Revised: 3 September 2020
Publications
Latest Issue of Prescriber Update
Prescriber Update is a newsletter written for health care professionals. Prescriber Update provides information on safety concerns with medicines and medical devices.
Download the latest issue of Prescriber Update – September 2020 (PDF 668 KB, 20 pages)
The following articles are in the latest edition.
- Spotlight on Maviret – De-liver-ing treatment in patients with hepatitis C
- Allopurinol – Life-threatening interaction with azathioprine or mercaptopurine
- Gastrointestinal surgery – Consider possible effects on medicine pharmacokinetics
- Avoid switching brands of topiramate
- Quarterly summary of recent safety communications
- MARC’s remarks: June 2020 meeting
- Kounis syndrome – ‘Allergic angina’ associated with some medicines
- Cyproterone acetate and the risk of meningioma
- DRESS syndrome – Monitor for long-term sequelae
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Medicines Monitoring: fluoxetine and levothyroxine - Gathering knowledge from adverse reaction reports: September 2020
- Recent approvals: New active ingredients or new indications
- Importing unapproved medicines for supply
