Questionnaire-only prescribing for high-risk conditions should not be allowed, says RPS Private prescribing for higher risk conditions or medicines should never be based solely on the results of a questionnaire, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said. In a statement responding…

#RPS says private prescribing for higher risk conditions or medicines should never be based solely on the results of a questionnaire, in response to government call for evidence

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Government removes prescribing restrictions to allow certain medicines to be prescribed outside of flu season The government has amended prescribing regulations to allow the antivirals oseltamivir (Tamiflu; Roche) and zanamivir (Relenza; GSK) to be prescribed and dispensed outside of the flu season. On 1…

UK government has amended regulations to allow the antivirals #oseltamivir and #zanamivir to be prescribed and dispensed outside of the flu season

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