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Nhs (Drugs)

Volume 35: debated on Thursday 20 January 1983

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many brand name drugs are used in the family practitioner service of the National Health Service in each of the categories known by the generic name of aminophylline, amitriptyline, amoxicillin, ampicillin and atropine.

The number of brand name products used in the family practitioner services with the same formulation of active ingredients as those listed is as follows:

Number
Aminophylline1
Amitriptyline4
Amoxycillin1
Ampicillin3
Atropine0
This information is based on prescriptions written in England and Wales during 1981.