This week's #PharmacoQuiz is about side effects to anti-psychotic drugs to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. Some ADRs can be unrelated to the intended effect of a drug. Which of the following anti-psychotic drugs has been associated with dandruff? Difficulty ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The correct answer to our last #PharmacoQuiz was that Hawthorn extract can interact with vasodilating medications and may potentiate or inhibit the actions of drugs used for heart failure, hypertension, angina, and arrhythmias. Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11887407/

Did you know that you can report suspected side effects or problems with e-cigarettes and vapes to the Yellow Card scheme?

Find out more here:
yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/ecigarettes

#MHRAYellowCard

This weeks #PharmacoQuiz is about herbal medication, there may be benefits but careful consideration of potential drug interactions are required.

Hawthorn extract has shown some evidence of benefit in congestive heart failure. It can interact with vasodilating medicines by:

The correct answer to last weeks #PharmacoQuiz was age 9, Gardasil 9 is a vaccine used in males and females from the age of nine years to protect against the nine types of the human papillomavirus (HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58).

What is the youngest age that GARDASIL 9 is recommended for? #PharmacoQuiz ⭐️⭐️

The correct answer to last weeks #Pharmacoquiz was the liver with hepatotoxicity being the most common reason for drug market withdrawals. Read more here: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

There are 6 regional Yellow Card Centres in the UK:
Wales YCC Wales / CCM Cymru
Scotland YellowCardCentreScot
North West Yellow Card Centre North West
West Midlands Yellow Card WM
Northern and Yorkshire Regional Drug & Therapeutics Centre
Northern Ireland (our newest centre!)

#MHRAYellowCard

If you haven't already go check out our website and the new ADR musing on our blog from our guest writer Jodie who joined us on her University of Wolverhampton Pharmacy placement: yccwm.org.uk/index.php/adr-…

Which organ has been involved in the most cases of the medicinal product being withdrawn from the market? #PharmacoQuiz . Difficulty ⭐️⭐️

The correct answer to last weeks quiz was the Yellow Card Scheme, if you discover a printing error it is important to report this so it can be investigated, read more about a recent alert here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66019cde…

If you discover a printing error and missing text on the label of a medicinal product where should this be error be reported? #PharmacoQuiz

The correct answer was pseudoephedrine, this is a NEW alert, if you experience a sudden severe headache feel sick or are vomiting, confused or experiencing seizures or changes in vison while taking this medicine, stop taking it immediately: gov.uk/government/new….

There have been very rare reports of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) with which OTC medicine? This includes symptoms of severe headache, nausea and vomiting, confusion, seizures and visual disturbance #PharmacoQuiz

The correct answer to last weeks quiz was codeine, this has been reclassified as a prescription-only-medicine to risk of abuse and addiction, read more here: gov.uk/government/new….

This weeks #PharmacoQuiz is about OTC (over the counter) cough medicines available in the UK. Which of the following cough medicines has been reclassified from P (pharmacy-only) to POM (prescription-only). Difficulty ⭐️

The correct answer to last weeks #PharmacoQuiz is Sertraline, find out more information about withdrawing from antidepressants here: nhs.uk/mental-health/…