Covid-19 related prescribing guidance
General Advice on Medicines and Covid-19 Virus
Please click here for PrescQIPP's summary of guidance for COVID-19 medicine related issues
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Please click here for PSNC summary of updates and guidance relating to community pharmacy and Covid-19
Analgesia
NSAIDs
Please click here for NHS advice on the use of ibuprofen during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for CAS alert for the NHSE message for all staff regarding use of ibuprofen during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Paracetamol
Please click here for Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advice to pharmacists regarding "packing down" of paracetamol during COVID-19 outbreak.
Multiple Sclerosis
Please click here for the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) guidance on the use of Disease Modifying Therapies (DMARDs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cardiology
ACEi/ARBs
Please click here for the MHRA alert regarding high blood pressure medication during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for the British Cardiovascular Society and British Society for Heart Failure's joint statement on use of ACEi and ARBs during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for the European Society of Cardiology's guidance on ACEi and ARBs during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Anticoagulation
Please click here for the NHSE advice regarding anticoagulation during the COVID-19 outbreak
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Please click here for advice from International Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for advice from British Society of Gastroenterology on use of immunosuppression during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for patient advice from Crohn's and Colitis UK during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Renal disease
Please click here for patient advice from Kidney Care UK during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Dermatology
Please click here for statement from International Psoriasis Council on immunosuppresant medications during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for a Safe Prescribing and Monitoring Protocol for Systemic immunomodulatory therapies for immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease in the context of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Rheumatology
Please click here for statement from British Society of Rheumatology on immunosuppresant medications during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please click here for guidance from British Society of Rheumatology on identifying high risk patients on immunosuppression during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Contraception
Please click here for specific advice from Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) regarding provision of effective contraception during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Respiratory
Please click here for information, guidance and resources from the British Thoracic Society (BTS) to support the respiratory community during the COVID-19 pandemic
Diabetes
Please click here for Primary Care Diabetes Society guidance on managing diabetes during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Care Homes
Please click here for the good practice guide from the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) on Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes.
Systemic Anti-cancer treatments
Please click here for NICE rapid guideline on delivery of systemic anticancer treatments during COVID-19 outbreak.