Medicines Shortages 01 March 2014 IPU Services Ltd These materials are provided for the use,in their respective pharmacies, by members of the Irish Pharmacy Union. These materials, the information contained in these materials or any other contents of these materials may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted, downloaded, modified, distributed, altered in any way, integrated into, or incorporated with, any other materials or works or passed to any third party without the written permission of IPU Services Limited. The information contained in these materials is provided for information purposes only. While IPU Services Limited does its best to provide accurate information, it takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the said information and no liability shall attach to either the Irish Pharmacy Union or IPU Services Limited in respect of the accuracy of the information contained in these materials.Company / Product Availability Abbott Influvac Sub-Unit PFS 0.5ml Alliance Pharmaceuticals Anbesol Anaesthetic Antisept Oromuc Soln AMCO - Mercury Pharma/Antigen
Licenced pack no longer marketed (Unlicenced
AMCO - Mercury Pharma/Goldshield Chloromycetin 1% Opth Oint
Limited Stock - new stock due mid April 2014
AMCO - Amdipharm Erythroped Forte 500mg/5ml SF Susp B&S Healthcare Zyprexa 5mg Velotab Tabs B&S Bayer Kwells Travel Sickness Tabs Bristol-Meyers Squibb Questran Sachets Pdr For Oral Susp Chefaro Milk of Magnesia Chugai Antepsin 1g/5ml Oral Suspension Co-Pharma (prev Galen) Keftid 250mg Caps Essential Pharma (prev Paines & Byrne) Ketovite Liquid Eurodrug (Imbat) Eltroxin 25mcg Tabs Eurodrug
Mycostatin 100000u/ml Oral Susp Eurodrug
Medicines Shortages 01 March 2014 Company / Product Availability Fannin Etoposid Ebewe 100mg/ml 5ml Sol For Inf Fannin (prev Helsinn) Histek Tabs 10mg Cetirizine Fannin /Martindale Chloramphenicol BP 1% Eye Ointment
Unable to provide date (Unlicenced pack avail)
Ferring Lutinus 100mg Vaginal Tabs Gerard Insomniger 10mg Tabs Temazepam Gilead Vistide 375mg/5ml Conc Soln/Inf GSK Augmentin 500mg/125mg FC Tabs GSK CH/ Stiefel Polytar Liquid Intrapharm Fefol Spansules Lexon UK Zyprexa 2.5mg Tabs Lexon Mentholatum Mentholatum Deep Heat Spr Soln MSD Diprosone 0.05% Ointment Novartis Anafranil 10mg Caps Pfizer Halcion 0.25mg Tabs
Short-term out of stock; stock expected end
March/early April. Request pharmacists’ assistance to
Long-term out of stock from March 2014. Supply of
Phoenix Labs Deltacortril Ent 2.5mg Tabs
Unable to provide date (100's available)
Roche Tamiflu 30mg Hard Caps Sanofi Hydrocortisyl 1% Skin Oint
Unable to provide date (Hydrocortisyl Skin Cream 1% is
Seven Seas Mil-Par Oral Suspension Swedish Orphan Synacthen 250mcg/ml Soln For Inj Teva Etoposide-Teva 20mg/ml 5ml Sol for Inf Typharm Golden Eye Ointment UCB Pharma Atropine 1mg/10ml Mini-Jet Soln For Inj Medicines Shortages 01 March 2014 Company / Product Availability Teofarma Prothiaden 25mg Hard Caps
then product will be temporarily discontinued
Products Now Available Fannin/Medac BCG Medac 100ml B&S Healthcare Zyprexa 2.5mg Tabs B&S Pharmasol Sprilon Spray Pfizer Depo-Medrone 40mg/ml Susp/Inj 3ml Vistapharm Jext 150mcg Soln For Inj PFP
1) Disposal by Lok Adalat/ Special Lok Adalat/ Mega Lok Adalat/ Pension Lok Adalat / Labour Lok Adalat Awareness Programme / Persons Benefitted by Legal Aid / Legal Aid Provided Special Lok Pension Lok Labour Lok Awareness Legal Aid Programme Benefited by Provided Legal Aid / Awareness 4,53,077 2008 2009 1,02,335 5,34,196 1,50,296