Urgent medications list

 

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As per our policy the following list of medications are deem urgent and will be process as such.  All other medications will be process via the usual repeat system and will take 2 working days not including the day submitted

 

All Insulin

  • Test strips, lancets & pen needles for insulin

Long term Steroids

  • Prednisolone
  • Budesonide
  • Hydrocortisone
 

Reliever inhalers

  • Salbutamol
  • Terbutaline

Adrenaline pens

  • Emerade®
  • Epipen®
  • Jext®
 

Anti-epileptics

  • Lamotrigine
  • Carbamazepine (Tegretol®)
  • Topiramate
  • Sodium valproate (Epilim®)
  • Levetiracetam (Keppra®)

DMARDs

  • Methotrexate
  • Azathioprine
  • Leflonamide
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Mycophenolate
  • Ciclosporin
  • Sulfasalazine
 

Anticoagulants (blood thinners)

  • Warfarin
  • Apixaban (Eliquis®)
  • Dabigatran (Pradaxa®)
  • Rivaroxaban (Xarelto®)
  • Edoxaban (Lixiana®)
  • Tinzaparin (Innohep®)
  • Dalteparin (Fragmin®)

End of Life Medication

  • Morphine
  • Diamorphine inj
  • Oxycodone
  • Alfentanil inj
  • Levomepromazine inj
  • Metoclopramide inj
  • Cyclizine inj
  • Haloperidol inj
  • Midazolam inj
  • Glycopyrronium inj
  • Hyoscine inj
  • Water for injections
 

Misc

  • Lithium (Priadel®)