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Bedfordshire and Luton Joint Formulary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB
Formulary Chapter: 9 - Nutrition and blood 
Notes:

Any drug not listed on the Formulary should be considered Non-Formulary - Not recommended for prescribing
Links:
BLMK ICB: Oral nutritional supplements guidance Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation Post Bariatric Surgery Guideline
09.01.01.02 Parenteral iron

Ferric Carboxymaltose (Ferinject®)

RED
Restricted Drug Restricted

100mg/2mL injection, 500mg/10mL injection, 1000mg/20ml injection

Refer to IV Iron infusions clinical guideline on intranet.

[update DTC Dec 2024]

 

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Ferinject Prescription Chart Adult (excluding pregnancy) Intravenous Iron consent form MHRA Drug Safety UPdate (November 2020): risk of symptomatic hypophosphataemia leading to osteomalacia and fractures Paediatric Ferinject Chart

Ferric derisomaltose (Monofer®)

RED
Restricted Drug Restricted

Refer to IV Iron infusions clinical guideline on intranet.

[update DTC Dec 2024]

N.B. name has changed. Formerly known as iron isomaltoside

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Intravenous Iron Consent form Monofer prescription chart

Iron Dextran (CosmoFer®)

RED
Restricted Drug Restricted

For secondary care prescribing only:

Only to be used in patients allergic to first and second line agents (Ferinject and Monofer respectively)

Cannot be used as first-line

Update DTC July 2025

Refer to clinical guideline on intranet CG767T

 

 

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Iron Dextran (CosmoFer) Administration Sheet
Non formulary items

Ferumoxytol Injection (Rienso ®)

 
Non Formulary
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Iron Sucrose (Venofer®)

RED
Non Formulary

Update DTC Dec 2024: Decommission Cosmofer® and Venofer® from the formulary, marking them as non-formulary -use Ferinject® or Monofer® instead.

Refer to clinical guideline on intranet []

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Classifications
GREEN
May be initiated in any care setting
Amber SPA
Specialist to advise therapy and provide first 28 days supply, continuation in Primary Care
Amber SPIS
Specialist to initiate and stabilise medicine prior to continuation in Primary Care
SCG
To be prescribed as per Shared Care Guidance. If no SCG in place status reverts to red.
RED
Red medicines are designated as specialist only medicines which should only be prescribed by a specialist, usually within secondary care (either due to the requirement for specialist knowledge, long-term monitoring requirements, or restrictions that mean medicine supplies are only available to hospitals).
DNP
A decision has been made either locally and/or nationally not to routinely commission this preparation. Do not prescribe.
SELF
To be purchased over the counter. May be prescribed for chronic, long term conditions or on admission to hospital if essential.