Company: Niche Generics Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Prohibited in specific sports. Active ingredient: Bisoprolol fumarate 2.5mg. Description: White, oblong, uncoated tablets marked BI above and 2.5 below break-line on one side. Can be divided into equal halves. Presentation: 2.5mg-28, €2.99. Indications: Treatment of stable chronic heart failure (HF) with reduced systolic left ventricular function [...]
Company: Clonmel Healthcare. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport prohibited. Active ingredient: Losartan (K+)/HCTZ 50mg/12.5mg, 100mg/25mg. Description: White, film-coated tablets. 50mg/12.5mg: Round. 100mg/25mg: Oblong, scored, can be divided into equal halves. Presentation: 50mg/12.5mg-28, €9.53; 100mg/25mg-28, €16.52. Indications: Essential hypertension in patients whose blood pressure (BP) is not adequately controlled on losartan or HCTZ alone. Pharmacology: The [...]
Company: Clonmel Healthcare Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Lercanidipine (HCl) 10mg, 20mg. Description: Resp. yellow or pink, round, biconvex, film-coated tablets with breaking notch. 10mg: Break only to facilitate ease of swallowing. 20mg: Can be divided into equal halves (doses). Presentation: 10mg-28, €4.94; 20mg-28, €8.08. Indications: Mild to moderate essential hypertension. [...]
Company: Forest Laboratories UK Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. Active ingredient: NaCl 7%. Description: Nebuliser solution. Presentation: 4ml-60, €40. Indications: Lower respiratory tract disorders characterised by persistent mucus. Pharmacology: Hypertonic sodium chloride helps to increase the mobilisation of secretions in the lower respiratory tract in patients with persistent mucus due to its osmotic effects. Dosage: Adult: [...]
Company: Orion Pharma (Ireland) Ltd. Legal category. Prescription. High-Tech. Sport prohibited. Active ingredient: Histrelin acetate 50mg. Description: Implant. Presentation: 1, €1876.68. Indications: Palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Pharmacology: Histrelin is a synthetic analogue of a naturally occurring LHRH. After implantation, histrelin diffuses into the tissue resulting in inhibition of pituitary LH secretion. By one [...]
Bayer Schering Pharma are pleased to announce that from the 1st July 2010, prices for Levitra (Vardenafil HCI), indicated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, will be reduced across all dose ranges. Levitra 20mg will be reduced by 6%; the medium and maintenance dose of Levitra 10mg will be reduced by 40%; while the lower [...]
Rowex Ltd wishes to announce their intention to discontinue Ceftal 125mg Coated Tablets x 14’s once existing stock is depleted. The expiry date of the last batch of the 125mg tablets is July 2010. Further information is available from Rowex Ltd. Free phone: 1800 304400. Tel: (027) 50077 Fax: (027) 50417. E-mail: rowex@rowa-pharma.ie
Novo Nordisk wish to announce its decision to discontinue all presentations of Mixtard 30; Mixtard 30 Penfill 3ml cartridges, Mixtard 30 InnoLet and Mixtard 30 10ml vials from the Irish market from 31st December 2010. Mixtard 30 was first launched over 25 years ago and over the last six years its use in Ireland has [...]
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