Following a limited submission
AWMSG advice |
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| Status: Recommended | |||
Bupivacaine hydrochloride/fentanyl solution for infusion (Bufyl®) is recommended as an option for use within NHS Wales for maintaining analgesia post-operatively and for maintaining epidural analgesia during labour. |
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Medicine details |
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| Medicine name | bupivacaine hydrochloride/fentanyl (Bufyl®) | ||
| Formulation | 1 mg/ml/2 micrograms/ml solution for infusion, 1.25 mg/ml/2 micrograms/ml solution for infusion | ||
| Reference number | 1578 | ||
| Indication | Maintaining analgesia post-operatively and for maintaining epidural analgesia during labour |
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| Company | Amdipharm Mercury Company Ltd | ||
| BNF chapter | Anaesthesia | ||
| Assessment type | Limited | ||
| Status | Recommended | ||
| Advice number | 3412 | ||
| NMG meeting date | 05/09/2012 | ||
| AWMSG meeting date | 17/10/2012 | ||
| Ratification by Welsh Government | 09/11/2012 | ||
| Date of issue | 13/11/2012 | ||
| Date of last review | 30/09/2016 | ||