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Using gabapentin or pregabalin during breastfeeding

1 March 2022Gabapentin or pregabalin can be taken during breastfeeding and with infant monitoring. Recommendations apply to full term and healthy infants only.

Prescribing in lactose intolerance and how to identify lactose free medicines

17 February 2022Why lactose in medicines is important for healthcare professionals to consider, and how to check lactose content and identify lactose free medicines.

Using antihistamines during breastfeeding

27 January 2022Guidance on continuing or initiating commonly used antihistamines whilst breastfeeding. Recommendations apply to full term and healthy infants only.

Supporting people with sight loss in managing their medicines

26 January 2022Guidance for pharmacy staff about what a person with sight loss might need from the pharmacy team to support them in using their medicines

Choosing equivalent doses of oral benzodiazepines

25 January 2022Approximate equivalent doses of oral benzodiazepines to diazepam. Doses are not exact because of differences between the medicines.

Avoid prescribing desiccated (natural) thyroid extract

20 January 2022Levothyroxine is the standard of care for treating hypothyroidism. Desiccated or natural thyroid extracts (DTE) are not routinely recommended.

Pain: treatment during pregnancy

6 January 2022Signposting evidence-based information on the treatment of pain in pregnancy

Urinary tract infection: treatment during pregnancy

6 January 2022Signposting evidence-based information on the treatment of urinary tract infection in pregnancy

Nausea and Vomiting: treatment during pregnancy

6 January 2022Signposting evidence-based information on the treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

Hypertension: treatment during pregnancy

6 January 2022Signposting evidence-based information on the treatment of hypertension in pregnancy
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