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Pharmacy Services: From Admission to Discharge
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
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WARNING - Antibiotic treatment failure risk
Posted: Tuesday, 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...
Therapeutics Handbook Update October 2019
Posted: Friday, 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
Guideline News Oct 2019
Posted: Friday, October 4, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
New Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Semglee® – preferred brand of insulin glargine
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
Semglee® – preferred brand of INSULIN GLARGINE The patent for insulin glargine 100 units/ml (Lantus®) has expired. Biosim...
Have you heard of Choice and Medication?
Posted: Monday, September 23, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
https://www.choiceandmedication.org/nhs24/ Choice and medication is a free resource hosted within NHS Inform for use in NHS Scotland that provides u...
DOACs and Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
Direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs): increased risk of recurrent thrombotic events in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome Following an EU review, the Summary of Product Characteristics (...
Guideline News Sept 2019
Posted: Monday, September 16, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
New Adult NHSGGC Guidelines now available on StaffNet
Prescribing Medicines by Brand
Posted: Monday, September 9, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
Key Messages Generic prescribing is usually recommended due to cost-effectiveness, however in certain circumstances it is important to prescribe medication by brand name Examples of medication to be pre...
Prescribing Semaglutide: practical considerations
Posted: Monday, September 9, 2019
Category - Medicines Update
Semaglutide is a new weekly injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist recently added to formulary. It is available as a single pen device with 4 doses providing the patient with all they require for a month.