{"id":72,"date":"2024-05-15T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/nhs-borders\/medicines-management\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:01:47","slug":"medicines-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/pages\/medicines-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicines Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supply of Intermittent Catheters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See link &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4789\/h-communications-2021-show-pm-usa-catheter-a4-flyer.pdf\">PM USA Catheter Information<\/a>,&nbsp;regarding the supply of Intermittent Catheters. Some patients have been told&nbsp;that these&nbsp;are not available and, in some cases, have gone without.&nbsp;&nbsp;Peak Medical have advised the Medicine Management Team there has never been a supply issue with their product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flyer above has contact numbers if you are experiencing ordering or dispensing issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Brand of&nbsp;Standard Release Tacrolimus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4780\/new-brand-of-standard-release-tacrolimus-adoport-for-new-transplant-patients-updated-august-18.pdf\">Adoport Information Sheet<\/a>&nbsp;for more information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oxypro Switch&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4082\/oxycodone-prescribing-update-18-01-21-1.pdf\">here<\/a>&nbsp;an Oxypro prescribing update.&nbsp; This communicates a change in NHS Fife&#8217;s preferred brand of oxycodone prolonged release tablets to Oxypro from 1st February 2021.&nbsp; Also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4081\/oxypro-prescription-card-v2-1.docx\">here<\/a>&nbsp;is a sheet of&nbsp;Oxypro prescription cards which can be printed out and attached to&nbsp;prescription bags, you may wish to use these as a prompt to have a discussion with patients about the switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Veterinary medicines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been a couple of queries regarding supply of veterinary medicines recently, we have shared them with answers below. More detail can be found in the Royal Pharmaceutical societies Medicine Ethics and Practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I supply Medicines to a Veterinary practice?\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Only the manufacturer of a veterinary medicine or a holder of a wholesale dealer\u2019s authorisation (WDA) may routinely supply authorised retailers with veterinary medicines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I supply a human medicine for an animal?\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A veterinary medicine with a UK marketing authorisation must be prescribed and supplied where one exists and is clinically appropriate.&nbsp;&nbsp;If an equivalent human&nbsp;medicine , which is more cost effective is requested,&nbsp;&nbsp;the prescriber should be reminded that a veterinary medicine must always be supplied where one exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cascade exemption within the Veterinary Medicines Regulations allows the supply of medicines that are not licensed for animals. It is unlawful to supply a human medicine against a veterinary prescription unless it is prescribed by a veterinary surgeon and specifically states that it is \u2018for administration under the Cascade\u2019, or other wording to this effect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is unlawful to sell or supply unauthorised veterinary medicines (medicines not licensed as veterinary medicines), including human medicines such as GSL and P medicines, for an animal unless this takes place under the veterinary Cascade. This applies even if a veterinary surgeon asks the animal owner verbally to purchase an over-the&nbsp;counter human product from a pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is there a standardised form for private veterinary prescriptions for CDs ?\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Standardised forms are not required for veterinary prescriptions; however, a statement that the medicines are \u2018prescribed for the treatment of an animal or herd under my care\u2019 is required for Schedule 2 and 3 CD. Veterinary prescriptions should be retained for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where Schedule 2 or 3 CDs have been prescribed, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) registration number of the prescriber must be included -usual CDs prescription requirements apply .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any concerns re prescribing of Controlled drugs please contact\u00a0fife.cd@nhs.scot or Pharmacy services on 01383\u00a0565351<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Supply of Intermittent Catheters See link &#8211;&nbsp;PM USA Catheter Information,&nbsp;regarding the supply of Intermittent Catheters. Some patients have been told&nbsp;that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/204"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-fife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}