University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Medicines A–Z

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Status Drug name NICE TAs Comments
Status: Red Rivaroxaban tablets #2.8

BSSE APC preferred agent. This recommendation must only be taken into account after a patient and prescriber have discussed all treatment options (including warfarin) and only if they have no preference about which medicine they want to use.

Red use following hip and knee surgery – full course of treatment supplied on discharge

Status: Amber Rivastigmine capsules

Dementia drugs ESCA

Status: Amber Rivastigmine patches

Dementia drugs ESCA

Status: Green Rizatriptan tablets

Reserved for patients who are vomiting due to migraine

Status: Red Rocuronium injection
Status: Amber Roflumilast (Daxas)

To be use in line with NICE. Supported with a RICaD

Status: Red Romiplostim injection
Status: Red Romosozumab (Evenity®)
Status: Amber Ropinirole M/R tablets

ESCA for Parkinson's disease

Status: Amber Ropinirole tablets

ESCA for restless legs

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