Syringe Driver Survey Database migration to MedicinesComplete - January 2023

Syringe Driver Survey Database has moved to MedicinesComplete and is no longer available on palliativedrugs.com.

It has been renamed to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database and is now accessed through Drug Compatibility Checker.

Drug Compatibility Checker, through MedicinesComplete is a new tool providing essential compatibility knowledge to support the administration of injectable drugs combining published data and clinical practice reports.

Find out more about Drug Compatibility Checker:https://about.medicinescomplete.com/publication/drug-compatibility-checker/

If you have a subscription to Palliative Care Formulary through MedicinesComplete, you will have access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database through Drug Compatibility Checker, at no charge through 2023. 

To contribute to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database please continue to submit a clinical practice report using palliativedrugs.com here: https://www.palliativedrugs.com/syringe-driver-database.html

To learn more about a subscription to the Palliative Care Formulary through MedicinesComplete, please contact us here: https://info.medicinescomplete.com/sales

If you have any questions regarding access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database or would like to renew your subscription to Palliative Care Formulary, please contact pharmpress-support@rpharms.com.

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Dexamethasone 4mg/mL injection supply problem

11th April 2014

There is a UK manufacturer’s supply problem with the MSD (Organon livery) dexamethasone base 4mg/mL injection. It is unclear when normal supply will resume.

The alternative Hospira brand of dexamethasone injection available (dexamethasone phosphate 4mg/mL) contains dexamethasone base 3.3mg/mL. There is scope for confusion when switching to this preparation or when switching from PO to SC route.

For more details clarifying dexamethasone prescribing see the www.palliativedrugs.com factsheet below, produced in 2010 when the labeling and prescribing of dexamethasone injection was standardized to dexamethasone base by the MHRA.

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