Company: Daiichi Sankyo/Eli Lilly Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Prasugrel (HCl) 5mg, 10mg. Description: Resp. yellow or beige double-arrow-shaped, film-coated tablets marked with tablet strength on one side and 4760 or 4759 on reverse. Presentation: 5mg-28, €55.87; 10mg-28, €55.87. Indications: Adjunct to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) for the prevention of atherothrombotic events in [...]
Exforge HCT
Company: Novartis Ireland Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport prohibited. Active ingredient: Amlodipine (besylate)/valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide, 5mg/160mg/12.5mg, 5mg/160mg/25mg, 10mg/160mg/12.5mg. Description: White, yellow or pale yellow, ovaloid, biconvex, bevelled edge, film-coated tablets, marked NVR on one side and VCL, VEL or VDL on reverse resp. Presentation: 5mg/160mg/12.5mg-28, €29.96; 5mg/160mg/25mg-28, €29.96; 10mg/160mg/12.5mg-28, €29.96. Indication: Substitution therapy in essential hypertension [...]
Losartan Ranbaxy
Company: Ranbaxy Ireland. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Losartan (K+) 50mg, 100mg. Description: White to off-white, circular, biconvex, film-coated tablets marked with L3 or L4, resp., on one side. Presentation: 50mg-28, €13.84; 100mg-28, €23.26. Indications: Treatment of essential hypertension. Treatment of renal disease in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus [...]
Molaxole
Company: Meda Pharma. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Macrogol 3350 13.125g, NaCl 350.7mg, KCl 46.6mg, NaHCO3 178.5mg. Description: Powder in sachet. Presentation: 20, €6.50; 30, €8.25. Indications: Chronic constipation. Faecal impaction. Pharmacology: Macrogol 3350 is an osmotically acting laxative. It increases the stool volume which triggers colon motility via neuromuscular pathways. The [...]
Daiichi Sankyo Ireland re-launch Benetor in Ireland
Daiichi Sankyo Ireland are pleased to announce the re‐launch of Benetor (olmesartan medoxomil) and Benetor Plus (olmesartan medoxomil/HCTZ) in Ireland. Indicated for the treatment for essential hypertension, Benetor is available in a 10mg starting dose which may be increased to 20mg daily, with a maximum daily dose of 40mg and is fully GMS reimbursable. For [...]