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Posted: January 22, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
The NHSGGC guidelines for the management of diabetes have recently been updated and are now available on
Posted: January 16, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Mental Health
Sanofi, the manufacturers of Priadel tablets, have issued notice that there is a supply problem with Priadel 200mg Tablets and have given no indication of when this will be resolved. The Priadel 400mg Tablets and Priadel Liquid preparations are...
Posted: January 14, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - NSAIDs
Tablets containing diclofenac will be available only as a Prescription Only Medicine (POM) from 15th January 2015. Topical formulations (gels, creams) containing diclofenac will continue to be available without a prescription. F...
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
The latest edition in PDF format can be found here. You can read each article as a separate posting: Monitoring medicine...
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Formulary Prescribing
For many years comparisons of prescribing data across GP Practices have helped to drive change and improve practice. The Hospital Medicines Utilisation Database (HMUD) offers opportunities to compare usage between Heath Boards and may provide s...
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing
The MHRA issued advice in November 2013 on the appropriateness of generic prescribing of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and when a patient should stay...
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing
The use of multiple medications is appropriate if ongoing assessment determines that all medicines remain appropriate. Polypharmacy is the use of more medicines than are clinically indicated, representing unnecessary or potentially harmful drug...
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Antimicrobial Prescribing
The MHRA has published their updated advice as we intimated in
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Paediatrics
The MHRA have changed their guidelines for reporting suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children and adolescents under 18 ...
Posted: November 10, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing Indicators Antimicrobial Prescribing
18th November is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. This highlights the global increasing problem of antimicrobial resistance. The Department of Health published a strategy last year which aims to slow down the development and s...