University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Chapters

Status Drug name NICE TAs Comments
Status: Red Abatacept

Hospital use only

Status: Red Adalimumab syringe
Status: Green Allopurinol tablets
Status: Red Anakinra (Kineret®)
Status: Red Apremilast (Otezla®)
Status: Amber Azathioprine#10.1

Supported by ESCA

Status: Red Baricitinib (Olumiant®)

Hospital use only

Status: Red Belimumab

Hospital use only

Status: Red Belimumab (Benlysta®)
Status: Red Brodalumab (Kyntheum®)
Status: Amber Celecoxib capsules

RICaD - CVD risk assessment in development

Status: Red Certolizumab injection

Hospital use only

Status: Amber Ciclosporin

ESCA

Status: Green Colchicine tablets
Status: Green Diclofenac sodium dispersible tablets

Very high relative cost. Short term use only. Swallowing difficulties.

Status: Green Diclofenac sodium E/C tablets

Short term use only

Status: Green Diclofenac sodium injection

Short term use only

Status: Green Diclofenac sodium suppositories

Short term use only

Status: Red Etanercept syringe
Status: Green Febuxostat tablets
Status: Red Filgotinib (Jyseleca®)
Status: Red Golimumab injection

Hospital use only

Status: Green Hydrocortisone acetate injection
Status: Amber Hydroxychloroquine tablets
Status: Green Ibuprofen suspension

If swallowing difficulties and paediatric use

Status: Green Ibuprofen tablets
Status: Amber Indometacin capsules

For gout and resistant case

Status: Amber Indometacin M/R capsules

For gout and resistant case

Status: Amber Indometacin suspension (100ml)

For gout and resistant case

Status: Red Infliximab injection (Remicade®, Inflectra®, Remsima®)
Status: Red Ketoprofen injection
Status: Amber Leflunomide tablets

ESCA

Status: Green Mefenamic acid capsules

For dysmenorrhoea

Status: Green Mefenamic acid tablets

For dysmenorrhoea

Status: Amber Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets

Supported with an ESCA. Methotrexate tablets - use 2.5mg strength ONLY. Methotrexate injection - Metoject is APC preferred brand. Check cytotoxic disposal arrangements locally.

Status: Amber Methotrexate injections

Supported with an ESCA. Metoject is APC preferred brand. Check cytotoxic disposal arrangements locally.

Status: Green Methylprednisolone acetate
Status: Green Methylprednisolone/lidocaine injection
Status: Green Naproxen tablets
Status: Amber Penecillamine tablets

ESCA

Status: Green Prednisolone tablets#10.1

Plain tablets (not enteric coated). Second line in gout.

Status: Red Probenecid tablets

Hospital use only

Status: Red Rasburicase injection
Status: Red Ritumixab infusion (Mabthera®, Truxima®)
Status: Amber Sulfasalazine#10.1

ESCA

Status: Red Sulindac tablets

Polyhydramnios (women only)

Status: Red Tocilizumab (Tyenne® Roactemra®)

Hospital use only

Status: Green Triamcinolone injection
Status: Red Upadacitinib (Rinvoq®)
Status: Red Ustekinumab

Hospital use only

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