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Stealing is a big problem in community pharmacy. Burglars come at night to steal accessories and control drugs. Shoplifters target money, phones and expensive supplements. Staff can steal anything within their reach. Stealing by staff According to a survey, burglars and shoplifters account for about 55 percent of theft in a community pharmacy. You may be surprised to find the other 45 percent are from the pharmacy staff. That calls for great concern. Read Also :  How To Secure A Community Pharmacy Shop But with my experience in community pharmacy, the statistic may be flawed. This is because most theft carried out by shoplifters may be blamed on the staff. Maybe due to carelessness or when the thief was not found and the theft happens during the shift of a staff. Most staff that attempt to steal always succeed. This is because they know the security protocol of the pharmacy. Hence, they know how to bypass it and avoid getting caught. How Staffs Steal Cash Increase Selling Price The...

Tramadol is a strong painkiller. It's used to treat moderate to severe pain, for example after an operation or a serious injury. It's also used to treat long-standing pain when weaker painkillers no longer work. Tramadol Tramadol is an opioid analgesic and opioid activity is the overriding contributor to its pharmacological effects. Abuse and adverse events of tramadol are similar to those of other opioid analgesics. Read Also :  How Tramadol Abuse Is Silently Creeping Into Homes With Its Destructive Effects In Nigeria Tramadol has mild side effects when taken according to prescription. Tramadol may be habit forming, especially with prolonged use. Tramadol may cause serious or life-threatening breathing problems, especially during the first 24 to 72 hours of your treatment and any time your dose is increased. Typical daily dosage may be increased by 50 mg as tolerated every 3 days to reach 200 mg/day (50 mg 4 times a day). Some reported a maximum of 500 mg/day. The cheap opioid...

Every country has a list of banned drugs. Most of these drugs have been reported to have severe adverse effects. Some of these reports come from the manufacturing country. But on some occasions, the drug's negative effect may be discovered by the importing country like Nigeria. This post is not about the ban of excipients. There is no single list of ban excipients. Each product must contain a safe excipient. So products like 'my pikin' which was deregistered in Nigeria are not part of this list. My pikin is a baby teething mixture that was rumoured to have killed about 80 children. The killer component or compound is one of the excipients. The matter has dragged on in court since 2008 or thereabout. The teething mixture was not banned as any other company can produce it under generics. It was the company's product that was ban due to an error from their side. Read Also :  List Of Nigeria Prohibited Import Drugs In this post, we will look at all the drugs that have been ...