{"id":709,"date":"2013-01-14T15:33:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/?p=709"},"modified":"2013-01-14T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:33:22","slug":"news-and-updates-from-www-palliativedrugs-com-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2013\/01\/14\/news-and-updates-from-www-palliativedrugs-com-33\/","title":{"rendered":"News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palliativedrugs.com\/\">www.palliativedrugs.com<\/a>, the world\u2019s leading palliative care website.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Safety updates<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>FDA warn of skin injury with OTC rubefacients<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rare cases of serious burns on the skin have been reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where over-the-counter (OTC) topical muscle and joint pain relievers were applied. The products contained the active ingredients menthol, methyl salicylate, or capsaicin. For more information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Drugs\/DrugSafety\/ucm318858.htm\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>MHRA alert: Chlorhexidine risk of anaphylaxis<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued an alert for products or medical devices containing chlorhexidine following reports of anaphylaxis. Examples of products which contain chlorhexidine are: antiseptic creams, wipes, cleansers and skin preparations; antiseptic mouthwashes, toothpastes and dental implants; eye drops and contact lens solutions; antiseptic lozenges and throat sprays; urinary catheters; central venous catheters; and antimicrobial dressings.<\/p>\n<p>The following advice has been given:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 be aware of the potential for an anaphylactic reaction to chlorhexidine<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ensure that known allergies are recorded in patient notes<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 check the labels and instructions for use to establish if products contain chlorhexidine prior to use on patients with a known allergy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 if a patient experiences an unexplained reaction, check whether chlorhexidine was used or was impregnated in a medical device that was used<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 report allergic reactions to products containing chlorhexidine to the MHRA.<\/p>\n<p>For more information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhra.gov.uk\/home\/groups\/dts-bs\/documents\/medicaldevicealert\/con197920.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Prepared by Sarah Charlesworth and Andrew Wilcock<\/em><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world\u2019s leading palliative care website. &nbsp; Safety updates \u00a0 FDA warn of skin injury with OTC rubefacients Rare cases of serious burns on the skin have been reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where over-the-counter (OTC) topical muscle and joint [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2013\/01\/14\/news-and-updates-from-www-palliativedrugs-com-33\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates-from-www-palliativedrugs-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}