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The Drug Information
Service writes monthly bulletins that are distributed to health
professionals around Canterbury District Health Board. The bulletins
aim to educate about particular issues related to drug therapy. The
subject matter often arises from enquiries received by the service.
Some of our bulletins* produced in the past are listed below:
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2009 |
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Drugs in Breastfeeding |
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Pharmacokinetic Drug Interactions with
Antiepileptic Drugs |
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Oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) |
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Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea |
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) – managing
inpatient nicotine dependence |
| 2008 |
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Why has PicoPrep™ replaced oral Fleet™? |
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Vancomycin Dosing in Adults |
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Drug dosing in obesity |
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Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) –
why is it important? |
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Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor
(SSRI) prescribing in the elderly |
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Allergy to penicillins |
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Acute Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions |
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Once Daily Dosing of Gentamicin in Adults |
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Drug Interactions with probenecid |
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Analgesic use for non-labour pain during
pregnancy |
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Oxycodone audit at Christchurch Hospital |
| 2007 |
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Treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux
disease (GORD) during pregnancy |
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Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) –
immune-mediated versus pharmacological |
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy – Managing
Inpatient Nicotine Dependence |
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Statin-induced Myopathy |
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Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) - How
to dose |
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Drug-induced seizures |
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Constipation |
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Drug-Induced QT Prolongation |
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Monitoring Phenytoin Serum Concentrations |
| 2006 |
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Nausea and/or Vomiting - Antiemetic Therapy |
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Treatment
of Allergic Rhinitis (Hayfever) in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding |
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Oxycodone
Compared to Morphine |
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Treatment
of Vulvovaginitis in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
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Drug
Interactions with Fruit Juices |
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Sexual
Dysfunction With SSRIs |
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Drugs
& Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
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Serotonin
Syndrome / Toxicity
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Drug
Induced Hyponatraemia
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| Others |
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Atypical
antipsychotic-induced blood dyscrasias
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Once
Daily Dosing of Aminoglycosides
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Managing
Medicines Perioperatively
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Vitamin
D & Calcium for Osteoporosis
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Drugs
In Breastfeeding
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Drug-Induced
Delirium
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Interactions
with Systemic Antifungals
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Sulphur
Allergy
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Drug
Use in Liver Impairment
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Clinically Important
Features of CYP2D6
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UTIs in Chronic
Renal Failure
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Drugs Affecting
Platelets
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Tramadol
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Herbal
Medicines
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Macrolides
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Digoxin |