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Medicine Brand Changes

Note: All of the brochures and leaflets listed below can easily be ordered, for free and in bulk, from Pharmac Online Resources.

From time to time the funded brand of a medicine may change as a result of a PHARMAC decision.

The “My Medicine Looks Different” brochure is for patients whose brand of medicine has changed. The brochure answers some common questions about medicine brand changes - such as explaining why the medicine has changed, why it has a different brand name - and includes information about safety and effectiveness. Download (2 pages, 128 KB).

Please call our helpline on 0800 66 00 50 if you have any questions about a brand change or email us.

Simvastatin

Please view this patient leaflet Simvastatin BrandSwitch PDF.pdf (2 pages, 191 KB) for information about the change in brand for simvastatin.

For information in Te Reo Maori and for those regions with One Heart Many lives, please view this patient leaflet Simvastatin BrandSwitch PDF - OHML.pdf (2 pages, 158 KB).

Paracetamol

Brand change notification - paracetamol 500mg tablet (2 pages, 194 KB).

Omeprazole (Losec/Dr Reddy's Omeprazole)

Please view this patient leaflet (1 page, 166 KB) for information about the changes in brand for omeprazole.

Salbutamol

Please see the leaflet Comparing salbutamol inhalers (2 pages, 456 KB) for information about the different brands available.

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Page updated on 08 Sep 2009

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