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Posted: January 13, 2020.
Category - Medicines Update
New Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Posted: January 03, 2020.
Category - Medicines Update
Updates from the MHRA for the third quarter of 2019
Posted: December 18, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
The following changes have recently been made to the NHSGGC Adult Formulary relating to Progestogen only intra-uterine devices (IUD).Levosert® is now the preferred levonorgestrel intra-uterine system for (reversible) ...
Posted: December 18, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
Alfentanil is an injectable strong opioid which is 30 times stronger than oral morphine. It is used, following specialist advice, for moderate to severe opioid responsive pain in palliative patients with stage 4-5 chronic kidney disease (eGFR ...
Posted: December 16, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
The App for the Modern Mental Health Practitioner
Posted: December 16, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
New Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet No relevant updates Updated Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Posted: November 20, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
This blog updates prescribers on changes to the preferred brand of oxycodone modified-release tablets.
Posted: November 13, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
The NHSGGC Adult Gentamicin: Prescribing, Administration & Monitoring (PAM) chart has been updated. Key changes: The NHSGGC ‘Intravenous Gentamicin Patient Information’ leaflet is now...
Posted: October 29, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
WARNING – Antibiotic treatment failure risk Raising awareness of the interaction between tetracyclines and fluoroquinolone antibiotics with multivalent cation-containing products (e.g. ir...
Posted: October 11, 2019.
Category - Medicines Update
This post summarise the guidelines that have changed in the most recent content update to the Adult Therapeutics Handbook