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A to Z of MS Pharmacists
There are 12,000 community pharmacies or local chemists in the UK. As well as the traditional range of services provided, pharmacists are useful health professionals to ask any questions you might have about prescribed medicines such as side effects or possible interactions if you are taking a number of medications.
Some pharmacists are now able to offer medicine use reviews. Medicine use reviews are a free NHS service that allow people to discuss issues relating to the drugs being taken.
The review will:
- review all the medicines being taken, and see whether there are any overlaps / interactions between medicines
- help someone find out more about the medicines they are taking
- identify any problems with the medicines being taken
- improve the effectiveness of medicines by discussing how and when they are taken
Medicines use review: understand your medicines (pdf 366kb), an NHS booklet about this service, is available from the Department of Health, or speak to your local pharmacist to see if they are able to offer this service.
When originally published the booklet was supported by the Ask About Medicines campaign.