This website is intended for healthcare professionals

Pharmacology

Management of COPD exacerbations: pharmacotherapeutics of medications

COPD is described as a preventable and treatable group of lung conditions characterised by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease...

Hormone replacement therapy: update and practical prescribing

Symptoms are experienced by around 70-80% of women during the perimenopause and menopause (O’Neill and Eden, 2012). The symptoms are varied and include vasomotor symptoms, such as flushing and night...

Towards appropriate nutritional prescribing: challenges and solutions

Tully and Cantrill (2005) describe appropriate prescribing as ‘indicated, necessary, evidence-based (using a broad meaning of ‘evidence’) and of acceptable cost and risk-benefit ratio’. Buetow et al...

The use of Penthrox (methoxyflurane) in trauma patients

Penthrox is indicated for emergency relief of moderate-to-severe pain in conscious adult patients with trauma and associated pain (Galen Limited, 2019). This includes burns, fractures or dislocations,...

Why choose Journal of Prescribing Practice?

Journal of Prescribing Practice shares the latest clinical expertise and professional guidance for non-medical prescribers. Our goal is to provide the knowledge to help you prescribe more efficiently and effectively.

What's included

  • Evidence-based best practice

  • Drug updates

  • Pharmacology information

  • Calculation skills

Subscriptions start:

From £16.25 GBP