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Urgent Requests for Medications
The practice will only issue urgent requests (i.e. less than 2 working days’ notice) for the following medications, to be signed by the GP in reception.
All other requests should be processed in the normal way.
Anticoagulants
- Apixaban
- Dabigatran
- Edoxaban
- Rivaroxaban
- Warfarin
Antipsychotics
- Amisulpride
- Aripiprazole
- Chlorpromazine
- Flupenthixol
- Haloperidol
- Levomepromazine
- Olanzapine
- Pericyazine
- Promazine
- Quetiapine
- Risperidone
- Sulpiride
Adrenaline pens
- Epipen
- Jext
- Emerade
Baby Milk
All prescribed types
Cardiology medication
- Amiodarone
- Digoxin
- GTN spray/tablets
End of Life Pathway / Palliative
Any medication is allowed for patients on the end of life pathway/palliative
Eye drops
- Maxitrol/Pred Forte
- Following cataract surgery (once only)
Epilepsy medication
- Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
- Clobazam (Frisium)
- Clonazepam
- Eslicarbazepine (Zebinix)
- Ethosuximide
- Gabapentin but only for epilepsy
- Lacosamide (Vimpat)
- Lamotrigine (Lamictal)
- Levetiracetam (Keppra)
- Midazolam (Buccolam)
- Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal)
- Perampanel (Fycompa)
- Phenobarbitol
- Phenytoin
- Pregabalin (Alzain or Lyrica) but only for epilepsy
- Primidone
- Rufinamide (Inovelon)
- Sodium Valproate (Epilim)
- Tiagabine (Gabitril)
- Topiramate (Topamax)
- Vigabatrin (Sabril)
- Zonisamide (Zonegran)
Immunosuppressants
- Azathioprine
- Ciclosporin
- Cyclophosphamide
- Mercaptopurine
- Methotrexate
- Mycophenolate
- Sirolimus
- Tacrolimus
Inhalers
- Fostair
- Salbutamol (Ventolin; Easyhaler; Salamol)
- Symbicort
- Terbutaline (Bricanyl) only
Other inhalers are non-urgent
Insulin
Any insulin and any associated hypodermic equipment or Glucogel / Glucagon
Steroids
- Hydrocortisone – tablets and injections
- Prednisolone tablets
Only if already on repeat
Urgent discharges
- Primarily dosette boxes
Outpatient request forms are not classed as urgent