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Posted: March 03, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Palliative Care
Prompted by regular requests for advice about use of steroids in palliative care patients in the community, an audit was undertaken to establish the care issues and whether there were any problems. Notes from 15 community based patients were re...
Posted: March 03, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing
Dr Grace Campbell, Lead Clinician in Prison Health highlights some recurring issues which face doctors in that setting. Healthcare within prisons was a non-NHS service organised by the Scottish Prison Service unt...
Posted: March 03, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing
The UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service (UKDILAS), was established as a national service in 1980 and is aimed mainly at supporting local medicines information services on all medicines-related aspects of lactation, but is also available to a...
Posted: March 03, 2014.
Category - Medicines Update
The latest edition of PostScript can be found in PDF format here. ADTC decisions can be found
Posted: December 30, 2013.
Category - Medicines Update
New NHSGGC guidelines The following guidelines have been added to the repository on Staffnet • Gluten Free Guidelines October 2013 • ...
Posted: December 30, 2013.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Alcohol
Nalmefene We noted in the last edition that this new drug had been added to the Formulary for the for the reduction of alcohol consumptio...
Posted: December 30, 2013.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Antimicrobial Prescribing
Antibiotic Interactions: Quinolones and tetracyclines with metal salts and other cations Quinolones, eg ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, norfloxacin and ofloxacin; and tetracyclines, eg d...
Posted: December 30, 2013.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Anticoagulants
Novel oral anticoagulants The Heart MCN has proposed a strategy to offer prescribers a choice of novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC) or warfarin for patients newly diagnosed w...
Posted: December 30, 2013.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing
Safety update: Nitrofurantoin As we highlighted in September, the MHRA have issued a reminder on precautions for use of
Posted: December 30, 2013.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation Smoking cessation with or without pharmacotherapy has been associated with exacerbations of underlying psychiatric illness, eg depression, anxiety. The Smokefree smoking cessation...