Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates Class 4 drug alert: Matrifen 100microgram/h TD patches The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have issued a Class 4 drug alert (caution in use) for the Matrifen brand of fentanyl 100microgram/h transdermal […]
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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 Strong Opioid Identification Booklet now available! Palliativedrugs.com Ltd. has produced a Strong Opioid Identification Booklet. This new resource is designed to be used in two ways: • as a quick reference guide for the range of […]
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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 Diamorphine nasal spray launched in UK A diamorphine nasal spray (Ayendi; Wockhardt) indicated for the treatment of acute severe nociceptive pain in children and adolescents 2–15years old in a hospital setting, is now available as an […]
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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 Consultation on end of life care guidance The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People (LACDP), set up in response to the recommendations from the independent report into the Liverpool Care Pathway (see news […]
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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 EMA confirms metoclopramide restrictions The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has re-examined the recommended changes for metoclopramide in adults and children that it made in July 2013, following a request from one of the marketing authorization […]
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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 EMA restricts metoclopramide dose and duration of use The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended changes to the dose and duration of use of metoclopramide in adults and children in July 2013, following a review. They […]
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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 Updated IV Ondansetron dosing for CINV The UK MHRA has given new guidance for the administration of IV ondansetron based on further information on the risk of dose-dependent QT interval prolongation, (first reported in August […]
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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 Codeine restricted use in children The MHRA have restricted the use of codeine in children following the results of a European safety review (see our news item 16-10-2012). Codeine is now contraindicated in: all children […]
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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 Thalidomide: increased risk of haematological second primary malignancies The MHRA has highlighted the risk of haematological second primary malignancies (acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes) when treating patients with thalidomide. The data was from an ongoing study […]
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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 MHRA infusion device warning with 50mL syringes The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued two separate warnings of the risk of false occlusion alarms occurring with certain 50mL syringes: 50mL Luer Lok Plastipak […]