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MeReC Bulletins

A list of the MeReC Bulletins produced by the National Prescribing Centre

MeReC Publications provide clear, concise and evaluated information on medicines and prescribing related issues based on the best available evidence. They offer pragmatic and timely support both to prescribers and other health care professionals involved in the provision of prescribing advice and medicine management services.

The MeReC bulletins can be downloaded from the National Prescribing Centre website by following the links below.

2011/2012 Volume (22)
1	Making Decisions Better
2	Supporting adoption of evidence into practice
3	Implementing key therapeutic topics: 1 NSAIDS; antibiotics; and inhaled corticosteroids in asthma
4	Implementing key therapeutic topics: 2 Antipsychotics in dementia; statins and ezetimibe; and hypnot
5	Implementing key therapeutic topics: 3 Type 2 diabetes
2010/2011 Volume (21)
1	Evidence-based prescribing of advanced wound dressings for chronic wounds in primary care
2	The management of constipation
3	Generic prescribing in primary care
4	Common questions around medicines used for inflammatory bowel disease
5	Improving outcomes in type 2 diabetes
2009/2010 Volume (20)
2	Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists: what is the evidence for their place in therapy?
1	Management of osteoporosis in a post-menopausal woman
2008/2009 Volume (19)
1	Assessing and communicating the risk of cardiovascuhttp://www.npc.nhs.uk/merec/cardio/cdrisk/resourc
2	Current issues in the drug treatment of asthma
4	Recent safety issues with inhaled treatments for COPD
3	Lipid-modifying treatment
2007/2008 Volume (18)
1	Treatment of dementia
2	Drug treatment of opiate dependence in primary care - an update
3	Chronic heart failure: overview of diagnosis and drug treatment in primary care
4	Management of infestations in primary care
5	The drug management of obesity
2006/2007 Volume (17)
5	Current issues in the drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
1	The management of hypertension in primary care: updated guidance from NICE
3	The management of common infections in primary care
4	The role of newer insulins in diabetes

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