Resources

Fentanyl is used for moderate to severe pain that has not been well controlled on other regular pain killers.

Abstral® is a strong opioid painkiller that is put under the tongue.

Morphine is given for different sorts of severe pain and not just pain from cancer or when people near the end of their lives

Oxycodone is given for different sorts of severe pain and not just pain from cancer or when people near the end of their lives.

Information on how and why medicines need to be brought in during a stay in hospital.

Information about Prednisolone Dexamethasone and Hydrocortisone.

Autoimmune Hepatitis, also known as AIH, is usually a lifelong liver condition. Azathioprine & mercaptopurine are part of a group of medications called thiopurines which help to treat this condition.

Information for patients who have been recommended intravenous iron to treat anaemia / low amount of iron in the blood.

Sometimes a medicine is prescribed in a way that is not covered by its UK product licence. This information explains what ‘unlicensed’ and ‘off label’ mean and why some medicines are used in this way.