NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines
Posted: January 05, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Glasgow Dental Hospital (GDH) has reviewed the way in which medicines are supplied to patients, following the publication of the NHSGGC policy
Posted: January 05, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Medication incidents
Two cases have been reported recently where a parent stored nystatin suspension for a baby in the fridge. The viscosity of the suspension increased, forming a gel which could not be shaken and was also associated with a risk of choking. The man...
Posted: January 05, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Methotrexate
A new shared care agreement for subcutaneous methotrexate has been published here. It details responsibilities for consultants and nurse specialists in ac...
Posted: January 05, 2017.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Mental Health
The Prescribing Management Group (Mental Health) has produced guidance on prescribing of propranolol for anxiety which can be accessed
Posted: December 28, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update Community Pharmacy
The latest edition can be found here and contains information on: Care Home Resources Smoke Free Services
Posted: December 19, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - MHRA Drug Safety Update
Posted: December 19, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Flu
There are a number of different flu vaccines approved for use within NHSGGC as detailed in the approved PGD. These include the Pfizer product (Enzira®), Sequiris have a product named Aggripal® and they jointly promote a p...
Posted: December 19, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Antimicrobial Prescribing
The NES Healthcare Associated Infections team have launched a new Hand Hygiene whiteboard animation What’s Stopping You. The animation is less than 4 minutes and reinforce...
Posted: December 19, 2016.
Category - Formulary Update
This post summarises the latest NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde decisions relating to new medicines considered by the Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee (ADTC). The new format, which is aimed at the public and patients is currently being piloted.
For full details of the medicines included in this post that are available for use, including any restrictions on prescribing, please see the relevant entry in the GGC Formulary.
Posted: December 02, 2016.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Diabetes
There is a supply shortage of all Insuman® Basal and Insuman® Comb25 products High Risk Patients For some high risk patients (aged under 18 year or 70 years and over, pregnancy, allergies ...