Company: Fresenius Medical Care Ireland Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredients: Calcium acetate, 435mg (eq. to 110mg calcium), magnesium carbonate, 235mg (eq. to 60mg magnesium). Description: White to yellowish, oblong film-coated tablet with a single score line. The score line is only to facilitate breaking for ease of swallowing and not to [...]
Company: Genzyme Therapeutics. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Sevelamer carbonate 800mg; 2.4g. Description: 800mg: White to off-white tablets. 2.4g: Pale yellow powder for oral suspension. Presentation: 800mg-180, €184.53; 2.4g-60, €184.53. Indications: Control of hyperphosphataemia: In adults receiving haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis and in adults with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis with [...]
Company: Genzyme Therapeutics. Legal category: Prescription. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Rabbit anti-human thymocyte immunoglobulin 25mg (5mg/ml in reconstituted solution). Description: Powder for solution for infusion in vial. Presentation: 25mg-1. Price available on request. Indications: Immunosuppression in solid organ transplantation, in conjunction with other immunosuppressive drugs: Prevention of graft rejection in renal or heart transplantation; treatment [...]
Company: Actavis Ireland Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Tizanidine 2mg, 4mg. Description: White, round tablets. 2mg: Marked N62. 4mg: Scored and marked N63 on the other side. Presentation: 2mg-120, €66.69; 4mg-120, €83.37. Indication: Spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or with spinal cord injury or disease. Pharmacology: Tizanidine is a centrally acting [...]
Company: Ergha Healthcare Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Valaciclovir (HCl) 500mg. Description: Creamy, oblong film coated tablets. Presentation: 10, €18.50; 30, €55.49; 42, €77.66. Indications: Treatment of herpes zoster (shingles). Treatment and prevention (suppression) of herpes simplex infections of the skin and mucous membranes, including initial and recurrent genital herpes. Prophylaxis [...]
Company: Rowex Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Valaciclovir (HCl) 500mg. Description: White to off-white capsule shaped film coated tablets with 500 debossed on one side and plain on the other side. Presentation: 10, €19.14. Indications: In immunocompetent patients: Treatment of Herpes zoster in patients over 50 years, reducing duration of severe [...]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a new Prohibited List of Substances and Methods which comes into effect on 1 January 2010. Changes to the Prohibited List are as a result of ongoing reviews by the WADA List and Medical and Research Committees. A substance or method is added to the List if it [...]
Shire Pharmaceuticals Ireland Ltd. have announced that they have received local market approval for an extension to the existing indication for Foznol. This licence extension makes Foznol, the non-calcium, non-resin phosphate binder, available to control hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who are not on dialysis with a serum phosphorus level ≥1.78mmol/L (5.5mg/dL), in [...]
MIMS Ireland editorial team wishes to notify you of the update of the entry for Serenace (haloperidol) including all Serenace presentations. Serenace is available as capsules (0.5mg), tablets (1.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, 20mg), as an oral solution (2mg/ml) and a solution for injection (5mg/ml). We would like to draw your attention more particularly on the removal [...]
Centyl 2.5mg and Centyl 5.0mg Discontinued February 2010 LEO Pharma would like to inform you of their intention to discontinue Plain Centyl 2.5mg and Centyl 5mg from the Irish market in February 2010. This discontinuation is not due to any safety or quality issue, thus allowing pharmacists and patients to continue to dispense or use [...]
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