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Consensus guide on identification of potential high risk injectable medicines

NHS Evidence (www.evidence.nhs.uk) has launched a new version of its online portal (10 May 2011).
Their short online tutorial “FOCUS ON MEDICINES” shows how the medicines topic pages work.

Reminder that the PGD (Patient Group Directions) Website can be accessed by clicking the link or going to www.pgd.nhs.uk.

23/01/2012
Class 4 - Medicines Defect info. - Caution in Use
Two Drug Safety Information Alerts: Unlicensed, Imported Colecalciferol Capsules: EL(12)A/03, Dekristol 20,000iu Capsules; EL(12)A/04, Vigantoletten 1000iu Capsules

Dekristol (20,000 IU Colecalciferol) Capsules MIBE GMBH, Germany & Vigantoletten (1000 IU Colecalciferol) Tablets Merck Serono, Germany   Please see attcahed PDF files for alerts EL(12)A/03 and EL(12)A/04. ...

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19/01/2012
Thinking Ahead - Head Lice: Bug Busting Day
THINKING AHEAD is a resource document for specific health events and seasonal conditions that may have a public health impact. This edition is for Bug Busting Day 31st January 2012
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27/01/2012
MeReC Bulletin: Implementing key therapeutic topics – NSAIDS, antibiotics, and inhaled corticosteroids in asthma
NeLM News Service
NPC
27/01/2012
Proposals for the design of the NHS Commissioning Board
NeLM News Service
Department of Health (DH)
27/01/2012
Sky News investigation finds UK Hospitals breach drug storage security
NeLM News Service
Sky News
27/01/2012
Editorial: Safer prescribing for prisoners
NeLM News Service
BMJ
27/01/2012
Practice: Newer drugs for focal epilepsy in adults
NeLM News Service
BMJ
27/01/2012
Dose-Intensification in early unfavourable Hodgkin's lymphoma: Final analysis of the German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG) trial
NeLM News Service
JCO
27/01/2012
Tamoxifen and anastrozole as a sequencing strategy in postmenopausal patients with endocrine-responsive early breast cancer
NeLM News Service
JCO
27/01/2012
Analysis: Shared decision making - really putting patients at the centre of healthcare
NeLM News Service
BMJ
27/01/2012
Diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children: summary of updated NICE guidance
NeLM News Service
BMJ
27/01/2012
Healthwatch England membership consultation
NeLM News Service
Department of Health (DH)
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27/01/2012
A briefing paper on dabigatran and rivaroxaban
Drug Specific Reviews
London New Drugs Group
27/01/2012
How do you convert an oral pyridostigmine dose to a parenteral neostigmine dose?
Medicines Q & A
London Medicines Information Service
26/01/2012
NICE issues guidelines on diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care
Guidelines
NICE
25/01/2012
NICE issues final guidance on apixaban for the prevention of VTE after total hip or knee replacement in adults
Guidelines
NICE
25/01/2012
NICE issues final guidance on rituximab for follicular lymphoma
Guidelines
NICE
25/01/2012
NICE issues final guidance on cetuximab, bevacizumab and panitumumab for metastatic colorectal cancer (second-line)
Guidelines
NICE
25/01/2012
NICE issues final guidance on roflumilast for severe COPD
Guidelines
NICE
25/01/2012
Is there a 10% cross-sensitivity between penicillins and cephalosporins?
Medicines Q & A
East Anglia Medicines Information Service
25/01/2012
What are the differences between different brands of mesalazine tablets?
Medicines Q & A
East Anglia Medicines Information Service
20/01/2012
NETAG issues appraisal but defers recommendation on Ozurdex® (dexamethasone intravitreal implant) for uveitis
Drug Specific Reviews
NETAG
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26/01/2012
Symptomatic management of fever by Swiss board-certified pediatricians: results from a cross-sectional, web-based survey
Medicines Management
Clinical Therapeutics
26/01/2012
Prescription drug use in pregnancy: a retrospective, population-based study in British Columbia, Canada (2001-2006)
Medicines Management
Clinical Therapeutics
26/01/2012
Adherence to statin treatment and health outcomes in an Italian cohort of newly treated patients: results from an administrative database analysis
Medicines Management
Clinical Therapeutics
26/01/2012
Notifications received by primary care practitioners in electronic health records: a taxonomy and time analysis
Medicines Management
American Journal of Medicine
26/01/2012
Drug interactions in primary care and patient safety
Medicines Management
Atencion Primaria
26/01/2012
Prescription patterns of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia in mental hospitals in Tashkent/Uzbekistan and in four German cities
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
26/01/2012
Off-label prescribing patterns of antidepressants in children and adolescents
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
26/01/2012
Drug prescriptions of adults with adolescent depression in a community sample
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
26/01/2012
Mental health professionals' attitudes to partnership in medicine taking: a validation study of the Leeds Attitude to Concordance Scale II
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
26/01/2012
Association of industry funding with the outcome and quality of randomized controlled trials of drug therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Medicines Management
Arthritis and Rheumatism
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