NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Posted: May 15, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Novel Psychoactive Treatment UK Network (NEPTUNE) was developed to improve clinical practice in the management of harms resulting from the use of club drugs and novel psychoactive substances. It is aimed at clinicians working in a range of fron...
Posted: May 15, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - MHRA Drug Safety Update
The MHRA have updated prescribing advice for this antihistamine following concerns of heart rhythm abnormalities. A European review concluded that hydroxyzine is associated with a small risk of QT interval prolongation and Torsade de Pointes. S...
Posted: May 15, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Benzodiazepines Formulary Prescribing
For many years, temazepam has been in the anomalous position where although a schedule 3 Controlled Drug (CD), it has been exempt from the prescription writing requirements that apply to all other schedule 2 and 3 CDs. The Home Office has recen...
Posted: May 14, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update Oncology
New WOSCAN protocols available.
Posted: May 12, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Posted: May 05, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update Primary Care
Tagged with - Prescribing Indicators
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Posted: April 24, 2015.
Category - Formulary Update
ADTC met on 20th April 2015. This blog entry contains all the Formulary decisions from that meeting
Posted: April 23, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Opioids
The Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers’ (CDAO) Network (Scotland) has recently published a repor...
Posted: April 23, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Medication incidents
Rsreeach has swohn that as lnog as the fsrit and lsat lteter of a wrod is in the crorcet pcale tehn the wrod can be raed whuoitt a pbelorm. There are several examples of errors which have happened because drugs have sim...
Posted: April 22, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update Primary Care
Tagged with - Unlicensed Medicines Mental Health Specials
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