News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Hot topics NICE changes its name The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has changed its name and is now known as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, still retaining the acronym NICE. […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Hot topics   Free access to the on-line Palliative Care Formulary in Scotland From April 2013, NHS Education for Scotland has subscribed to the on-line Palliative Care Formulary (PCF4+). The content is continually updated and represents the […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Safety updates   Routine hepatic monitoring recommended for lenalidomide The latest Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update recommends routine monitoring of hepatic function at baseline, every week for the first 8 weeks and […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Hot topics   Updated Controlled Drugs Regulations (Supervision of Management and Use) from 1st April 2013 Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2013 (SI2103/373) for England and Scotland will come into force on 1st April […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

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 December 2012 and January 2013 and supersede those in the publication of the 4th edition […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

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 November 2012 and supersede those in the publication of the 4th edition of the Palliative Care […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Drug updates   Suboxone SL tablets replaced by SL film in US Sublingual (SL) combination tablets containing buprenorphine and naloxone (Suboxone®; Reckitt Benckiser, Warren, NJ, USA), are being replaced by a sublingual film in the US. The […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Hot topics   EMA review of cardiovascular safety of NSAIDs The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has finalised a review of recently published information on the cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The review confirms the findings […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Latest additions   PDF version of PCF4+ now available! An e-book PDF version containing the latest content of the on-line Palliative Care Formulary as of September 2012 (designated PCF4+) is now available to purchase and download from […]

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