The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the government to allow medicines reuse: we must not waste this opportunity to counter our throwaway culture

Donyai, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-6170, McCrindle, R., Hui, T. and Sherratt, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-4445 (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the government to allow medicines reuse: we must not waste this opportunity to counter our throwaway culture. The Pharmaceutical Journal. ISSN 0031-6873 doi: 10.1211/PJ.2020.20208026

Abstract/Summary

Fears over drug shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic mean that, in care homes and hospices, costly medicines prescribed but unused by one patient can now be given to another, rather than destroyed. This formerly illegal practice should stay long after we recover from the pandemic, and be extended to other healthcare settings, so we can reap the financial and environmental benefits.

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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/91226
Item Type	Article
Refereed	No
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Biomedical Sciences Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Department of Bio-Engineering Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Pharmacy Practice Research Group
Publisher	Pharmaceutical Press
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