Medicines A–Z
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| Status | Drug name | NICE TAs | Comments |
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Phenytoin suspension | ||
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Pholcodeine linctus | ||
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Phosphate enema | ||
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Phosphate infusion | ||
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Phosphate-Sandoz effervescent tablets | ||
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Phytomenadione 1mg capsules | ||
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Phytomenadione injection |
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Picolax | Bowel cancer screening |
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Pilocarpine eye drops | Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation - 1%, 2% and 4% eye drops |
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Pilocarpine hydrochloride tablets (Salagen) | Licensed for treatment of xerostomia following irradiation for head and neck cancer; dry mouth and dry eyes in Sjögren's syndrome. Effective only in patients who have residual salivary gland function. |
Drug status key
Formulary drugs are allocated a traffic light status. This provides guidance on where clinical and prescribing responsibilities lie in regard to the initiation and maintenance of prescribing.
Grey
Positive NICE TA and/or awaiting local clarification on place in therapy. Please contact your medicines optimisation team for more information.
Red
Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists only.
Amber
Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists and transfer to primary care prescribing when appropriate, or in primary care following a specialists recommendation. Prior to initiation some medicines may require committee agreement or a framework to support safe transfer and maintenance.
Green
Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists, GPs and other qualified clinicians.
Blue
Under review at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
