Enteric 2.5 pred

[Suffererc]

Thought folks might be interested in this . I had to take a photo of the link cos it would not copy for me.

[Labradorite]

I think this link should open:

panmerseyapc.nhs.uk/media/1...

[Suffererc in reply to Labradorite]

Thank you

[jinasc in reply to Suffererc]

It did and I looked at the References at the bottom. The latest one quoted is 2013.

Methinks it is a cost saving exercise....................once again.

[Suffererc in reply to jinasc]

The cost of the Lanzaprole or other hasn't been included. Many including me have to take Lanzaorole to off set side effects

[jinasc in reply to Suffererc]

Yoghurt with a teaspoonful of manuka honey is good. I took this after a friend told me - guess what tablets named 'prole' used ever.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

That is the advice issued when it was decided it isn't any better than plain - except having agreed to do it, GPs discovered they had a lot of patients taking long term pred who couldn't cope with plain pred and, since in the meantime, the manufacturers had increased the price of ordinary pred considerably the cost saving exercise wasn't as much as expected.

It probably doesn't make much difference to patients on the normal short courses of pred, weeks at most, but for patients who are on pred as long as we are, the addition of long term omeprazole brings in another considerable layer of adverse effects.

[piglette]

It looks to me like a cost saving exercise. They can save money by changing to non enteric coated and save more money if they can get people down to the very minimum dose. What’s new?