Treatment and medication
End of life care
To accompany our drug directory, our clinical experts have created articles covering the treatment and medication you may require for various medical conditions, as well as advice on immunisation. From ACE inhibitors for high blood pressure, to steroids for eczema, find out what options are available, how they work and the possible side effects.
End of life care
Medicine information
- Decongestants
- Topical steroids for eczema
- Antibiotics
- Proton pump inhibitors
- Oral steroids
- Muscle relaxants
- Fingertip units for topical steroids
- Medicines to keep at home
- Free or reduced cost prescriptions
- Drug dependence treatment
- Beta-blockers
- Insulin
- Polypharmacy
- Generic medicines vs brand names
- Oral bronchodilators
- Steroid nasal sprays
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Laxatives
- Aminosalicylates
- Antacids
- H2 blockers
- Calcium channel blockers
- Antithyroid medicines
- Topical anti-inflammatory painkillers
- Antipsychotic medicines
- Topical steroids
- Alpha-blockers
- Peripheral vasodilators
- Steroid injections
- Mucolytics
- Diarrhoea medicine
- Anti-inflammatory tablets
- Indigestion medicine
- Steroids
- Ace inhibitors
- Nitrate medication
- Medication and treatment for dementia
- Head lice treatment and prevention
- Benzodiazepines and Z drugs
- Sleeping tablets
- Painkillers
- Alternatives to HRT for menopause symptoms
- Aspirin and other antiplatelet medicines
- Medication-overuse headache
- Emollients and eczema creams
- Antihistamines
- Acne treatments
- Bupropion for quitting smoking
- Thiazide diuretics
- Biological medicines for rheumatoid arthritis
- Nausea medicine
- Bisphosphonates
- Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
- Anticoagulants
- Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
- Drug allergy
- Antifungal medication
- Worm medicines
- Strong painkillers
- Epilepsy medication and side-effects
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Medicines for urinary urgency and incontinence
- Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention
- Migraine treatment
- Cough medicines
- Antispasmodics
- Local preparations for anal disorders
- Potassium-sparing diuretics
- Loop diuretics
- Medicine for high blood pressure
- Antidepressants
- Statins and other lipid-lowering medicines
- Cannabis-based medicinal products
Surgery & procedures
Anaesthesia
- Nerve damage after epidural injection
- Epidural pain relief after surgery
- Death or brain damage from anaesthesia
- Sickness after anaesthetic
- Anaesthesia
- Post-dural puncture headache
- Spinal anaesthetic
- Anaesthetic for hip or knee replacement
Endoscopy
- ERCP
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Bronchoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Hysteroscopy
- Nasoendoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Other surgery and procedures
- Colposcopy and cervical treatments
- Arthroscopy and arthroscopic surgery
- Vasectomy
- Common postoperative complications
- Breast uplift
- Breast augmentation
- Lip enhancement
- Breast reduction
- Local anaesthesia for your eye operation
- Botox
- Laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery
- Hysterectomy
- Cystoscopy
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Coronary artery bypass grafting
- Surgical drains
- Kidney transplant
- Preventing infection after splenectomy
- Laser eye surgery
- Sterilisation
- Laser hair removal
- Post-operative chest infection
- Female sterilisation
- Hip replacement
- Knee replacement
- Facelifts