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MHRA Updates Aug 2020
Posted: Monday, September 7, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Monday, September 7, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Stimulant laxatives (bisacodyl, senna and sennosid...
Posted: Monday, September 7, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Click on the following link (on StaffNet) to access new and updated clinical guidelines including NHSGGC, SIGN and NICE guidelines.
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Medicines reconciliation- Mental Health Clozapine & antipsychotic long acting injections (depot) Key points The Emergency Care Summary (ECS) for patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia may show n...
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Systemically administered VEGF pathway inhibitors: risk of aneurysm and arte...
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Quetiapine IR preferred choice Key points The NHSGGC Prescribing Manage...
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Click on the following link (on StaffNet) to access new and updated clinical guidelines including NHSGGC, SIGN and NICE guidelines.
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Click on the following links to access NHSGGC COVID-19 clinical guidelines published between 22nd June and 10th July 2020. Please note, all the links are on StaffNet and require NHSGGC network access.
Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Click on the following link to access new and updated clinical guidelines including NHSGGC, SIGN and NICE guidelines. Please note, all the links are on StaffNet and require NHSGGC network access.
Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Category - Medicines Update
Cyproterone acetate: new advice to minimise risk of meningioma