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rifamycin sodium (Relafalk®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, rifamycin sodium (Relafalk®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales for the treatment of traveller’s diarrhoea in adults accompanied by symptoms like nausea, vomiting, gas/flatulence, rectal tenesmus, faecal urgency and abdominal pain or cramps without clinical signs of invasive enteritis such as fever, blood, occult blood or leucocytes in the stools.

This product is currently not marketed in the UK.

 Statement of Advice (SOA): rifamycin sodium (Relafalk) 2034 (PDF, 98Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name rifamycin sodium (Relafalk®)
Formulation 200 mg modified-release tablet
Reference number 2034
Indication

For the treatment of traveller’s diarrhoea in adults accompanied by symptoms like nausea, vomiting, gas/flatulence, rectal tenesmus, faecal urgency and abdominal pain or cramps without clinical signs of invasive enteritis such as fever, blood, occult blood or leucocytes in the stools

Company Dr Falk Pharma UK Ltd
BNF chapter Gastro-intestinal system
Submission type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Date of issue 16/06/2020
Further information

This product is currently not marketed in the UK.

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