NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
For all prescribers and health professionals both in primary care and the acute sector.
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Posted: December 18, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Key messages
Posted: November 20, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
New Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Posted: November 20, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Drug Safety Update (October 2017) includes: Methylprednisolone injectable medicine contai...
Posted: November 20, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
The Shared Care Agreement (SCA) for melatonin use in children with sleep disturbance has been reviewed and updated to reflect a change in preferred product, with a move away from Bio-melatonin® tablets as a result of recent national effecti...
Posted: November 01, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Please remember to download the new BNF app. The old NICE BNF app is not being updated and will be withdrawn at the end of November. The new BNF app can be downloaded from the App Store for iOS devices, and Google Play for Android devices....
Posted: October 27, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a relatively new class of cancer medicine. They can only be prescribed by cancer specialists, however, GP’s and non-cancer specialists should have an awareness of their unique spectrum of side effects an...
Posted: October 25, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Changes have been made to the recommendations on interchangeability of oral mesalazine preparations. The BNF now states that there is no evidence to show that any one oral preparation of mesalazine is more effective than another for ulcerative ...
Posted: October 25, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
What’s new?The interactions section in the BNF and BNF for Children (BNFC) is changing. Print copies of BNF 74 and BNFC 2017-18 have the new format and digital versions (Medicines Complete and the new ...
Posted: October 25, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
The Nurse Prescribers' Formulary (NPF) is being updated and the printed version is due to be circulated shortly. The list of medicinal substances has been reviewed and a number of changes suggested to ensure it is fully relevant to current...
Posted: October 25, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
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The Freestyle Libre is a flash glucose monitoring system which measures interstitial fluid glucose levels.