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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New naproxen suspension available in UK

30th June 2016

A new authorized naproxen oral suspension 125mg/5mL (Orion Pharma) is now available. The NHS indicative cost is £110 for 100mL. This is significantly more expensive than the tablets or the effervescent tablets and the previously unauthorized special order product. Note: the effervescent tablets are now accepted by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for use in NHS Scotland for patients with swallowing difficulties. 

Naproxen (generic)
Tablets 250mg, 500mg, 28 days @ 500mg b.d. = £2.75.
Tablets e/c 250mg, 375mg, 500mg, 28 days @ 500mg b.d. = £9.
Oral solution 125mg/5mL, 28 days @ 500mg b.d. = £1,232.

Stirlescent^® (Stirling)
Tablets effervescent 250mg, 28 days @ 500mg b.d. = £44.

With esomeprazole
Tablets m/r naproxen 500mg e/c + esomeprazole 20mg, 28 days @ 1 tablet b.d. = £15. Note this product is cheaper than prescribing both drugs separately

SMC advice for effervescent naproxen tablets