Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have recently established formal compassionate access programmes that allow early access to a small number of unlicensed medicines for serious me...

Information below is specific to the use of medicines in the adult setting. New and Updated GGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet

National antibiotic prescribing targets achieved     The Scottish Antibiotic Prescribing Group (SAPG) set the following targets for all Scottish healthboards: ≥ 95% of patients should have their an...

Greater Glasgow and Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee (ADTC) met on 8th December 2014. The Formulary decisions from that meeting are summarised in this post

In this issue:

• Intrathecal/Intraventricular Medicines
• Renal Drug Handbook and Database
• Clarithromycin interactions update
• Discoloured vancomycin vials
• Guideline News
• Vancomycin prescribing chart tips

Information included is specific to the use of medicines in the adult setting.

Definitions: Intrathecal injection: often simply called an "intrathecal" or a “spinal”, an intrathecal injection is an injection into the spinal canal (intrathecal space surrounding...

Information below is specific to the use of medicines in the adult setting

Clarithromycin is a commonly prescribed antibiotic but should be prescribed with caution due to its potential to: Inhibit the metabolism of a variety of medicines, leading to increased plasma levels and drug toxicity. <...

It has been reported that some vancomycin vials (manufactured by Wockhardt UK) may contain powder with a pinkish colour. The discolouration is due to a phenomenon in the freeze drying process.  As this process does not start at the same ti...