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All editions of PostScript (the previous name for Medicines Update) from 2011 onwards have been added to this site. Click here for an index to all previous editions. If you would like a copy of a previous edition, please contact medicines.update@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

PostScript 66 (November 2011)

Posted: November 14, 2011.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Opioids Dronedarone Dabigatran Anticoagulants

The November 2011 edition of PostScript contains information on: Dabigatran for patients with atrial fibrillation Tapentadol: a new drug for severe pain Safety update: Dronedarone Safety update: syst...

PostScript 65 (September 2011)

Posted: September 17, 2011.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Opioids Smoking Cessation SIGN

Focus on Opiate Substitution Therapy
SIGN App for iPhone/iPad
Individual Patient Treatment Requests (IPTRs)
Smoking Cessation and the effect on drug metabolism
Webwatch: Stockley’s Drug Interactions and Drug and Therapeutic Bulletins

PostScript 64 (July 2011)

Posted: July 17, 2011.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Palliative Care Respiratory Osteoporosis

Monitoring the physical health of patients with serious mental health issues
NHSGGC Palliative Care Guidelines
Formulary News: Febuxostat
Formulary News: Tiotropium
Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw
If I could change one thing

PostScript 63 (May 2011)

Posted: May 17, 2011.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Prescribing Indicators Unlicensed Medicines

Focus on prescribing indicators
Revised unlicensed medicines policy
Dalteparin
If I could change one thing

PostScript 62 (March 2011)

Posted: March 17, 2011.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Dronedarone Dabigatran Hepatitis Erectile Dysfunction

Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain
Formulary news: dronedarone
Formulary news: dabigatran
Formulary news: hepatitis B antivirals
Formulary news: erectile dysfunction: patients with severe distress
How does SMC link with NHSGGC Formulary processes?
New chair for the ADTC

PostScript 61 (January 2011)

Posted: January 17, 2011.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Biologics Opioids Statins

Anti TNFα therapy in Crohn’s Disease
Case notes: opioids
‘If I could change one thing’
Additional guidance on atorvastatin

PostScript 60 (November 2010)

Posted: November 01, 2010.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Statins Antimicrobial Prescribing Diabetes Wounds

Nitrofurantoin and pulmonary adverse effects
Diabetes update: Withdrawal of rosiglitazone and mixtard 30
New lipid lowering guidelines: Additional guidance for GPs on ezetimibe

PostScript 59 (September 2010)

Posted: September 01, 2010.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Antimicrobial Prescribing Diabetes

To view this edition as a PDF, please click here. This edition of PostScript contains information on: Improved prescribing o...

PostScript 58 (July 2010)

Posted: July 01, 2010.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Statins Respiratory Smoking Cessation

To read this edition as a PDF, please click here. This edition contains article on: Dalteparin: a single low m...

PostScript 57 (May 2010)

Posted: May 01, 2010.
Category - Medicines Update
Tagged with - Osteoporosis Diabetes Mental Health

To view this edition as a PDF, please click here. This edition contains information on: Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of...

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