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Advice for prescribers on the risk of misuse of pregabalin and gabapentin, and suggestions for a balanced and rational use of these medicines.
Gabapentin has been associated with a rare risk of severe respiratory depression even without concomitant opioid medicines. Patients with compromised respiratory function, respiratory or neurological disease, renal impairment, concomitant use of central nervous system (CNS) depressants, and elderly people might...
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
As of 1 April 2019, pregabalin and gabapentin are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as Class C substances and scheduled under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 as Schedule 3. Evaluate patients carefully for a history of...
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
Safety leaflet on epilepsy medicines and pregnancy to help patients and their families understanding the risks.
New controls over prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin following rising fatalities.
The chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs writes to Karen Bradley about Pregabalin and Gabapentin.
Check the veterinary product information database to find out if a medicine is safe to use on your pet or has been removed from sale
The Home Office has placed pregabalin and gabapentin to Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drug Regulations 2001 from 1 April 2019.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) about its advice on controlling pregabalin and gabapentin.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
This circular draws attention to the contents of the below Statutory Instruments (SIs), S.I. 2018/1356 and 2018/1383, which will come into force at 00.01 on 1 April 2019.
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