Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - ciprofloxacin, quantity: 2 mg/ml - injection, intravenous infusion - excipient ingredients: lactic acid; glucose monohydrate; water for injections - aspen ciprofloxacin injection for intravenous infusion is indicated for use in the following. hospitalised adult patients in whom oral ciprofloxacin is indicated but cannot be administered or where the oral form is inappropriate. for the treatment of serious or life-threatening infections due to sensitive organisms involving the following organ systems. lower respiratory tract infections (gram-negative organisms), skin and skin structure, septicaemia, bone and joint, urinary tract. inhalational anthrax (post exposure): to reduce the incidence or progression of disease following exposure to aerosolized bacillus anthracis. ciprofloxacin serum concentrations achieved in humans serve as a surrogate endpoint reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit and provide the basis for this indication. note. because gram-positive organisms are generally less sensitive to ciprofloxacin, it may not be the drug of choice in cases with gram-positive infections, such as pneumonia due to streptococcus pneumoniae. if anaerobic organisms are suspected of contributing to the infection, use of other suitable drugs should be considered. strains neisseria gonorrhoea resistant to ciprofloxacin have been reported in australia. appropriate culture and susceptibility tests should be performed before treatment in order to isolate and identify organisms causing infection and to determine their susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. therapy with ciprofloxacin may be initiated before results of these tests are known; once results become available, appropriate therapy should be continued. ciprofloxacin is suitable to treat mixed infections caused by susceptible strains of both gram-negative and gram-positive aerobic bacteria. if anaerobic organisms are suspected as accompanying aetiological agents, additional therapy should be considered.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - ciprofloxacin, quantity: 2 mg/ml - injection, intravenous infusion - excipient ingredients: lactic acid; glucose monohydrate; water for injections - aspen ciprofloxacin injection for intravenous infusion is indicated for use in the following. hospitalised adult patients in whom oral ciprofloxacin is indicated but cannot be administered or where the oral form is inappropriate. for the treatment of serious or life-threatening infections due to sensitive organisms involving the following organ systems. lower respiratory tract infections (gram-negative organisms), skin and skin structure, septicaemia, bone and joint, urinary tract. inhalational anthrax (post exposure): to reduce the incidence or progression of disease following exposure to aerosolized bacillus anthracis. ciprofloxacin serum concentrations achieved in humans serve as a surrogate endpoint reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit and provide the basis for this indication. note. because gram-positive organisms are generally less sensitive to ciprofloxacin, it may not be the drug of choice in cases with gram-positive infections, such as pneumonia due to streptococcus pneumoniae. if anaerobic organisms are suspected of contributing to the infection, use of other suitable drugs should be considered. strains neisseria gonorrhoea resistant to ciprofloxacin have been reported in australia. appropriate culture and susceptibility tests should be performed before treatment in order to isolate and identify organisms causing infection and to determine their susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. therapy with ciprofloxacin may be initiated before results of these tests are known; once results become available, appropriate therapy should be continued. ciprofloxacin is suitable to treat mixed infections caused by susceptible strains of both gram-negative and gram-positive aerobic bacteria. if anaerobic organisms are suspected as accompanying aetiological agents, additional therapy should be considered.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - codeine phosphate hemihydrate, quantity: 30 mg - tablet, uncoated - excipient ingredients: lactose monohydrate; maize starch; magnesium stearate - aspen codeine tablets are indicated for the short-term management of severe pain for which other treatment options have failed, are contraindicated, not tolerated or are otherwise inappropriate to provide sufficient management of pain.

Philippines - English - FDA (Food And Drug Administration)

aspen philippines inc.; distributor: aspen philippines inc. - methyldopa - tablet - 250 mg

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - fluconazole, quantity: 200 mg - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium chloride; water for injections - fluconazole injection is indicated for the following conditions but should be used only when fluconazole cannot be administered orally: 1. treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in patients who are unable to tolerate amphotericin b. note: data suggest that the clinical efficacy of fluconazole is lower than that of amphotericin b in the treatment of the acute phase of cryptococcal meningitis. 2. maintenance therapy to prevent relapse of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids). 3. treatment of oropharyngeal and oesophageal candidiasis in patients with aids and other immunosuppressed patients. 4. secondary prophylaxis of oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. 5. serious and life-threatening candida infections in patients who are unable to tolerate amphotericin b. note: it remains to be shown that fluconazole is as effective as amphotericin b in the treatment of serious and life-threatening candida infections. until such data are available, amphotericin b remains the drug of choice.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - dexamfetamine sulfate, quantity: 5 mg - tablet, uncoated - excipient ingredients: povidone; wheat starch; magnesium stearate; lactose monohydrate - indications as at 22 january 1997: narcolepsy and hyperkinetic behaviour disorders in children.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - fentanyl citrate, quantity: 785 microgram (equivalent: fentanyl, qty 500 microgram) - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium chloride; water for injections - short duration analgesia during premedication, induction and maintenance of anaesthesia, and in the immediate postoperative period. opioid analgesic supplement to general and regional anaesthesia. combination with a neuroleptic as an anaesthetic premedication for the induction of anaesthesia, and as an adjunct in the maintanance of general and regional anaesthesia.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - fentanyl citrate, quantity: 157 microgram (equivalent: fentanyl, qty 100 microgram) - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium chloride; water for injections - short duration analgesia during premedication, induction and maintenance of anaesthesia, and in the immediate postoperative period. opioid analgesic supplement to general and regional anaesthesia. combination with a neuroleptic as an anaesthetic premedication for the induction of anaesthesia, and as an adjunct in the maintanance of general and regional anaesthesia.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - adrenaline (epinephrine), quantity: 1 mg - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: tartaric acid; sodium metabisulfite; sodium chloride; water for injections; dilute hydrochloric acid; sodium hydroxide - an adjunct in the management of cardiac arrest.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

aspen pharmacare australia pty ltd - adrenaline (epinephrine), quantity: 1 mg - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: tartaric acid; sodium metabisulfite; sodium chloride; water for injections - the drug of choice in the emergency treatment of acute severe anaphylactic reactions due to insect bites, drugs and other allergens. it may also be used for the symptomatic relief of respiratory distress due to bronchospasm.