

By Mike Bereza June 3, 2020Digital HealthNo Comments

In response to the COVID pandemic, many pharmacy-based educational institutions are looking for new ways to increase the proportion of offline vs online courses that they offer. Traditionally, the ratio…

Top 5 foods that cause dog death.

By Mike Bereza May 24, 2020Digital Health, Pet HealthNo Comments

There seems to be a considerable amount of misinformation on the internet about which foods a dog can or cannot eat. Some websites say pistachios are deadly poisonous whilst others…