Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines

Management of Parkinson’s disease (PD) medicines in patients undergoing elective surgery who are normally maintained on oral PD medicines.

Key Medicine Shortages for March 2021

Summarises the ADTC position on generic prescribing

MHRA Drug Safety Update for February 2021

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Patients who are prescribed paraffin containing emollients should be advised by clinicians of fire hazard and how to minimise risk.

Guideline News February 2021

Key Medicine Shortages for February 2021

Key Messages
NHSGGC adult guidelines for linezolid have been updated and now include:

• An outpatient and discharge supply checklist to be completed by the prescriber
• Instructions of when and how to refer a patient to the NHSGGC Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service for follow-up monitoring

Management of Type 2 Diabetes – What’s New?

Summary

• Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists benefits in cardiovascular and renal outcomes
• Canagliflozin and Diabetic Kidney disease (DKD) licence extension
• Semaglutide, the first oral GLP-1 receptor agonist