GGC Medicines Update is a series of blogs with important medicines related messages relevant to all healthcare professionals across GGC.
Please note, Medicines Update blogs are correct at the time of publication.
Medicines Update blogs remain on the website for 4 years. If you would like a copy of a blog published more than 4 years ago, please contact ggc.medicines.update@nhs.scot.
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If you would like to contribute to Medicines Update, click here for a guide to blog writing. When you email the committee to discuss writing a blog, you will be sent a checklist to complete prior to submitting the blog for review.
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
NHSGGC Palliative Care team is recommending a move to prochlorperazine (displacing oral levomepromazine 6mg tablets) as a second line treatment option for nausea and vomiting in adults in the palliative care setting.
Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Guideline News March 2021
Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
MHRA Drug Safety Update March 2021
Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Management of Parkinson’s disease (PD) medicines in patients undergoing elective surgery who are normally maintained on oral PD medicines.
Posted: Monday, March 29, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Key Medicine Shortages for March 2021
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Summarises the ADTC position on generic prescribing
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
MHRA Drug Safety Update for February 2021
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
If you are a healthcare professional in NHSGGC and you would like to contribute to Medicines Update, we would love to hear from you.
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Patients who are prescribed paraffin containing emollients should be advised by clinicians of fire hazard and how to minimise risk.
Posted: Friday, March 5, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Guideline News February 2021