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Drug Class List
You can choose to display a Drug Regime by drug class, rather than by the drug dictionary (which uses the alternative Drug Regime icon).
This feature lets you display a list of drugs, any of which can be prescribed by simply double clicking on the relevant drug name. Related drugs can be quickly displayed and, if required, a list of preferred drugs built up from any Drug class or BNF category.
An drug class is a feature of the Gemscript (drug) dictionary and is similar in concept to the BNF. So, for example, you could display a cardiac glycosides heading which will at the time of prescribing display the complete list of cardiac glycosides.
To prescribe when in Guideline mode, you would double click on a drug line to select it (see the section on Prescribing from a Guideline).
In addition, you can choose to have a preferred list of one or more drug item lines displayed within the drug class which you most commonly use, and from which you can prescribe.
See also New Drug Regime lines and Prescribing from a Local Guideline.
