Medicines Formulary

Reports

Drug name	NICE TAs	Comments
Penicillin 5000 units in 1ml eye drops		Unlicensed. Hospital use only, ophthalmologists.
Pentostatin injection		National CDF list
Peppermint water		Unlicensed
Perflutren (Luminity®)
Perhexiline tablets
Pertuzumab (Perjeta®)	TA569 - Pertuzumab for adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive early stage breast cancer	For hospital use only
Pethidine
Pethidine injection
Phenobarbital injection		Hospital only
Phenol 5% and 6% in glycerin injection		For nerve ablation specialist only

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Drug status key

Formulary drugs are allocated a traffic light status. This provides guidance on where clinical and prescribing responsibilities lie in regard to the initiation and maintenance of prescribing.

Grey

Positive NICE TA and/or awaiting local clarification on place in therapy. Please contact your medicines optimisation team for more information.

Red

Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists only.

Amber

Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists and transfer to primary care prescribing when appropriate, or in primary care following a specialists recommendation. Prior to initiation some medicines may require committee agreement or a framework to support safe transfer and maintenance.

Green

Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists, GPs and other qualified clinicians.

Blue

Under review at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.