The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7176 p777
1 December 2001

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Products

Prescription Products
• Ciproxin infusion
• Mefenamic acid suspension
• Erythroped A tablets
Discontinued products
• Frumil LS tablets
Counter medicines
• Orbifen oral suspension
• Numark products
Products miscellany
• Dandrid shampoo

Recall Omnic capsules

Prescription Products

Ciproxin infusion

Ciproxin (ciprofloxacin) 400mg flexibags for intravenous infusion are now available in packs of 12 instead of 10 (Bayer). Orders can be faxed to Bayer on 01635 563432.

Mefenamic acid suspension

Ponstan (mefenamic acid) suspension 50mg/ml, pack size 125ml, is now available under its generic name (Chemidex Generics).

Erythroped A tablets

Erythroped A (erythromycin) 500mg tablets, pack size 28, will now be supplied in packs of 1 x 28 instead of 10 x 28 (Abbott Laboratories); net price, 1 x 28 tablets £10.19.

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Discontinued products

Frumil LS tablets

The 100-tablet pack size of Frumil LS (amiloride hydrochloride 2.5mg, furosemide 20mg) has been discontinued with immediate effect (Helis Healthcare). The 28 and 56 packs of Frumil LS tablets remain available.

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Counter medicines

Orbifen oral suspension

Orbifen (ibuprofen) oral suspension 100mg/5ml has been launched, pack size 100ml (Orbis Consumer Products); net price, £1.67, retail price, £2.99. The pharmacy medicine is strawberry-flavoured and sugar-free. Further information from Orbis Consumer Products, Unit 31, Northfields Industrial Estate, Beresford Avenue, Middlesex HA0 1NW (tel 020 8902 3736).

Numark products

Sugar-free formulations of pholcodine linctus (retail price, £1.55) and simple linctus (retail price, £1.09) have been launched (Numark). Both products are pharmacy medicines.

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Products miscellany

Dandrid shampoo

Dandrid (ketoconazole 1 per cent) shampoo, pack size 100ml, has been launched (Lagap Pharmaceuticals); net price, £2.51, retail price, £4.29. The product is not licensed as a medicine.

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