Prescribing newsletter April 2015
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Prescribing newsletter April 2015
- Antibiotic prescribing guidelines on your smartphone/tablet: new MicroGuide app
- Drugs and driving: blood concentration limits set for certain drugs
- Oxycodone liquid prescribing – important information for EMIS practices
- Repeat dispensing – changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework
- Public Health England vaccine update
- Pharmacy Management National Forum: Thursday 30th April, Hilton Newcastle Gateshead
- Drug safety updates
- Medicines related to valproate: risk of abnormal pregnancy outcomes
- Oral diclofenac no longer available without prescription
- Aceclofenac now contraindicated in patients with certain established cardiovascular disease
- Mycophenolate: risk of bronchiectasis and hypogammaglobulinaemia
- Tiotropium
- Reminder – different potencies of topical corticosteroids
- Patient safety alert – risk of death from asphyxiation by accidental ingestion of fluid/ thickening powder
- NICE update for primary care