Prescribing

Question 1

BP Management

Answer 1

Step 1
U55- ACEi/ARB
O55 or afro-carribean- CCB

Step 2- ACEi/ARB + CCB

Question 2

Heart Attack Management/ Angina

Answer 2

MONAT

Morphine
Oxygen
GTN Spray
Aspirin
Trigalor

Question 3

Diabetes Management

Answer 3

1. Lifestyle management, statins
2. Metformin
3. Pioglitazone or insulin

Question 4

Asthma Management

Answer 4

1. SABA- Salbutamol
2. ICS- Beclometasone
3. SAMA- Salmeterol
4. Prednisolone

Question 5

FP10 Writing

Answer 5

All prescriptions must:

State the name and address of the patient
Be written or printed legibly in ink
Be signed in indelible ink
Have an appropriate date (usually the date of signing)
State the address of the prescriber
State the age of a child under 12

It is good practice to:

Include the age and date of birth of the patient
State the weight of the patient where it has been used for a dose calculation

Details of the medicine to include:

Name of medicine (generic name unless a specific brand must be given)
Form (e.g. tablets, oral suspension)
Strength (e.g. 5mg for tablets or 125mg/5ml for an oral suspension): units and acceptable abbreviations are shown in Table 6.
Directions: should include quantity and frequency and for liquid preparations, it is best practice to write directions using the mass of active ingredient rather than volume so the pharmacist is clear on the dosage (especially for oral suspensions i.e. 125mg rather than 5ml).
Quantity to be supplied (e.g. 56 tablets)