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Winter 2010 Newsletter now available online

The latest edition of the TLC-RN newsletter is now available by clicking on the link below.

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Flexibility and Sustainability Funding

Applications are invited for FSF funding from the TLCRN.

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Children & Young Persons Advisory Group

'Want to join a group of young people who advise on research into medicines for children & young people?'

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Why we exist

Most medicines in shops and hospitals are not right for children

Medicines for children are different from medicines for grown-ups.

Most medicines are for grown-ups. They are not for children. There are many more grown-ups than children in the world. So grown-ups use lots more medicine. Medicine factories like to make a lot of each medicine. So the factories prefer to make medicines for grown-ups.

Grown-ups are allowed to try new medicines to make sure that they are alright. This makes it easy to test new medicines for grown-ups. Doctors have to be very careful before they let children try new medicines. This makes it harder to test new medicines for children.

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Sometimes it is hard for doctors to know what medicines to give to children

Some medicines have been used from long ago by many children. We know these medicines are alright, but we need to know more about them. Sometimes when children are poorly they are allowed to have a little medicine that is really for grown-ups. You might hear your doctor say that these medicines are "off-label".

Some medicines are pills or tablets. They might look like sweets but they are not sweets. You can't suck them. You are not allowed to bite them. They are too big for you to swallow whole. A doctor might make a pill or a tablet into a drink for you. You might hear your doctor say that this medicine is "unlicensed".

Our job is to help doctors and factories make medicines just for children

There is a new law that says what medicines doctors are allowed to give to children. First of all, some children must try using the medicines. We help the children and doctors try the medicines. Then the doctors can be sure that the medicines are alright for children.

Some of the medicines are very special because very, very few children will ever need them. We help the doctors and the factories work together. The new law makes it easier for the factories to make special medicines.

Would you like to know more?

To learn more about this, please ask a doctor, nurse, parent, teacher or other carer. Or you may ask us. Please click here to read about what we do.

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