Swine Flu situation in the UK

I know I am a bit late posting this but do you know what you need to know about swine flu?

I didn't until it became apparent to me early last month that it's getting serious, so many people have got it and they say nearly everybody will have it after the winter.

Is Swine flu as dangerous as they say

The answer is YES and NO.

Swine flu technically is like most other flu's, people CAN recover from it, and they can recover from it without using medication. This will be partly dependent on the individuals immune system, you can even have it for a day feeling abit tired and your body fights it out.

However, swine flu is also killing people, not everyone has a immune system like superman. It's true that swine flu seems to be hitting the people hardest when they have other health problems, but its still dangerous to individual that don't. Also, to look at it one the other side, I know some one with endless health problems, and they got swine flu, I was very worried about this person, praying they will be ok, and in the end TAMIFLU done it's job and the swine flu was gone. The best precaution is to stay at home, and call the helpline when you are suspected of having it, and take the TAMIFLU if they give it to you.

Can you get SWIN FLU twice or more than once?

Yes, it is possible but the risks are lower, your immune system would have built some kind of resistance to the virus and will be able to fight it for effectively. But, can you get swine flu more than once, yes it is possible so don't let your guard down.

Hand gel and thermometers

Everyone seems to be on a mad rush buying hand gels and thermometers is it really necessary... Don't get obsessed about getting these things but get them if you can. Hand gels will help hygeine and thus reduce the risk. Thermometers can also show a fever when you don't feel it yourself.

How to get tamiflu and what to do if you think you got swine flu

I'll just give a quick guidance, don't go to your doctors, dont go outside and put people at risk. Call the helpline that has now been put into place 0800 1 513 100.

I wont go into all the guidance on swine flu you can get it online from the government website or NHS website.

RPSGB Prereg Exam mistake - Good News for prereggers

The 2009 RPSGB Prereg exam open book paper had questions which were impossible to look up in the reference sources, BNF, Drug Tariff, and MEP.

The RPSGB Pharmacaceutical society sent out letters to all pharmacy prereg students to notify them of mistakes in the exam. I personally haven't read the letter but I have heard from the prereg in my shop that, according to the letter, the open book paper had questions in it that didn't have any way to reference and find the answers in the reference sources allowed to be taken into the exam. This means that pharmacy prereg students in the UK could have been wasting valuable time looking and searching for something that wasn't there.

From feed back from many pharmacy prereg students in the UK, this year was supposebly the hardest exam, everyone seems to think they failed and was complaining about the exam.

I will try to get a copy of the letter and have a proper read.

The RPSGB is looking to rectify the problem. How? well, we will probably never know, but we can make a few guesses:

1) The RPSGB will definitely not pass everbody because of this mistake.

2) The RPSGB as far as the letter seems to perceive, all student will not have to retake the exam

3) The closed book paper marks will not be affected.

4) The RPSGB will have to standarise the marks somehow.

Well, at least theres abit more hope for prereg students.

Good luck to everybody.

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RPSGB Pharmacy Prereg exam results 2009

Congratulations to all the prereg students that took part in the pharmacy rpsgb exam today. This day, the 26th of June 2009 the last of the late nights studying, you can enjoy yourself now. Today is definitely a day to remember, not only did you take the exam of your life, Michael Jackson also died. At least you got a landmark occasion to remember it by. Now all you have to do is wait for the RPSGB Pharmacy Prereg exam results.

I still remember the day when I took the prereg exam, it was a mixture of relief and fear. Everybody will feel the same, everyone feels like "I definitely failed that exam" "the open book was too hard" "I spent too much time on calculations". Remember over 90% of students pass the prereg exam, could you really be part of that 10% that failed? I thought I failed, and in the end passed. You have to be truly confident to feel that you passed 100%.

Well, you have to wait 3 weeks before you can completely relax, before you can say "I'm a pharmacists". Good Luck to all pharmacy prereg students today, I hope you all pass.