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 Formulary Chapter 8: Malignant disease and immunosuppression - Full Chapter
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08.02.01  Expand sub section  Antiproliferative immunosuppressants
Azathioprine
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Mycophenolate Mofetil
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Status Description

Red SO

 SPECIALIST ONLY - These drugs are deemed to be not appropriate for prescribing by GPs. Specialists should not ask GPs to prescribe these drugs.   

Green SI

 SPECIALIST INITIATED - These drugs must be initiated, i.e. the first dose prescribed, by the specialist and then may be continued when appropriate by the patients GP following communication from the specialist.   

Green SA

 SPECIALIST ADVISED – Specialists may simply advise a patients GP to initiate these drugs themselves after they have made an initial assessment.   

Amber SC

 SHARED CARE - Responsibility for prescribing may be transferred from secondary to primary care with the agreement of an individual GP and when agreed shared care arrangements have been established. The specialist MUST stabilize the patient before asking for care to be transferred. Only specialists should initiate these drugs. Prescribing should be transferred to GPs according to an Shared Care Agreement [SCA]   

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