INCLUDING
PHARMACY
FIRST
TENTH EDITION
'Hr
SYMPTOMS IN
THE PHARMACY
A GUIDE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
COMMON ILLNESSES AND DISEASE PREVENTION
ALISON BLENKINSOPP • MARTIN DUERDEN
JOHN BLENKINSOPP
WILEY
,Symptoms in the Pharmacy
,Symptoms in the
Pharmacy
A Guide to the Management
of Common Illnesses and
Disease Prevention
TENTH EDITION
Alison Blenkinsopp
OBE, BPharm, FFRPS, PhD
Educational Consultant and Professor of the
Practice of Pharmacy, UK
Martin Duerden
BMedSci, MB BS, DRCOG, DipTher,
DPH, FRCGP
Recently Retired General Practitioner and NHS
Medical Director, UK
John Blenkinsopp
MB ChB, BPharm, MRPharmS
Retired Doctor and Pharmacist, UK
, This tenth edition first published 2025
© 2025 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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PHARMACY
FIRST
TENTH EDITION
'Hr
SYMPTOMS IN
THE PHARMACY
A GUIDE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
COMMON ILLNESSES AND DISEASE PREVENTION
ALISON BLENKINSOPP • MARTIN DUERDEN
JOHN BLENKINSOPP
WILEY
,Symptoms in the Pharmacy
,Symptoms in the
Pharmacy
A Guide to the Management
of Common Illnesses and
Disease Prevention
TENTH EDITION
Alison Blenkinsopp
OBE, BPharm, FFRPS, PhD
Educational Consultant and Professor of the
Practice of Pharmacy, UK
Martin Duerden
BMedSci, MB BS, DRCOG, DipTher,
DPH, FRCGP
Recently Retired General Practitioner and NHS
Medical Director, UK
John Blenkinsopp
MB ChB, BPharm, MRPharmS
Retired Doctor and Pharmacist, UK
, This tenth edition first published 2025
© 2025 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Edition History
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (9e, 2023); Wiley-Blackwell (8e, 2018)
All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial intelligence technologies or similar
technologies. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by
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