Drug safety updates, recalls and regulatory warnings from MHRA, organised for rapid clinical review and specialty follow-up.
Parenteral nutrition must be administered through appropriate filters across all care settings to prevent particulate matter embolism, which can be fatal Non-filtered PN administration represents a significant patient safety risk and has been linked…
02 Sep 2026 · Read clinical summaryA summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices, and information about the publication of two recent Device Safety Information pages.…
Finasteride: reminder of the risk psychiatric side effects and of sexual side ef...
Healthcare professionals prescribing montelukast should be alert to the risk of neuropsychiatric reactions in all patients including children and adolescents. Reported neuropsychiatric reactions include sleep disorders, hall… This…
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices. This update is best treated as a linked clinical news item for…
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices. This update is best treated as a linked clinical news item for…
Advice for healthcare professionals on the reclassification of codeine linctus to a prescription-only medicine (POM), following a public consultation. This update is best treated as a linked clinical…
There have been very rare reports of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) with pseudoephedrine. This update is best treated as a linked…
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices. This update is best treated as a linked clinical news item for…
Valproate (Belvo, Convulex, Depakote, Dyzantil, Epilim, Epilim Chrono or Chronos...
Systemic fluoroquinolones must now only be prescribed when other commonly recommended antibiotics are inappropriate. This follows a review by the MHRA which looked at the effectiveness of current…