Medicines

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00032/0283	Pharmacia & Upjohn Limited	Nicorette Citrus Gum Low Strength	Nicotine—Resin Complex 10.000 mg	To help smokers who want to give up smoking, but who experience difficulty in doing so owing to their dependence on nicotine. Pharmacy Medicine	31st July 2000
00033/0158	Chauvin Pharmaceuticals Limited	Virgan Eye Gel	Ganciclovir .150 % w/w	Treatment of acute herpetic keratitis (dendritic and geographic ulcers). Prescription Only Medicine	21st July 2000
00116/0321	Baxter Healthcare Limited	Tisseel Kit, Two-Component Fibrin Sealant	Fibrinogen 75.000 mg Human Thrombin 500.000 iu	Tisseel Kit is used as an adjunct to haemostasis in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery when control of bleeding by conventional surgical techniques including sutures, ligatures, and cautery is considered ineffective or impractical. Prescription Only Medicine	31st May 2000
00173/0180	Diomed Developments Limited	Flurbiprofen Tablets BP 50 mg	Flurbiprofen 50.000 mg	Treatment of rheumatoid disease, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. Prescription Only Medicine	14th August 2000
00173/0181	Diomed Developments Limited	Flurbiprofen Tablets BP 100 mg	Flurbiprofen 100.000 mg	(See PL 00173/0180) Prescription Only Medicine	14th August 2000
00289/0340	Approved Prescription Services Limited	Metformin 500 mg Tablets	Metformin Hydrochloride 500.000 mg	Treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes (type 2 diabetes) not adequately controlled by diet alone and especially in overweight patients. Insulin-treated diabetes as an adjuvant to insulin therapy: In type 1 diabetes (IDDM), In type 2 diabetes, especially in the presence of severe obesity combined to secondary resistance to the action of insulin. Prescription Only Medicine	4th August 2000
00289/0341	Approved Prescription Services Limited	Metformin 850 mg Tablets	Metformin Hydrochloride 850.000 mg	(See PL 00289/0340) Prescription Only Medicine	4th August 2000
00289/0344	Approved Prescription Services Limited	Famotidine 20 mg Film-coated Tablets	Famotidine 20.000 mg	Used in the prevention (prophylactic treatment) of recurrent duodenal ulcers. Used to treat the following diseases which necessitate a reduction in gastric acid secretion: Duodenal ulcers, Benign gastric ulcers, Zollinger-Ellison sydrome. Symptomatic treatment of mild reflux oesophagitis. Prescription Only Medicine	4th August 2000
00289/0345	Approved Prescription Services Limited	Famotidine 40 mg Film-coated Tablets	Famotidine 40.000 mg	(See PL 00289/0344) Prescription Only Medicine	4th August 2000