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Healthcare professionals prescribing fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, delafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin) are reminded to be alert to the risk of disabling and potentially long-lasting or irreversible side effects. Do not prescribe fluoroquinolones for non-severe or self-limiting infections, or for mild to...
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities
Following a review of the effectiveness of current measures to reduce the risk of potentially long-term or irreversible side effects associated with fluoroquinolone antibiotics, the MHRA has introduced further restrictions to limit their use.
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 measures to reduce the identified risk of disabling and potentially long-lasting or...
Healthcare professionals prescribing nitrofurantoin should be alert to the risks of pulmonary and hepatic adverse drug reactions and advise patients to be vigilant for the signs and symptoms in need of further investigation.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
COMEAP summary of the science linking long-term air pollution exposure with SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse COVID-19 outcomes.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
How marketing authorisation holders should inform the MHRA of a signal or an ADR to a medicine.
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
Organisational definitions of terms concerned with risk and risk-related matters.
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