Part 1 - Talking about gout: time for a re-think
Gout is a treatable form of arthritis that is associated with poor health and reduced life expectancy. Too often,
gout management is focused on controlling the patient’s symptoms while their risk of irreversible joint damage and negative
health outcomes continues to grow.
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April 2018
Part 2 - Controlling gout with long-term urate-lowering treatment
Urate-lowering medicines should be considered and discussed with patients with gout from the first presentation.
April 2018
Zostavax is a herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine that will become fully subsidised from 1 April, 2018 for people aged 65 years.
For a period of two years, people aged 66 to 80 years can also receive a fully funded catch-up vaccination.
March 2018
Two subsidised seasonal influenza vaccines, Influvac Tetra (for adults and children aged three years and over)
and Fluarix Tetra (for children aged six months to three years), are expected to be available from early April.
March 2018
Immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab (Keytruda), are new cancer treatments which are
associated with a wide range of immune-related adverse effects. These mostly occur during treatment but can occur months to years after treatment starts.
March 2018
From 1 May, 2018, pregabalin will be available to prescribe, fully subsidised. From 1 June, 2018, prescribing restrictions...
March 2018
There are a multitude of causes of acute pain, however, the approach to management will often be...
February 2018