Safemedicate

Many healthcare educators and practitioners with an interest in ensuring safe medication calculations may have taken an interest in a recent report by the i newspaper. The story in question focused on a breakthrough in 3D printer technology that could apparently allow for personalised pills containing tailored doses of multiple different medications to soon be made widely available.  According to the report, developers have said that there is potential for 3D printed pills to transform healthcare for millions of Britons, by making it easier to provide the benefits of several different medications in a single tablet.  What else do we know about this ‘breakthrough’ development?  Scientific research into the development of 3D-printed medications has been ongoing for a number of years. In 2015, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals had Spritam (levetiracetam), an anti-epileptic drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and to date this is the first and only 3D-printed...