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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7155 p12
July 7, 2001


Products

    Prescription Products SPC changes Discontinued products Counter medicines Products miscellany

Recall Oxybutynin tablets

Prescription Products

Surgam tablets

Distriphar is unable to supply Surgam (tiaprofenic acid) 200mg tablets, pack size 84, due to production problems. The product will be available again in early August. The company says that it is cancelling all back orders and requests that stock should be re-ordered in a month’s time.

Ceftriaxone

Genus Pharmaceuticals is adding ceftriaxone 1g vial (net price, 1 £9.95) and ceftriaxone 2g infusion bottle (net price, 1 £19.95) to its product range.

Rescueflow

Rescueflow (sodium chloride 7.5 per cent, 6 per cent dextran 70) for initial resuscitation after trauma, is now available form Horizon Lifecare (net price, 250ml £28.50).

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SPC changes

Norvir new indication

Abbott Laboratories has extended the licensed indications for its Norvir (ritonavir) capsules and oral solution. Norvir is now additionally indicated for use with other antiretroviral agents, including other protease inhibitors.

Carvedilol tablets

The summary of product characteristics for Eucardic (carvedilol) tablets has been amended. Initiation of therapy should still only be under the supervision of a hospital physician. However, any subsequent titration of the dose can be done by a health care professional experienced in the management of heart failure. The SPC from Roche Products now says that therapy should also only be initiated after a thorough assessment of the patient’s condition. Before any subsequent titration of the dose, the patient must be clinically evaluated on the day of up-titration. The dose should not be increased in any patient with deteriorating heart failure since their last visit or with signs of decompensated or unstable chronic heart failure. The requirement to monitor patients for two to three hours after initiation and any dose increase during up-titration has been removed.

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Discontinued

Bronchodil aerosol

ASTA Medica’s Bronchodil (reproterol) aerosol inhaler has been discontinued with immediate effect. The company recommends that users of the product seek advice from their physicians regarding an alternative treatment. Any enquires should be made to ASTA Medica (tel 01223 428812).

Maalox suspension

Aventis Pharma has discontinued Maalox suspension due to manufacturing problems, with immediate effect.
Correction
Aventis Pharma has discontinued only the 300ml pack of Maalox suspension, and not the entire range.

Lanvis tablets

GlaxoSmithKline is discontinuing Lanvis (thioguanine) 10mg tablets. Stock is expected to be available until September. For details of alternative suppliers, the company’s medical information department can be contacted (tel 0800 221441).

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Counter medicines

Quinoderm range

The Quinoderm range, which has recently been acquired from Adams Healthcare, has been repackaged. Quinoderm antibacterial face wash, pack sizes 100ml and 200ml, will be removed from the range in September. The company will be introducing Quinoderm face wash (retail price, 150ml £3.49) and Quinoderm facial cleanser (retail price, 150ml £3.49) to the range in October. Both products are general sale list product.

New packaging for Piriton

The packaging of Piriton (chlorphenamine maleate) tablets and syrup has been redesigned. Piriton syrup has also been repackaged in a plastic bottle.

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Products miscellany

EasyBag supplies

Fresenius Kabi’s 500ml EasyBag enteral feeding system is now being supplied in cases of 15 instead of eight.

Steri-bottle

Steri-bottle, a pre-sterilised, single-use infant feeding bottle has been launched by Steri-bottle. The bottles, which can be put in the freezer, will be available in packs of four and in the following sizes: 125ml with a medium-flow teat for babies from birth to three months (retail price, £1.89); 250ml with a medium-flow teat for babies from birth to three months and 250ml with fast-flow teat for babies over three months (retail price, £1.99).

CliniMed SuperSkin

CliniMed has launched CliniMed Superskin, a liquid barrier film for the protection of skin that is at risk from the damaging effects of moisture and friction. The product is available in two applicator sizes, 0.7g and 2g, both of which are reimbursable on the NHS. The 0.7g applicator can be used to protect a 10cm x 10cm area of skin (net price, 10 applicators £8) and the 2g applicator can be used to cover an area of 20cm x 20cm (net price, 10 £13).

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