GP SPECIALTY TRAINING ST1 Digestive Problems

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GP SPECIALTY TRAINING ST1 Digestive Problems

• A General Practice Perspective
• Patient presentations re-presentations
• Investigations
• Treatment
• Referral

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GP SPECIALTY TRAINING ST1 Digestive Problems

• DYSPEPSIA
• COLORECTAL CANCER
• IBS other symptomatic presentations

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GP SPECIALTY TRAINING ST1 Digestive Problems

• Resources
• RCGP Curriculum Statement
• Tayside Area Prescribing Guide
• NICE
• SIGN
• BMJ Clinical Evidence and BMJ E Learning
• E Library
• Local National Guidelines
• BMJ
• BJGP

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GP SPECIALTY TRAINING ST1 Digestive Problems

• MEDICATION
• Dyspepsia GORD co-magaldrox, peptac, gaviscon
  advance
• Antispamodics, motility mebeverine,
  metoclopramide, domperidone
• Ulcer drugs ranitidine, omeprazole,
  lansoprazole
• Diarrhoea loperamide, codeine phosphate
• Inflammatory bowel disease mesalazine,
  balsalazide, sulfasalazine, prednisolone, topical
  hydrocortisone, budesonide
• Laxatives ispaghula husk, magnesium hydroxide,
  lactulose, movicol, senna, docusate sodium,
  glycerol, sodium citrate, arachis oil
• Haemorrhoids anusol, anusol HC, xyloproct