GPs & primary care professionals

Prescribing

Prescribing is one of the most common tasks in general practice. This section covers a number of issues ranging from good prescribing practice through to drug licensing and product liability.

Advice articles

• Childhood Vaccines - 19 November 2008
• Prescribing and administering botulinum toxin - 23 October 2008
• New guidance on antibiotic prophylaxis - 1 April 2008
• Unlicensed prescribing following withdrawal of co–proxamol - 21 December 2007
• Extended nurse prescribing – what you need to know - 1 December 2007
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Case histories

• Failure to adequately monitor liver and lung function - 1 December 2007
• Patient responsibility - 1 February 2003
• Wrong prescription - 9 December 2002
• Steroid–induced glaucoma - 1 March 2002
• Transcribing error resulting in wrong prescription - 1 January 2002
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Advice calls

• Advice line dilemma – prescribing - 1 May 2005
• Mixture No 9 - an unfamiliar unlicenced medication - 1 October 2000
• Who is liable for a mistake on a drug chart? - 1 May 2000
• Nursing home prescriptions - 1 January 2000