University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Chapters

Status Drug name NICE TAs Comments
Status: Green Abidec drops (25ml)

Contains arachis (peanut) oil.

Status: Green Adcal-D3 tablets
Status: Amber Alfacalcidol (One-Alpha)
Status: Red Alfacalcidol injection
Status: Amber Alpha tocopheryl acetate suspension

Specialist recommendation.

Alpha tocopheryl acetate capsules (unlicensed).

Vitamin E suspension - 500 mg/5mL suspension (licensed).

High relative cost.

Status: Green Ascorbic acid tablets
Status: Green Cacit D3 effervescent granules
Status: Amber Calcitriol
Status: Green Calfovit D3 sachets
Status: Green Colecalciferol capsules
Status: Green Colecalciferol oral solution
Status: Green Colecalciferol tablets
Status: Red Copper (chelated) capsules
Status: Red Ergocalciferol 20,000 units solution
Status: Red Ergocalciferol capsules (Osto D2)
Status: Red Ergocalciferol injection
Status: Amber Forceval capsules

Specialist recommendation.

Capsules are a licensed medication.

Status: Green Healthy Start vitamins

Available free of charge from designated centres.

Status: Green Menadiol sodium phosphate tablets
Status: Amber Multivitamin supplement (Paravit-cF®)

CF specialist recommendation

Status: Green Multivitamins
Status: Red Nicotinamide tablets
Status: Red Pabrinex injection
Status: Red Paricalcitol
Status: Blue Phytomenadione 1mg capsules
Status: Green Phytomenadione injection
  • Konakion MM
  • Konakion MM Paediatric
Status: Green Pyridoxine tablets
Status: Green Renavit

Dietary management of water-soluble vitamin deficiency in adults with renal failure on dialysis. 

Status: Amber Riboflavin

Specialist recommendation - inherited metabolic disease.

Status: Green Thiamine tablets
Status: Red Vitamin A 150,000 units oral drops
Status: Amber Vitamin and mineral supplements (Ketovite)

Tablets and liquid.

Status: Green Vitamin B compound strong tablets

Do not use with vitamin B compound tablets.

Status: Amber Vitamins A and D capsules

Specialist recommendation.

Status: Green Vitamins A, C and D (Dalivit drops)
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