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Information resources for advice on medicines and breastfeeding
4 December 2020
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SPS and other resources can help pharmacy professionals give advice on use of medicines during breastfeeding
Avoid prescribing desiccated (natural) thyroid extract
20 January 2022
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Levothyroxine is the standard of care for treating hypothyroidism. Desiccated or natural thyroid extracts (DTE) are not routinely recommended.
Example medicines to prescribe by brand name in primary care
27 March 2022
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Prescribe certain medicines by brand to ensure supply of the same product. Examples are grouped by therapeutic area. The list of products is not exhaustive.
Switching doxazosin XL tablets to doxazosin standard tablets
12 May 2022
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Doxazosin XL tablets should not routinely be prescribed. Guidance is provided on switching doxazosin XL tablets to standard release tablets.
Contraception: resources to support answering questions
30 November 2022
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Suggested resources to help primary care healthcare professionals find information on contraception and reproductive health
Social prescribing and pharmacy - an ‘on the couch’ conversation
12 September 2023
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An opportunity to hear how a social prescriber and pharmacist work together in primary care, with hints and ideas on how to reach out and collaborate
The Use of Generic Anti Epileptics Drugs in Patients with Epilepsy
28 September 2020
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Consensus views of the Pharmaceutical Market Support Group and the UK Clinical Pharmacists Association: Neurosciences Group on the safety and appropriateness of switching between brand…
Supporting pharmacists with HRT decision making
13 March 2024
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This webinar, the first in a series of two, provided an overview of the menopause with a focus around the selection, optimising and stopping of HRT.
When and how can dentists supply medicines?
28 November 2019
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The attached Medicines Q&A aims to explain the legal status of medicines in the UK and when and how they may be supplied by dentists to patients
Primary care discussions: Heart failure
20 August 2024
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A practical discussion between two pharmacists with an interest in heart failure about identifying heart failure and optimising treatment in primary care.
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