Sussex Formulary

Drug Status Key

  • Non-Specialist Drugs
  • Specialist recommendation (or initiation where noted)
  • Specialist Initiation WITH Shared Care Guidelines
  • Specialist ONLY Drugs
  • Mixed Status - See individual drug entries for more details

Preferences

  • First Line
  • Second Line
  • Third Line
  • No Preference

Folic acid

Over the Counter { Value = NICE, Index = 0 } { Value = EMC, Index = 3 }

Folic acid 400microgram tablets

Self-Care advice

Pack
30 tablet
56 tablet
60 tablet
90 tablet
270 tablet

Folic acid 5mg tablets

Pack
28 tablet
1000 tablet

Folic acid 2.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free

Pack
150 ml

Folic acid 15mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules

Unlicensed product

Pack
1 ampoule
5 ampoule
10 ampoule

Hydroxocobalamin

{ Value = NICE, Index = 0 } { Value = EMC, Index = 3 }

Cyanocobalamin

Over the Counter { Value = NICE, Index = 0 } { Value = EMC, Index = 3 }

Tablets and MR tablets:

GREEN in Coastal West Sussex only.

RED in the rest of Sussex.

Cyanocobalamin 50microgram tablets

Pack
50 tablet
100 tablet

Cyanocobalamin 1mg modified-release tablets

Pack
1 tablet
50 tablet
100 tablet