Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2021
PHARMAC ensuring supply of prednisolone to treat children with respiratory conditions
19 July 2021 - PHARMAC is working hard to ensure on-going supply of an important medicine used to treat respiratory conditions in children, following a significant increase in demand in our communities.
The average monthly demand for prednisolone oral liquid over the last 12 months has been around 8,500 bottles, but during June, the number of bottles ordered by community and hospital pharmacies almost doubled to 15,500, sending New Zealand’s supply of the medicine critically low.
