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Complex medication regimens: supporting adherence

14 November 2024Interventions and tools to help improve medication adherence, where complex regimens (capability) have been identified as a factor

Pharmacy technician coffee break conversation podcasts

25 July 2024A series of short podcast discussions with pharmacy technicians about their roles and the different ways they provide patient care.

Understanding enzyme or transporter-based drug interactions

5 July 2024Many interactions are due to inhibition or induction of metabolising enzymes or drug transporters. Enzyme, transporter, and drug half-lives dictate duration.

Information resources for advice on HRT

26 June 2024SPS and other information resources to help healthcare professionals provide advice on the menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) decision making.

Calculating and using the Child-Pugh score

14 June 2024The Child-Pugh score is used to estimate the severity of liver disease in patients with cirrhosis, and by drug manufacturers to suggest dose adjustments.

Understanding drug interactions

22 May 2024This article discusses different mechanisms of drug interactions. We link to other SPS articles to help support decision making.

Information resources for managing medicines in liver impairment

1 May 2024SPS and other information resources to help healthcare professionals provide advice on medicines in liver impairment.

Assessing liver function and interpreting liver blood tests

1 May 2024We explain how to assess liver function including the purpose of liver blood tests, how to interpret them and what to do if they are abnormal.

Questions to ask when giving medicines advice in liver impairment

1 May 2024Information should be gathered about the history of liver impairment or the type of liver disease to enable a risk assessment and decisions about treatment.

Calculating kidney function

16 April 2024We explain the different methods and their limitations that are used to measure kidney function. These methods are not interchangeable.