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(Message started by: daveengland on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:06pm)

Title: been to glaxo info
Post by daveengland on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:06pm

do i understand it right that in the US
glaxo produce packs of 5 VIALS,not syringes,of 6mg each VIAL.
i am right in thinking that a VIAL is just a bottle ?

any info appreciated

dave

Title: Re: been to glaxo info
Post by Patrick_A on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:17pm

all i ever saw was 2 to a pack!

PFDAN, Patrick

Title: Re: been to glaxo info
Post by daveengland on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:28pm

ive looked again and it definitely says 6mg single dose vials,in cartons of five vials.there's also a
product number

dave

Title: Re: been to glaxo info
Post by FrankF on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:37pm

Right... the vials are just 6mg bottles. They do not work with the statdose pens. In the U.S., your doc must prescribe syringes to go with them.

Title: Re: been to glaxo info
Post by daveengland on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 6:42pm

so you can't get syringes on a prescription-type thing?
what i want to understand is, is this a possible way of getting a smaller dose,without having to do the imitrex tip?
and is it available in uk,

beast is back using the02

Title: Re: been to glaxo info
Post by Simon on Aug 23^rd, 2003, 9:46pm

Hi,

No way to get smaller doses in the UK yet. The problem is that the original licensing and research were for 6mg - basically for migraine - and to produce 3mg doses would require a complete new license, and the concomitant development/approval process. Since the 6mg ones are needed for migraine, and we are not yet perceived as numerous enough to warrant a whole new aplication on our behalf, it hasn't happened to date.

However, it is possible that may change as there is pressure for it. Don't hold your breath!

Personally I don't think it will make much difference. The biggest problem for UK sufferers is overcoming cost conscious GPs (after all the jabs are the only form of Imigran actually licensed in the UK, yet they still try and fob people off with tablets/sprays). The difference in cost betweem 3 and 6mg jabs would inevitably be marginal (as between 50mg and 100mg tablets) so we'd be asking them potentially nearly to double their expenditure.

Simon