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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.

09/02/2012
Class 3 - Action Within 5 Days
Class 3 Drug Alert (Action Within 5 Days) Teva UK Limited, Alendronic Acid 10mg Tablets - Batch recall due to out of specification assay results – EL(12)A/06 – PL 00289/0703

TEVA UK LIMITED   Alendronic Acid 10mg Tablets   PL 00289/0703   Batch Number       Expiry Date       Pack ...

07/02/2012
Class 4 - Medicines Defect info. - Caution in Use
Drug Alert Class 4 - B.Braun Medical Ltd - Revised Advice Given in Previous Alerts to Filter Batches of Nutriflex Lipid Products – EL(12)A/05

B.Braun Medical Ltd   NuTRIflex Lipid plus (PL 03551/0029) NuTRIflex Lipid plus without electrolytes (PL 03551/0030) NuTRIflex Lipid special (PL 03551/0031) NuTRIflex Lipid special without electrolytes (PL 03551/0032) NuTRIflex Lipid peri ...

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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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FDA Safety Communication: Proton pump inhibitors and Clostridium Difficile-associated diarrhoea
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FDA
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NICE issues draft guideline on assessing risk of fragility fracture in osteoporosis
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NICE
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NICE issues draft guideline on management of an acute painful sickle cell episode
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NICE
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Baseline spending estimates for new NHS and public health commissioning published
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Department of Health (DH)
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CMO issues infection control advice on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Department of Health (DH)
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Dual or mono antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Stroke
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Feasibility and safety of dabigatran vs. warfarin for periprocedural anticoagulation in patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
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J Am Coll Cardiol
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BMA guidance documents on Clinical Commissioning Group Constitution and the authorisation process
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BMA
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NHS Choices assessment of press reports that 'economy class' DVT syndrome myth busted and new US guidelines on prevention of thrombosis
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NHS Choices
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Review: Selection of chronic hepatitis B therapy with high barrier to resistance
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Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Do medicines with the same or similar brand names contain identical active ingredients in different countries?
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Wessex Drug and Medicines Information Centre
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London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review: Cabazitaxel for the second-line treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer
Drug Specific Reviews
London Cancer New Drugs Group
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London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review: Everolimus for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNET)
Drug Specific Reviews
London Cancer New Drugs Group
Today
London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review: Erlotinib for the third or fourth-line treatment of NSCLC
Drug Specific Reviews
London Cancer New Drugs Group
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Should patients with epilepsy be changed from phenytoin capsules to tablets and vice versa?
Medicines Q & A
London Medicines Information Service
08/02/2012
London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review:Erlotinib for the first-line treatment of advanced NSCLC with EGFR mutation
Drug Specific Reviews
London Cancer New Drugs Group
08/02/2012
Do gastric adverse events influence the choice of bisphosphonate for the treatment of osteoporosis?
Medicines Q & A
Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre
07/02/2012
Fish oil supplements in dyslexia - is there evidence of benefit?
Medicines Q & A
North West Medicines Information Centre
07/02/2012
Which dental local anaesthetics are latex-free?
Medicines Q & A
North West Medicines Information Centre
07/02/2012
London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review: SIRT WITH YTTRIUM-90 MICROSPHERES FOR THE THIRD LINE TREATMENT OF LIVER METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL CANCER
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London Cancer New Drugs Group
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Polypharmacy of potentially addictive medication in the older persons - quantifying usage
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Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
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Utilisation of transdermal fentanyl in Germany from 2004 to 2006
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Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
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Misuse of buprenorphine maintenance treatment since introduction of its generic forms: OPPIDUM survey
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
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The effect of an educational intervention on meperidine use in Nova Scotia, Canada: a time series analysis
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
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The use of medications with anticholinergic properties and risk factors for their use in hospitalised elderly patients
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Today
National changes in oral antipsychotic treatment for people with schizophrenia in primary care between 1998 and 2007 in the United Kingdom
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Today
Exposure to antipsychotic medications over a 4-year period among children who initiated antipsychotic treatment before their sixth birthday
Medicines Management
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Today
Clinical prediction rules
Medicines Management
British Medical Journal
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Pragmatic randomised trials using routine electronic health records: putting them to the test
Medicines Management
British Medical Journal
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Sources of regional variation in Medicare Part D drug spending
Medicines Management
New England Journal of Medicine
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