Prescription Products
Strattera
 Composition: atomoxetine hydrochloride.
Presentation: hard capsules.
Action: selective inhibitor of the pre-synaptic noradrenaline transporter.
Indications: treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
in children six years of age and older, adolescents and adults.
Dosage: children and adolescents up to 70kg body weight: initiation dose
approximately 0.5mg/kg per day, recommended maintenance dose approximately
1.2mg/kg per day. Children and adolescents over 70kg body weight and
adults: initiation dose 40mg per day, recommended maintenance dose 80mg
per day.
Cautions: atomoxetine should be used with caution in patients with hypertension,
tachycardia or cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease. Growth should
be monitored during treatment. Atomoxetine may exacerbate hypertension
in patients with end stage renal failure. Doses should be reduced in
those with moderate hepatic insufficiency. See SPC.
Contraindications: atomoxetine should not be used in combination with
monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Not recommended in patients with narrow
angle glaucoma.
Side effects: abdominal pain, decreased appetite.
Net price: 7 (10mg, 18mg, 25mg or 40mg) £13.65 , 28 (10mg, 18mg,
25mg, 40mg or 60mg) £54.60.
Contact details: Eli Lilly & Co, Lilly House, Priestly Road, Basingstoke,
Hampshire RG24 9NL (tel 01256 315999).
Strattera will be available to order from 7 July.
Levemir
Composition: insulin detemir 100U/ml.
Presentation: solution for injection in cartridges (Penfill) and pre-filled
pens (FlexPen).
Class: long-acting human insulin analogue.
Indications: treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Dosage: adjusted individually and administered by subcutaneous injection
once or twice daily in combination with meal-related short- or rapid-acting
insulin.
Precautions: Mixing of rapid acting insulin with Levemir should be avoided.
Patients taking Levemir may require a change in dosage from that used
with their usual insulin. Transferring a patient to another type of insulin
should be done under strict medical supervision.
Net price: 5x3ml pack of either presentation £39.
Contact details: Novo Nordisk, Broadfield Park, Brighton Road, Crawley,
West Sussex RH11 9RT (tel 01293 613555).
Levemir will be available to order from 21 June.
Imigran Radis
Imigran (sumatriptan succinate) Radis, rapidly disintegrating tablets
have been launched (GlaxoSmithKline). Net price 50mg 6 £26.74,
50mg 12 £53.52, 100mg 6 £48, 100mg 12 £96.
GONAL-f prefilled pen
 GONAL-f (follitropin alfa) is now available as a prefilled pen (Serono).
Net price 1 pen, 300IU/ 0.5ml £114.28, 450IU/0.75ml £171.42,
900IU/1.5ml £342.84.
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