NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Posted: January 18, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
Sanofi have announced there will be a temporary and short-term supply shortage of Insuman® Basal pre-filled pens Insuman® Basal cartridges Insuman® Comb25 (pre-mixed insulin) pre-filled pens.
Posted: January 13, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update Acute
Tagged with - Pyridostigmine gentamicin
Prescribing in Myasthenia Gravis Key messages • Delay or omission of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) medicines can very quickly result in a significant worsening of the patient’s myasthen...
Posted: December 28, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: December 18, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update Extra
Oral Proton Pump InhibitorsPosted: December 17, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
The Prescribing Interface Subcommittee of the Area Drug & Therapeutics Committee (ADTC) co-ordinates the formal management of prescribing issues between primary care and the acute setting including the review, approval and collation of Shar...
Posted: December 17, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Guidelines Update
New NHS Scotland Palliative Care Guidelines App Sixteen of the NHSScotland palliative care guidelines are now available in app format provid...
Posted: December 17, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
BNF publications have re-designed the print and online versions of the BNF. The first issue of the new look BNF 70 and BNFC 2015-16 were published in September 2015. Since publication, a number of issues including dose errors have been identified.
Posted: December 16, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update Primary Care
Tagged with - Prescribing MHRA Drug Safety Update
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Posted: December 16, 2015.
Category - Formulary Update
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee met on Monday 14th December. This blog details the Formulary decisions made at that meeting.
Posted: December 14, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
All strengths of pioglitazone tablets are currently in short supply. Further deliveries are expected during December and January however overall supply may be limited. To conserve supplies and ensure that patient management is not comprom...