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To Fax From Subject Date All New Zealand Pharmacies, IPA Pharmacy Facilitators and Wholesalers Autodial PHARMAC Close Control monthly – prazosin hydrochloride tablets 1 mg and 2 mg Monday 15 February 2010 No of pages 2

Dear Pharmacist / Wholesaler Due to a short supply of prazosin hydrochloride tablets 1 mg and 2 mg, PHARMAC’s Chief Executive has approved the following temporary provision for stat prescriptions. Prazosin hydrochloride (Apo-Prazo) tablets 1 mg and 2 mg, · · · From 15 February 2010 until further notice, a prescription for prazosin hydrochloride (Apo-Prazo) tablets 1 mg and 2 mg will not require endorsement by the prescriber to be dispensed Close Control monthly. From 15 February 2010 until further notice, Pharmacists will be reimbursed all dispensing fees for prescriptions for prazosin hydrochloride (Apo-Prazo) tablets 1 mg and 2 mg that are dispensed Close Control monthly. Upon notice of the ending of the Close Control period, the remainder of repeats for a prescription for prazosin hydrochloride (Apo-Prazo) tablets 1 mg and 2 mg first dispensed Close Control monthly can either be (at the discretion of the pharmacist and stock availability) o completed Close Control monthly, or o dispensed stat where appropriate. Pharmacists will need to annotate any prescriptions dispensed Close Control for audit purposes. Instructions on how to amend pharmacy software systems have been provided.

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If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact PHARMAC on 0800 66 00 50 (9.00am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday). Yours sincerely

Scott Brydon Schedule Analyst

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Toniq users

How to set ‘short supply’ close control monthly rule:

From the Dispensary program’s main menu. 1. Prescriptions · F7 Med 2265397<Enter> APO-PRAZO 1mg Repeat for: 2265389<Enter> APO-PRAZO 2mg

Select pcode F11 Page 2 F11 Page 3

Set limited stock close control – parameters. Set START Date :15/02/10 Set Rule to monthly.

Pharmac will notify by fax when stock is no longer short. WHEN this happens set the end date l to reflect the end of pharmacist endorsed close control on these meds in Toniq. F11 Page1 F12 Accept Details

LOTS users

Close Control dispensing of “stat” medicine due to short supply

During this short supply period, if you are dispensing prazosin hydrochloride tab 1 mg and 2 mg as repeats, follow the prompt. i.e. say ”Yes” to mark as Close Control. Make sure you also manually annotate the prescription.

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