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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.


Cannabis-derived medicinal products: update

18th September 2018

Following the Chief Medical Officer for England’s report (see our news item 11 July 2018), the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was commissioned by the Home Secretary to consider the appropriate scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products. Their response was published on 19 July 2018 and forms part of the government review.

ACMD recommendations 

In the interim, an expert panel has been established to consider licence applications for the use of cannabis and cannabis-based medicinal products, in exceptional cases, where there is unmet clinical need.

Government review

Note. The PCF cannabinoids monograph has been updated on-line this month and summarizes the current evidence in palliative care and reflects the current supply situation.