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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Updated product information and packaging will help patients better understand the risks of dependency, addiction, and withdrawal with these medicines.
Potential effects on performance of prescription and or over the counter drugs.
Some mental health medications increase sensitivity to hot weather, which is increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change, impacting wellbeing.
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.
Government launches consultation to help combat rising drug deaths from opioids, as part of record £3.4 billion in investment in drug and alcohol services.
Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft
There is a risk of patient harm arising through medication error during a transition period where the original and new formulation of Rybelsus ® tablets, which have different stated mg doses but are bioequivalent, will both be available on the...
Batches of quetiapine oral suspension from Eaststone Limited are being recalled due to the active content being twice the amount it should be. Patients should not stop taking this medicine without consulting their healthcare professional.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
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