South Staffordshire Joint Formulary Formulary


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Formulary Chapter 5: Infections - Full Chapter

05.02

Antifungal drugs

Amphotericin

Formulary

Amphotericin (Abelcet^®)

Formulary

Amphotericin (AmBisome^®)

Formulary

Amphotericin Liposomal

Formulary

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Fungal Infection

Fluconazole

Formulary

Fluconazole Cap 50mg
Fluconazole Cap 150mg
Fluconazole Cap 200mg

UKMI Q&A: Can oral fluconazole be used with breastfeeding?

Itraconazole (Sporanox^®)

Formulary

Itraconazole Cap 100mg

Expensive! Use ONLY for recurent vulvo-vaginal candidosis. Available OTC.

Prevent reccurent infection using barrier contraception, antifungal cream and attention to Hygiene.

Posaconazole (Noxafil^®)

Formulary

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Fungal Infection

Terbinafine

Formulary

Terbinafine HCl Tab 250mg

Finger and Toenail infections. Initiate ONLY after mycological confirmation from nail clippings and for clear medical reasons (not cosmetic)!

Use for 3 months for Fingernails; 6 months for Toenails.

Voriconazole (Vfend^®)

Formulary

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Fungal Infection

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

05.02.01

Triazole antifungals

05.02.02

Imidazole antifungals

05.02.03

Polyene antifungals

05.02.04

Echinocandin antifungals

Anidulafungin

Formulary

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Fungal Infection

Caspofungin (Cancidas^®)

Restricted

Prescribed in hospital on Advice by Microbiologist ONLY.

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Fungal Infections

Micafungin

Formulary

This is an NHS England Specialised Commissioning Drug for Fungal Infection

05.02.05

Other antifungals

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	Section Title (top level)
	Section Title (sub level)
	First Choice item
	Non Formulary section
	Restricted Drug
	Unlicensed
	Display tracking information
	Link to adult BNF
	Link to children's BNF
	Link to SPCs
	Scottish Medicines Consortium

	Cytotoxic Drug
	Controlled Drug
	High Cost Medicine
	Cancer Drugs Fund
	NHS England
	Homecare
	CCG

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	Drugs which require special consideration. These are drugs for Consultant Prescribing ONLY. They should not be prescribed in Primary Care.
	Drugs that should be initiated by a Specialist but are suitable for continuation in Primary Care. For some drugs there may be a Ricad in place to aid the transition to primary care.
	Drugs that should be initiated by a Specialist but are suitable for continuation in Primary Care but also require and ESCA (Shared Care Agreement)
	Suitable first-line drugs for implementation in Primary Care
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