Medicines List

Description

Amlodipine  is a long-acting calcium channel blocker (dihydropyridine class) used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina

Indications

– Essential hypertension;

– Chronic stable and  vasospastic angina pectoris.

Subject to medical prescription

Pharmaceutical form: 5 mg x 30 tablets

NHIF code: CF 540

ICD: I10, I11.0, I11.9, I12.0, I12.9, I13.0, I13.1, I13.2, I20.1, I20.8, I20.9, I25.5

Pharmaceutical form: 10 mg x 30 tablets

NHIF code: CF 541

ICD: I10, I11.0, I11.9, I12.0, I12.9, I13.0, I13.1, I13.2, I20.1, I20.8, I20.9, I25.5

Metformin is an oral anti-diabetic drug in the biguanide class. It is the first-line drug of choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, particularly in overweight and obese people and those with normal kidney function.

Indications

Metformin is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to lower blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes when diet and exercise do not result in adequate glycemic control.

–         Metformin is indicated in audult as either monotherapy or in combination therapy with other antidiabetic drugs or insulin.

–         Metformin is indicated for decreasing diabetes-related complications in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes after a diet treatment has failed.

Subject to medical prescription

Pharmaceutical form: 850 mg x 30 film-coated tablets

NHIF code: AF 341          ICD: E11.2, E11.3, E11.4, E11.5, E11.9

Description

Losartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist drug used mainly to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).

Indications

-    Treatment of essential hypertension

–   In patients with hypertension and with left ventricular hypertrophy

In hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy a reduced risk of stroke was demonstrated. The data do not support the use of losartan for this indication in black patients.

-     Treatment of renal disease in patients with hypertension and diabetes type II with proteinuria ≥ 0,5 g/daily as a part of antihypertensive treatment.

-    Treatment of chronic cardiac insufficiency (in patients ≥ 60 years) when a treatment with ACE inhibitors is not suitable due to incompatibility, especially cough or contraindications.

Patients with cardiac failure who are stabilized with ACE inhibitor should not take Losartan. They should have left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 40 % and should be stabilized with the treatment of chronic cardiac failure.

Subject to medical prescription

Pharmaceutical form: 50 mg x 30 film-coated tablets

NHIF code: CF 959

ICD: I10, I11.0, I11.9, I12.0, I12.9, I13.0, I13.1, I13.2

Description

Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic

Indications

Cefuroxime is a bactericidal cephalosporinic antibiotic resistant to most beta-lactamases and active against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms. Indicated for treatment of infections before the cause is determined, or infections caused by sensitive bacteria. In addition, cefuroxime makes for effective prophylaxis of post-operative infections in various types of surgical interventions. It is usually effective when used as a single drug but in certain cases it may be administered in combination with aminoglycozidic antibiotics or with metronidazole administered orally, or through a suppository, or injected.

Therapeutic indications include:

• Respiratory tract infections (e.g. acute and chronic bronchitis, infected bronchiectasis, community-acquired pneumonia, lung abscess and post-operative chest infections)
• Ear, nose, and throat infections (e.g. sinusitis, tonsillitis and pharyngitis)
• Genitourinary tract infections (e.g. acute and chrinic pyelonephritis, cystitis and symtomatic bacteriuria)
• Soft tissue infections (e.g. cellulites, erysipelas, peritonitis and wound infections)
• Bone and joint infections (e.g. osteomyelitis and septic arthritis)
• Female genital tract infections (cervical inflammation disorder)
• Gonorrhea: especially in cases of penicillin intolerance
• Other infections, including septicemia and meningitis
• Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis of infections in surgical interventions in the abdominal, cervical, orthopedic, cardiac, esophageal, and chest surgery.

In the right circumstances cefuroxime may be administered before oral therapy with cefuroxime axetil for treatment of pneumonia and chronic bronchitis  in the acute phase.

Subject to medical prescription

Pharmaceutical form: 750 mg powder for solution for injection or infusion

Pharmaceutical form: 1.5 g powder for solution for injection or infusion