[log in to unmask],Net writes:
>From: Tim Paine <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: monitoring in practice
>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:54:27 +0100
>I have had major problems getting hold of good evidence concerning th
>frequency
>of tests for patients on 2nd-line drugs, lithium, etc. A local
>rheumatologist
>(in Bristol) is now asking for *monthly* checks for salazopyrine,
>including
>LFTs; and a local psychiatrist for 3-mthly lithium checks incl
>TSH/creatinine.
>Has anyone researched this whole issue - if so who, when & with what
>conclusions?
Perhaps a PCG might wish to buy a packaged investigation, based on
whatever evidence can be accumulated, and then requested on the forms
as that package...
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