Pharmacy alerts
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Antidepressants: new safety measures for all patients
Drug safety update: Antidepressants: new safety measures for all patients to improve communication of the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and persistent sexual dysfunction.
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Supply disruption for Nova Biomedical StatStrip blood ketone test strips
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a National Patient Safety Alert regarding a quality issue affecting specified lots of StatStrip ketone test strips.
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Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT): Consider delayed administration of concurrent echinocandins
Device Safety Information: CRRT – consider delayed administration of concurrent echinocandins, such as caspofungin, to reduce the risk of adsorption onto new polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based filter membranes.
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Norgine Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pedmarqsi 80 mg/mL solution for infusion
Class 2 Medicines Recall: Norgine Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pedmarqsi 80 mg/mL solution for infusion.
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Movicol Plain 13.7g powder for oral solution
Class 3 Medicines Recall: Norgine Limited, Movicol Plain 13.7g powder for oral solution.
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Levemir FlexPen and Penfill discontinuation
National Patient Safety Alert: Levemir (insulin detemir) FlexPen 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml prefilled pens and Levemir (insulin detemir) Penfill 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml cartridge.