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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.

Aromatase Inhibitor Brand Change

PHARMAC has made some changes to the funding of aromatase inhibitors. Please read through this Aromatase Inhibitor Patient Information sheet (4 pages, 192 KB) which will provide you with more information about the changes and answers some questions you may have.

Sumatriptan Brand Change

There will soon be some changes to the subsidised brand of sumatriptan. Click here (2 pages, 173 KB) to download an information sheet that will provide you with details about the change and help answer some questions you may have.

My Medicine Looks Different

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).

Contact PHARMAC

Please call our helpline on 0800 66 00 50 or email brandswitch@pharmac.govt.nz if you have any questions about a brand change .

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Page updated on 09 Mar 2010

Linked documents

Aromatase Inhibitor brand change (4 pages, 192 KB)
Aromatase inhibitors – patient information Recently PHARMAC has made decisions that mean there are changes to the subsidies for some aromatase inhibitors. Aromatase inhibitors are a type of medicine used to treat breast cancer. PHARMAC currently funds three different types…

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Sumatriptan brand switch info (2 pages, 173 KB)
Brand change notification Sumatriptan (50 mg & 100 mg tablets) Dear patient Recently a decision was made to change the subsidies for the antimigraine treatment sumatriptan 50 mg & 100 mg tablets. This means that soon, only Arrow-Sumatriptan will be…

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My Medicine Looks Different (2 pages, 128 KB)
“Always talk to your pharmacist or doctor about the changes and always read the label on your medicine and follow the instructions” For more information, talk to your pharmacist or doctor, or call PHARMAC on 0800 66 00 50 (toll…

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