Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines

Sevodyne® is now NHSGGC Preferred brand of buprenorphine 7 day transdermal patches

MHRA Drug Safety Update September 2021

NUTRITION UPDATE – What’s new?

Updated Oral and Enteral Nutrition Formulary Adults and Older Children 
Abbott Ensure® Product Range Review
Updated Gluten Free Food Formulary 
New Clinical Guidelines

Drug Safety Update – Laxatives and the use of starch-based thickeners

Reducing the risk of aspiration in those patients taking thickened fluids and using polyethylene glycol/macrogol laxatives

Stoma garments prescribed are restricted to those patients who have a clinical need or require additional support as determined by specialist stoma service.

Guideline News for August 2021

This blog serves as a reminder of the issues prescribers should consider when prescribing QT prolonging medicines.

Key Medicine Shortages for August 2021

MHRA Drug Safety Update August 2021

DAAs should be continued during the hospital stay, unless the clinical condition of the patient precludes administration.