Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines

Concerns have been raised regarding the opinion piece published in the BMJ regarding antibiotic courses. See response from Dr Andrew Seaton, Chairman of the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG).

Guideline News Aug 2017

The publishers of the BNF and BNF for Children (BNFC) have launched a new BNF/BNFC App which will replace the existing NICE BNF and BNFC Apps.

A recent large observational UK general practice study of 28,883 patients with uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infection (RTI) (BMJ 2017; 357:j2148) supports other evidence that there is little to be gained from prescribing immediate anti...

Following agreement between NHS Education Scotland (NES), cardiology and pharmacy services in NHSGGC (September 2013), patients

Following SMC advice that ticagrelor 60mg twice daily is not recommended for use in NHS Scotland, NHSGGC Heart MCN has recommended that the small number of patients currently receiving this should have their prescription changed to clopidogrel ...

The Therapeutics Handbook content has now been updated and includes the following main changes: Infections section:Guidelines which recommend...

Drug Safety Update (June 2017) includes: Denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva ▼): reports of osteone...

The ‘Respiratory Inhalers – Identification Guide’ has been updated to include a number of new inhaler devices. Hard copies will be sent to wards across NHSGGC over the coming weeks.

This post summarises the latest NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde decisions relating to new medicines considered by the Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee (ADTC) and uses a nationally developed format specifically aimed for patients and the public.

For full details of the medicines included in this post that are available for use, including any restrictions on prescribing, please see the relevant entry in the GGC Formulary.