End of Life Care List of Medicines

Prescription Requirements for Controlled Drugs.

Pharmacists are not allowed to dispense a CD unless all the information required by law is given. For further guidance refer to the BNF; Guidance on Prescribing – Controlled Drugs and Drug dependance (can be found in the front section of the BNF).

List of Palliative Care Drugs to be kept in stock by participating pharmacies from April 2021.

Pain
Morphine sulphate injection 10mg – 20 ampoules
Morphine sulphate injection 30mg – 20 ampoules

Anxiety, Delirium, Agitation
Midazolam 10mg/2mL injection – 20 ampoules
Diazepam 10mg/2.5 mL rectal solution – 2 x 5 tubes
Haloperidol 5mg/1mL injection – 20 ampoules

Nausea and Vomiting
Cyclizine 50mg/mL injection – 20 ampoules
Metoclopramide injection 5mg/ml – 20 ampoules
Levomepromazine hydrochloride 25mg/1mL injection – 20 x 1ml ampoules

Spasm – biliary colic
Hyoscine butylbromide 20mg/1mL injection – 20 x 1ml ampoules

Noisy Respiratory Secretions
Glycopyrronium 200 micrograms/1mL injection – 20 x 1ml ampoules

Miscellaneous
Water for injection 10ml – 40 ampoules