Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates Class 2 Medicines Recall: Midazolam buccal liquid 10mg/mL (unauthorized) The UK MHRA has issued a class 2 medicines recall (action within 48h) for specific batches of Midazolam buccal liquid 10mg/mL, 5mL (unauthorized product manufactured under […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates Reminder of risk of life-threatening harm from accidental exposure to fentanyl patches The MHRA have sent out a reminder of the potential risk of life-threatening harm from accidental exposure to transdermal fentanyl patches. Cases of […]
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9th June 2014 Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics NICE Evidence Update: Opioids in palliative care The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a summary of the selected new evidence relevant to the use of opioids in […]
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2nd May 2014 Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates EMA restricts domperidone dose and duration of use The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended changes to the indications, dose and duration of use of domperidone in adults and children following a […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Tramadol to be a Schedule 3 CD and temazepam exemptions to be removed The UK government has decided that tramadol will become a Schedule 3 controlled drug (CD) later this year, but will have exemption from […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest additions PCF updated monographs The online Palliative Care Formulary (PCF) is being continually updated. The following monographs have been updated during February 2014 and supersede those in the publication of the 4the dition of the Palliative Care […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Drug updates ACMD recommends reclassifying ketamine The UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has recommended that ketamine be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as a Class B substance (currently Class C) […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics NICE consultation on enhancing the BNF with other prescribing resources: an opportunity to lobby for the Palliative Care Formulary NICE has opened a consultation on the future format of the British National Formulary (BNF) and […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics New drug driving offence – changes to SPCs and product labelling The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued information about changes that will be made to UK SPCs, PILs and product […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest additions Palliativedrugs.com on twitter Follow us @palliativedrugs for information on updates to the on-line PCF, latest additions to the website and news related to drug use in palliative care. PCF updated monographs The online Palliative Care […]