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Why have I been given this card? You have been given the NHS Steroid Emergency Card as you are prescribed steroid treatment (this may be tablets/creams/inhalers/injections/nasal sprays) for longer than four weeks or having repeated short courses. It is important that any healthcare professional who treats you knows about your steroid treatment. You should not […]

This leaflet explains the anticoagulant medication you have been prescribed to help prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after your Covid-19 illness, and how to use your medication safely. The anticoagulant you are receiving is called rivaroxaban (the brand name is Xarelto®). This leaflet does not contain all the information you need about your […]

What is anticoagulation? Anticoagulation is the slowing down of the process of coagulation (blood clotting) using medicines. There are different types of treatments, injections for example Tinzaparin or tablets. The new types of anticoagulant tablets, sometimes called direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), do not require monitoring. Some patients are not able to take DOACs and require […]

What is it? Atenolol belongs to a group of medicines known as beta blockers which narrow blood vessels to haemangiomas. This reduces blood flow and increases softness to the haemangioma, as well as reducing it in size. A haemangioma is a collection of immature blood vessels, sometimes called ‘strawberry marks’ because the surface of some […]

Name of medication At Gateshead Health we use 2 different intravenous iron preparations (IV iron). These are called Monofer and Ferinject. Why would we use IV iron? Medicines that contain iron are used when you do not have enough iron in your body. This is called iron deficiency. Intravenous iron is used to treat iron […]

What is Amiodarone? Amiodarone is classed as an anti arrhythmic drug which can be used to treat irregular heartbeats and ventricular tachycardia. How does it work? A heart beat is stimulated by electrical signals which come from cells in the heart. An arrhythmia is caused when these regular signals are disrupted. Amiodarone acts on these […]