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Drug Breakdown: Nabilone

Day 1: Identification of the psychoactive substance in cannabis (THC) in the...

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NHS England's October GP workforce and appointments data has shown that 40.3 million appointments were estimated to have been delivered by practices and Primary Care Networks in October 2024. Of...

Prescribing in menopause care

This article, published in the journal Women's Health, sought to evaluate the factors contributing to the apparent change in the perceptions of women and health professionals of the use of menopausal...

Opioid overdose and naloxone

“While naloxone is a prescription-only medicine (POM), exemptions have been developing over the years, owing to its potential to save lives” .

Christmas quiz!

Calculating dosage where the dose is expressed as mg/kg uses multiplication skills – this is similar to calculating the cooking time of turkey in minutes per kg. For example, a turkey requires a...

A–Z of prescribing for children

Pharmacogenomics looks at how a person's genetic make-up can affect how a body responds to medications and focuses on combining knowledge on pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and genetics. The genetics...

Medicines management activity of advanced practice dietitians and therapeutic radiographers

A rapid review, a streamlined approach to synthesising evidence (Khangura et al, 2012), was registered with Figshare (Peacock et al, 2021) and a narrative synthesis of evidence published between...

Your free revalidation toolkit

A free revalidation portfolio and CPD resource for nurses and midwives.

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Christmas quiz! answers

Calculating dosage where the dose is expressed as mg/kg uses multiplication skills – this is similar to calculating the cooking time of turkey in minutes per kg. For example, a turkey requires a...

What does the budget mean for the NHS?

On Wednesday 30 October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the new government's Autumn budget. It was a milestone in many ways, as this was the first budget from a Labour government since the...

Drug Breakdown: ACAMPROSATE

In addition to the tweets, read the BNF monograph on acamprosate and the related treatment summaries for alcohol dependency. Another useful source is the Summary of Product Characteristics for...

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved eplontersen (Wainzua) to treat adults with polyneuropathy associated with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv)....

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Prescribing in frailty

This article, published in the Journal of American Directors Association, sought to demonstrate the potential impact of a pharmacist-led application of STOPPFrail criteria on reducing potentially...

Use of supplementary infusions to optimise glucose delivery rates

What is the glucose delivery rate in mg/kg/min that is currently required by this patient from the 20% glucose?

Alice Ball and leprosy

As part of its 120th anniversary celebrations, in 2019 the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine inscribed the names of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934),...

A–Z of prescribing for children

In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) grants licences that confirm the specific medical condition a drug should be used for, alongside the recommended dosage. This...

Effective advice on contraceptive choices

Guidance is available to support discussion and inform clinical decisions about the need or preference for contraception in transgender patients (International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF),...

Finerenone and diabetic renal disease: a narrative review

A narrative review was conducted on the potential benefits of finerenone for diabetic kidney disease. Free and paid full-text publications and articles indexed in PUBMED, Science Direct, and Google...

Use of supplementary infusions to optimise glucose delivery rates: answers

What is the glucose delivery rate that is currently required by this patient from the 20% glucose? .

Prescribing sodium valproate

As non-medical or medical prescribers, you will be used to keeping up-to-date with any changes to medications or advice and guidance on prescribing.

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Drug Breakdown: MEBENDAZOLE

Day 1: #mebendazole is a synthetic benzimidazole derivative, designed as a broad spectrum anthelmintic drug for intestinal nematodes. Licensed in 1970s. This drug class is selectively toxic to...

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Women are still missing out on vital treatment for cardiovascular disease, despite progress in the medical management of heart disease and stroke, a consensus statement published online in the journal...

Remote healthcare

This article, published in the British Journal of General Practice, aimed to identify the training needs, core competencies and learning methods for staff in general practice in the UK who provided...

Use of pharmacogenetics to guide cardiovascular drug prescribing

Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet therapy that is used to prevent myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in individuals with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (either managed medically or with PCI), those...

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