North East and North Cumbria
ICS Formulary
ICS Formulary
5 Infections
05-04-01 Chloroquine
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 MHRA Drug Safety Update (Feb 2022): Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine: increased risk of cardiovascular events when used with macrolide antibiotics; reminder of psychiatric reactions |
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- COVID-19 Therapeutic Alert
- Interim Clinical Commissioning Policy: Antivirals or neutralising monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised patients (Version 5 - effective from 10th February 2022)
- MHRA Drug Safety Alert (Nov 2017): Quinine: reminder of dose-dependent QT-prolonging effects; updated medicine interactions
- MHRA Drug Safety Alert (Nov 2017): Quinine: reminder of dose-dependent QT-prolonging effects; updated medicine interactions
- MHRA Drug Safety Update (Feb 2022): Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine: increased risk of cardiovascular events when used with macrolide antibiotics; reminder of psychiatric reactions
NENC ICB - Cellulitis Diagnosis and Management in Ambulatory Adults in primary care; Supporting Information- NICE NG15: Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use
- NICE NG63: Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population
- North of Tyne, Gateshead and North Cumbria - Antibiotic and Diagnostic quick reference tools
- Primary Care Antimicrobial Guidelines
- TEWV: Antibiotic Prescribing Procedure
- UK Interim Clinical Commissioning Police - Therapies for patients with symptomatic hospital-onset COVID-19