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Asthma article 1: Helping your child with asthma through the winter
Many people find that their asthma symptoms get worse during the winter months. This is due to the cold weather, the increased circulation of cold and flu viruses and chest infections, and increased exposure to damp and mould. It is important that children and young people take their prescribed medicines, particularly the preventer inhaler, to keep their asthma symptoms under control and prevent asthma attacks.
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Medicines for Children receives charity funding
Medicines for Children is delighted to have been awarded funding from the Edith Florence Spencer Memorial Trust to enhance our resources for children and young people with medical conditions including heart defects, heart disease, rheumatism and arthritis.
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Shortages of Norditropin Flexpro and Nordiflex
Supplies of Norditropin Flexpro and Norditropin Nordiflex growth hormone (somatropin) will be limited in 2023 because of manufacturing issues. Your child may need to be prescribed other growth hormone products.
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Antibiotics for Strep A infection
The recent increase in cases of Strep A infection has meant that more children than usual are being prescribed antibiotics. But this has meant that patients in some areas of the UK have had difficulties getting the antibiotics they have been prescribed.
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Strep A – how worried should I be?
An increase in the number of cases of scarlet fever in children have been reported in the last few weeks. Scarlet fever is caused by a group of bacteria known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS), or Strep A.
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The Yellow Card scheme – why it’s important to report side-effects
The UK's Yellow Card scheme acts as an early warning system to identify new side-effects and gather more information about medicines, healthcare products and medical devices.
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Introducing our new QR code posters
We have developed a series of posters displaying QR codes for quick access to our medicines information – the first of these posters are available to download now.
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The risks of buying medicines online
Parents and carers who have difficulty getting medicines for their children may be tempted to buy medicines online. However, there may be risks associated with buying from unregulated websites and in this article we list ways to avoid placing your child in danger from counterfeit medicnes.
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Behavioural and sleep effects with montelukast
Montelukast is an important medicine used to treat asthma in children and adults, but it may cause nightmares when starting treatment.
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Presenting our medicines app at the RCPCH conference
Work on our medicines app has continued over summer 2022, with engagement work taking place with parents, carers and health professionals to establish exactly what they need from the app.
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Support for Ukraine
As part of our goal to provide medicines information to all parents, carers and families, the Medicines for Children team are pleased to announce a new series of medicines information leaflets translated into Ukrainian.
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Support for families seeking a second opinion on their child’s care
A new guide is available to support families when requesting and receiving an external second opinion about their child's care.
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