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Mental health medicines: resources to support answering questions
3 February 2023
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Suggested resources to help primary care healthcare professionals find information on psychotropic and other medicines used in psychiatry
Drug interactions: resources to support answering questions
19 January 2023
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Suggested resources to help primary care healthcare professionals find information to answer questions about drug interactions
Information resources for managing medicines in renal impairment
14 December 2022
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SPS and other information resources can help healthcare professionals provide advice on medicines in renal impairment.
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
Adverse drug reactions: resources to support answering questions
30 November 2022
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Suggested resources to help primary care healthcare professionals find information to answer questions about side-effects of medicines
Parkinson’s disease medicines in swallowing difficulties
13 June 2022
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Guidance to help you ensure your patients with Parkinson’s Disease are able to get the most from their medicines if they develop swallowing difficulties
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.
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.
Prescribing by generic or brand name in primary care
27 March 2022
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Prescribing medicines by generic name is generally preferred but there are some circumstances when brand-name prescribing is warranted.
Worked example of assessing the risk of transcribing
22 February 2022
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Example where medicines are prescribed by both the patient’s GP and specialist clinicians, and are administered in a patient’s home.
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