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Posted: November 09, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
Posted: November 09, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Posted: October 23, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing
The professional bodies linked to medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing and midwifery have all issued standards or guidance on prescribing. They all recommend that practitioners should not prescribe for themselves or anyone with whom they ...
Posted: October 20, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Yellow Card Centre Scotland: Centre for Adverse Reactions to Drugs Scotland (CARDS) Yellow Card – 50 Years and Counting – What next in its evolution?
Posted: October 06, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Anticoagulants
Posted: October 06, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
The MHRA has issued an alert on potential for incorrect reading wit...
Posted: October 06, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Posted: October 06, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Anticoagulants
SMC have accepted tinzaparin for extended treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism and prevention of its recurrence, in patients with solid tumours. NHSGGC specialists advise that dalteparin should remain our LMWH of choice in cancer pat...
Posted: August 14, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
My Heart Book An updated revised version of the “My Heart Book” is now...
Posted: August 14, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
The Bydureon® prolonged release (exenatide 2mg) vial & syringe delivery device is being withdrawn and will change to a pre-filled pen device. Exenatide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist prepared as a once weekly subc...