NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
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Posted: October 10, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
Key messages Constipation is a very common adverse effect of clozapine treatmentMortality rates associated with complications from clozapine-induced constipation are higher than the risk of fatal agranulocytosisThe risk o...
Posted: October 09, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
Drug Safety Update (September 2018) includes: Valproat...
Posted: October 09, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
Updated Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Posted: October 09, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
Key messages Clinical and cost-effective benefit of omega-3 fats is lacking NHSGGC Heart MCN supports review of patients prescribed them In July 20...
Posted: October 08, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
The Heart MCN have published their key messages for September 2018 here. Please note, information is included for the following medicines; edoxaban and
Posted: September 11, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
The Medicines Update Extra Bulletin on Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in Acute Care has been updated. This consists of a main bulletin and
Posted: September 10, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
New Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Posted: September 07, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
The NHSGGC Central Prescribing Team maintains several prescribing decision support tools for primary care such as;
Posted: September 05, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
Key messages The side effect profile of clozapine means it is subject to mandatory processes and monitoring which are intended to ensure patient safety Concurrent use of medications known to cause neutr...
Posted: August 17, 2018.
Category - Medicines Update
The NHSGGC guideline previously entitled ‘Anti Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha Medications In Adult Crohn’s Disease’ has been reviewed and updated. This is now available on the Clinical Guideline Repository on Staffnet