I tend to place the responsibility back in the hands of the patient to
check with the Pharmacist when I'm prescribing something new. I have a
patient who is sensitive to certain colourings, which vary from brand to
brand anyway so I wouldn't expect the interactions database to be of
much help.
On 20/07/2009 21:36, Saul Galloway wrote:
> Have a patient who is coded as Adverse reaction maize, and for whom I
> prescribed Adcal D3. Not a peep from EMIS, but then I got a very
> severe ticking off from the patient because she says it contains maize
> (she reads the smallprint).
>
> Anyone know if the interaction database includes excipients. We're a
> bit blind with the demise of the old ABPI compendium, BNF and MIMS
> dont contain info on excipients, so where to go for such info (CaCO3
> and vit D with no maize please!)
>
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Regards,
Stephen
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