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Covid antiviral drugs could be prescribed to prevent hospital admission ‘this winter’
Covid antiviral drugs could be prescribed to prevent hospital admission ‘this winter’

The Government has

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HRT not linked to overall increased risk of dementia, large UK study shows
HRT not linked to overall increased risk of dementia, large UK study shows

Hormone replacement therapy

Opioid prescriptions reduced when GPs urged to ‘think twice’, finds study
Opioid prescriptions reduced when GPs urged to ‘think twice’, finds study

A campaign encouraging

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Staying on antidepressants reduces risk of depression relapse, finds study
Staying on antidepressants reduces risk of depression relapse, finds study

Patients who discontinue

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MHRA has no plans to curb pregabalin prescribing by GPs

Exclusive The MHRA has

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MHRA has no plans to curb pregabalin prescribing by GPs
Government to ‘take action’ after finding 10% of medicines ‘overprescribed’

Ministers have pledged

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Government to ‘take action’ after finding 10% of medicines ‘overprescribed’
Pharmacy leaders calls for temporary halt to GP practice recruitment of pharmacists

NHS Scotland should temporarily stop

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Pharmacy leaders calls for temporary halt to GP practice recruitment of pharmacists
CPD: Key Questions on polypharmacy and deprescribing

Key learning points

CPD: Key Questions on polypharmacy and deprescribing
Primary care diabetes drug bill rises 62% in five years

Prescribing for diabetes

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Primary care diabetes drug bill rises 62% in five years
GPs to prescribe SGLT2 inhibitors to reduce CVD risk under NICE proposals

Updated draft NICE

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GPs to prescribe SGLT2 inhibitors to reduce CVD risk under NICE proposals
NICE to approve ‘game changer’ twice-yearly cholesterol-lowering injection

GPs will be

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NICE to approve ‘game changer’ twice-yearly cholesterol-lowering injection
NI GPs told to stop initiating pregabalin for neuropathic pain amid deaths rise

GPs in Northern

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NI GPs told to stop initiating pregabalin for neuropathic pain amid deaths rise
Pharmacists should administer opioid overdose-reversal drug, proposes Government

The Government has launched

Pharmacists should administer opioid overdose-reversal drug, proposes Government
How to… deliver the medication review service

GP partner and

How to… deliver the medication review service