Medication Overview
Medication Overview
Last activity on December 2, 2024
Criteria for advice from client’s GP
On screen are some examples of where you as an Advisor would need to seek advice from the client’s GP before prescribing/providing stop smoking treatment(s).
- There is doubt whether an exclusion criterion applies
- Clients with uncontrolled hyperthyroidism (over-active thyroid)
- Clients with lung disease (including chronic throat disease and bronchospastic disease) who want to use the inhalator
- Clients taking anti-convulsant therapy or with a history of epilepsy
- Clients with Pheochromocytoma (rare tumour of the adrenal glands)
- Clients using adenosine
- Clients with uncontrolled diabetes
- Clients with severe renal (kidney) impairment
- Clients below the age of 12 years
- Clients with oesophagitis, gastritis, active peptic ulcer, active gastric ulcer, oral or pharyngeal inflammation who want to use an oral product
- Clients with a moderate or severe hepatic (liver) impairment
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