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18 April 2011 May 2011 Pharmaceutical Schedule Dispatch This document is provided to pharmacists as an early notification of the changes to be announced in the May 2011 Update to the Pharmaceutical Schedule. Please notify PHARMAC (0800 66 00 50) to change or remove your contact details. New listings  Compound electrolytes (Electral) powder for soln for oral use 4.4 g – Up to 10 sachets available on a PSO (p’code 2381648)  Digoxin (Lanoxin) tab 250 μg, 240 tab pack – Up to 30 tab available on a PSO (p’code 2378078)  Fentanyl citrate (Boucher and Muir) inj 50 μg per ml, 2 ml (p’code 2381176) and 10 ml (p’code 2381168) – Only on a controlled drug form and no patient co-payment payable  Lacosamide (Vimpat) – Special Authority – Retail pharmacy - listing in Section F Part II o tab 50 mg, 14 tab pack (p’code 2378353) o tab 100 mg, 14 tab pack (p’code 2378388) o tab 100 mg, 56 tab pack (p’code 2378396) o tab 150 mg, 14 tab pack (p’code 2378418) o tab 150 mg, 56 tab pack (p’code 2378426) o tab 200 mg, 56 tab pack (p’code 2378442)  Modafinil (Modavigil) tab 100 mg – Special Authority – Retail pharmacy (p’code 2104024)  Bortezomib inj 3.5 mg (Velcade) (p’code 2275848) and inj 1 mg for ECP, 3.5 mg OP (Baxter) (p’code 2383659) – PCT only – Specialist – Special Authority  Thalidomide (Thalomid) cap 100 mg– PCT only – Specialist – Special Authority – Only on a controlled drug form (p’code 2381133)  Paediatric oral feed 1.5kcal/ml (Fortini) – Special Authority – Hospital pharmacy [HP3] o liquid strawberry 200 ml OP (p’code 2224496) o liquid vanilla 200 ml OP (p’code 2224488)  Paediatric oral feed with fibre 1.5kcal/ml (Fortini Multi Fibre) – Special Authority – Hospital pharmacy [HP3] o liquid chocolate 200 ml OP (p’code 2224461) o liquid strawberry 200 ml OP (p’code 2224453) o liquid vanilla 200 ml OP (p’code 2224445) Changes to restrictions  Clarithromycin (Klamycin) tab 500 mg – removal of endorsement for dispensing 250 mg tablets  Influenza vaccine – amended access criteria  Ondansetron tab 4 mg and 8 mg, and tab disp 4 mg and 8 mg – removal of prescribing and dispensing restrictions and Special Authority  Thalidomide (Thalomid and Thalidomide Pharmion) cap 50 mg and 100 mg – amended Special Authority criteria  Standard supplements (Ensure, Sustagen Hospital Formula, Isosource Standard, Osmolite, Nutrison Standard RTH, Isosource Standard RTH, Osmolite RTH, Jevity, Nutrison Multi Fibre, Jevity RTH, Ensure Plus HN, Ensure Plus RTH, Nutrison Energy Multifibre, Fortisip, Ensure Plus, Fortisip Multi Fibre) liquid and powder amended Special Authority criteria  Standard supplements (Ensure Plus) liquid (flavours) 200 ml OP – Higher subsidy by endorsement for bolus tube fed patients

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Amino acid formula (Vivonex Pediatric, Neocate, Neocate LCP, Neocate Advance, Elecare, Elecare LCP) powder (flavours) – amended Special Authority criteria Extensively hydrolysed formula (Pepti Junior Gold, Pepti Junior) powder – amended Special Authority criteria

Decreased subsidy Chemical Abacavir sulphate Presentation Fully subsidised brands Partially subsidised brands Ziagen Ziagen Fosmax Fosamax Plus Dr Reddy’s Ondansetron Dr Reddy’s Ondansetron Zofran Zydis Zofran Zydis

Tab 300 mg Oral liq 20 mg per ml Alendronate sodium Tab 70 mg Alendronate sodium Tab 70 mg with with cholecalciferol cholecalciferol 5,600 iu Ondansetron Tab disp 4 mg Tab disp 8 mg Increased subsidy Chemical Colestipol hydrochloride Presentation Sachets 5 g

Fully subsidised brands Colestid

NB. For further details and magnitude of the above subsidy changes, please consult the online version of the Update to the Pharmaceutical Schedule at: www.pharmac.govt.nz/healthpros/Schedule.

Diabetes Nurse Prescribers Below are the names of the 12 named Registered Nurses Practising in Diabetes Health who have now had their registration updated and can officially prescribe a limited list of medicines and medical devices. The nurses are involved in a six month pilot. Auckland Hawke's Bay Mid Central Patricia Ball Mele Kaufusi Jennifer Britland Andrea Rooderkerk Heather Charteris Tony Loversuch Mary Meendering Alison Fellerhoff Pauline Giles Kerrie Skeggs Anne-Marie Heffernan Hazel Phillips this 052157 114474 060927 117987 117839 138813 108408 064890 108269 112025 148903 160328 please refer to the following website

Hutt Valley

For further information about [http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz].

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