6.3 Corticosteroid responsive conditions

Patients on long term corticosteroid treatment should carry a Steroid Treatment Card. For information on where to obtain cards see the BNF.

GREEN - for the suppression of inflammatory and allergic conditions.

PURPLE - for duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy in people up to 19 years.

Pack
60 tablet

Palliative and end of life care (PEoLC)

NHS Sussex (ics.nhs.uk)

Pack
30 tablet
50 tablet
100 tablet
500 tablet
28 tablet
Pack
50 tablet
100 tablet
500 tablet
28 tablet
Pack
1 ml
Pack
5 ampoule
10 ampoule

Postural hypotension:

PURPLE - in all areas.

 

Mineralocorticoid replacement in adrenocortical insufficiency:

PURPLE - in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex.

GREEN - in West Sussex.

Patients on long term corticosteroid treatment should carry a Steroid Treatment Card. For information on where to obtain cards see the BNF.

Pack
56 tablet
100 tablet
30 tablet

2.5mg tablets - GREEN - For gastro-intestinal indications in Brighton and Hove ONLY (Not commissioned in other areas)

Pack
28 tablet
1000 tablet
500 tablet
100 tablet

2.5mg tablets only for gastro-intestinal indications in Brighton and Hove 

Pack
30 tablet
28 tablet
Pack
28 tablet
1000 tablet
100 tablet
30 tablet
Pack
56 tablet
Pack
30 tablet
Pack
1 ml
Pack
10 suppository
1 suppository
Pack
7 enema
1 enema