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
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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Posted: April 21, 2015.
Category - Medicines Update Acute
Tagged with - Guidelines Update
Guideline News GGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet