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