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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 Electronic prescribing for controlled drugs – DH consultation The UK Department of Health (DH) has published a consultation document on proposals for electronically prescribing Schedules 2 and 3 CDs in both the NHS and privately. […]

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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jul 7;7:CD010943. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010943.pub2. Levetiracetam for neuropathic pain in adults Wiffen PJ, Derry S, Moore RA, Lunn MP. This Cochrane systematic review aimed to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and adverse events of levetiracetam in chronic neuropathic pain using randomised, double-blind studies of greater than two weeks duration. Six studies were […]

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Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2014 Jun 30. pii: S1462-3889(14)00071-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.05.002. [Epub ahead of print] Risk factors for loneliness in patients with cancer: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis Deckx L, van den Akker M, Buntinx F. In this systematic review quantitative studies which assessed severity and risk factors of loneliness using a validated loneliness […]

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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 Ketamine rescheduling consultation Ketamine was classified as a Class B drug, under the Misuse of Drugs Act, on 10 June 2014 in the UK (see our news item 6 June 2014). The promised consultation document, […]

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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 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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