Pink Book General Advice and Introduction

Prescribing Instructions for Medicines

• New links have been added for palliative care and opioid substitution guidelines that are relevant to discharge planning.
• New content has been added about how to make Home Intravenous Antimicrobial referrals.

Antimicrobial Guidelines

Acute Lower UTIs

• Guidelines updated to recommend modified release nitrofurantoin 100 mg capsules (dosed twice daily) first-line for empiric treatment of cystitis.
• See bulletin.

Prescribing Guidelines

Prescribing in Liver Impairment

• Reviewed.
• Added definition for severe liver impairment (Childs Pugh B or C).

Pharmacokinetic Table

Benzylpenicillin

• Reviewed.

Ibuprofen

• Reviewed.

Paracetamol

• Reviewed.