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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Tolvaptan: over-rapid increase in serum sodium and risk of serious neurological events

23rd April 2012

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned that treatment with tolvaptan (Samsca, Otsuka) can result in over-rapid correction of hyponatraemia, which can lead to serious neurological events. They give specific advice for healthcare professionals on monitoring of serum sodium and the acceptable rate of rise of serum sodium during treatment and highlight that co-administration of other drugs or fluids with a high sodium content (e.g. normal or hypertonic saline) is not recommended. They also warn that tolvaptan may reduce the effect of vasopressin analogues (e.g. desmopressin) used to control or prevent bleeding.

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