Prescribing Handbook

Welcome to the Edren Prescribing Handbook.  This contains Edinburgh’s internal protocols, written for a professional audience.  (See also our other unit handbooks for general renal, transplant and dialysis protocols.)

This handbook is split into two sections:

• In General Prescribing Notes, find generic prescribing advice (usually about classes of drugs or drugs for a common indication)
• In Renal Drugs A-Z, find specific protocols for individual drugs

Contents are listed below:

• General prescribing notes
  • ACE Inhibitors: how to start
  • Analgesia in CKD
  • Antimicrobials
  • Contraception
  • Osteoporosis prevention on steroids
  • Principles of prescribing in kidney disease
  • Prescribing in pregnancy
  • SGLT2i: how to start
• Patient Information Leaflets
• Prescribing A-Z