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
- Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention
- Antispasmodics
- Medicines for urinary urgency and incontinence
- Epilepsy medication and side-effects
- Strong painkillers
- Worm medicines
- Antifungal medication
- Drug allergy
- Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
- Anticoagulants
- Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
- Bisphosphonates
- Nausea medicine
- Biological medicines for rheumatoid arthritis
- Thiazide diuretics
- Bupropion for quitting smoking
- Antihistamines
- Emollients and eczema creams
- Medication-overuse headache
- Aspirin and other antiplatelet medicines
- Alternatives to HRT for menopause symptoms
- Painkillers
- Sleeping tablets
- Benzodiazepines and Z drugs
- Head lice treatment and prevention
- Medication and treatment for dementia
- Nitrate medication
- Ace inhibitors
- Steroids
- Indigestion medicine
- Anti-inflammatory tablets
- Diarrhoea medicine
- Mucolytics
- Steroid injections
- Peripheral vasodilators
- Alpha-blockers
- Topical steroids
- Antipsychotic medicines
- Topical anti-inflammatory painkillers
- Antithyroid medicines
- Calcium channel blockers
- H2 blockers
- Antacids
- Aminosalicylates
- Laxatives
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Steroid nasal sprays
- Oral bronchodilators
- Generic medicines vs brand names
- Polypharmacy
- Antidepressants
- Migraine treatment
- 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
- Potassium-sparing diuretics
- Acne treatments
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Cough medicines
- Local preparations for anal disorders
- Loop diuretics
- Medicine for high blood pressure
- Statins and other lipid-lowering medicines
- Cannabis-based medicinal products
Surgery & procedures
Anaesthesia
- Anaesthetic for hip or knee replacement
- Spinal anaesthetic
- Post-dural puncture headache
- Anaesthesia
- Sickness after anaesthetic
- Death or brain damage from anaesthesia
- Nerve damage after epidural injection
- Epidural pain relief after surgery
Endoscopy
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
- Gastroscopy
- Nasoendoscopy
- Hysteroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Bronchoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- ERCP
Other surgery and procedures
- Female sterilisation
- Post-operative chest infection
- Sterilisation
- Laser eye surgery
- Preventing infection after splenectomy
- Kidney transplant
- Surgical drains
- Coronary artery bypass grafting
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Cystoscopy
- Hysterectomy
- Laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery
- Local anaesthesia for your eye operation
- Laser hair removal
- Botox
- Knee replacement
- Arthroscopy and arthroscopic surgery
- Vasectomy
- Common postoperative complications
- Breast uplift
- Breast augmentation
- Lip enhancement
- Breast reduction
- Hip replacement
- Colposcopy and cervical treatments
- Facelifts