Drug Breakdown: METHENAMINE

A–Z of prescribing for children

Ganciclovir dosing in children

Multimodal management of low back pain with sciatica in primary care

Medication management in older adults: selecting antidepressants

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.

Use of oral nutritional supplements

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2006) has shown that substantial cost savings can be achieved through identifying and treating malnutrition, subsequently reducing health...

Opioids and prescribing

This retrospective cohort study, published in the journal Lancet Public Health online sought to identify mortality amongst people prescribed opioid agonist therapy in Scotland between the years 2011...

Avoiding and managing the side effects of type 2 diabetes treatments

When considering a treatment to improve glycaemic control, it is important to involve the individual in the decision-making process and to consider their specific circumstances and potential...

Medication management for patients with Parkinson's: the impact of a nurse specialist and non-medical prescribing in the hospital setting

In July 2000 the Department of Health (DH, 2000) published the NHS Plan. This included strategies to develop traditional roles, allowing nurses opportunities to evolve and challenge boundaries in...

A warfarin-antibiotic drug-drug interaction: a podiatric surgical case report

Patient A (Table 1) presented in 2016 with pain in both feet across the lesser metatarsal-phalangeal joints (MTPJs). On clinical examination, she had pain in both third/fourth intermetatarsal (IM)...

Drug updates: March

Around 400 patients with advanced breast cancer will now be able to benefit from a new treatment after the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published final draft guidance...