National Essential Drug List (NEDL)

The following level of care/facilities are listed as : U = universal (primary, secondary & tertiary) S = secondary T = tertiary
Essential Drug - Third Edition 1 1.1

3rd Edition 2012 (July 2012)

Dosage Form

Strength

Level of Care

1.2

2 2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4 3

ANAESTHETICS GENERAL ANAESTHETICS AND OXYGEN Isoflurane Liquid Ketamine Injection 10mg/ml Thiopental Sodium 500 mg Injection Injection 500mg LOCAL ANAESTHETICS Bupivacaine Injection 0.25% ; 0.5% Ethyl Chloride Spray Bupivacaine + Adrenaline Injection 0.5% + 1:200,000 Lignocaine Hydrochloride Injection 2% Lignocaine Hydrochloride Spray 10% Lignocaine Hydrochloride Jelly 2% ANALGESICS, ANTIPYRETICS, NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) NON-OPIOIDS AND NSAIDS Acetylsalicylic Acid Tablet 300mg Diclofenac Sodium Tablet 50mg Paracetamol Tablet 500mg Paracetamol Suppository 125mg Paracetamol Syrup 120mg/5ml Ibuprofen 200mg Tablet Mefenamic Acid Capsule 250mg Indomethacin Capsule 25mg OPIOID ANALGESICS Dihydrocodeine Tablet 30mg Morphine Sulphate Injection 10mg/ml Morphine Hydrochloride Solution 10mg/ml MEDICINES USED TO TREAT GOUT Allopurinol Tablet 100mg; 300mg Colchicine Tablet 0.5mg DISEASE MODIFYING AGENTS USED IN RHEUMATOID 0 0 DISORDERS (DMARDS) ANTIALLERGICS AND MEDICINES USED IN ANAPHYLAXIS Adrenaline Acid (Epinephrine) Tartrate Injection 1mg/ml Chlorpheniramine Maleate Tablet 4mg Chlorpheniramine Maleate Syrup 2mg/5ml Chlorphenaramine Maleate Injection 10mg/ml Prednisolone 5 mg Tablet Tablet 5mg

S,T S,T S,T S,T U S,T S,T U U

U U U U U U U U U S,T S,T S,T U 0

U U U U U

Triprolidine Hydrochloride + Pseudoephedrine Tablet Hydrochloride Triprolidine Hydrochloride + Pseudoephedrine Syrup Hydrochloride Promethazine HCI 25 mg/ml Injection Injection Promethazine HCI 5 mg/5ml Syrup Syrup 4 ANTIDOTES AND OTHER SUBSTANCES USED IN POISONING 4.1 NON-SPECIFIC Charcoal, Activated Tablet 4.2 SPECIFIC Calcium Gluconate Injection Atropine Sulphate Injection Flumazenil Injection Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection Pralidoxime Sodium Nitrite Sodium Thiosulphate Acetylcysteine 5 ANTICONVULSANTS/ANTIEPILEPTICS Carbamazepine Sodium Valproate Diazepam Diazepam Clonazepam Magnesium Sulphate Phenobarbitone Phenytoin Sodium Phenytoin Sodium Sodium Valproate 6 ANTI-INFECTIVE MEDICINES 6.1 ANTHELMINTHICS : INTESTINAL ANTHELMINTICS Albendazole Albendazole 6.2 ANTIBACTERIALS 6.2.1 BETALACTAM MEDICINES Amoxycillin Amoxycillin Trihydrate Ampicillin Sodium Benzathine Penicillin Benzylpenicillin Injection Injection Injection Injection Tablet Syrup Injection Rectal Solution Tablet Injection Tablet Capsule Injection Tablet

2.5mg + 60mg 1.25mg + 30mg/5ml 25mg/ml 5mg/5ml

U U U U

250mg 10% 1mg/ml 1.5mg/5ml 0.02mg/ml ; 0.4mg/ml 500mg/20ml 30mg/5ml 500mg/ml 200mg/ml 200mg 200mg/5ml 10mg/2ml 5mg/ml 2mg; 0.5mg 50% 30mg 100mg 250mg/5ml 200mg

U U S,T S,T S,T S,T T T S,T U S,T S,T U S,T U U U S,T U

Tablet Suspension

200mg 200mg/5ml

U U

Capsule Syrup Injection Injection Injection

Cloxacillin Sodium Cloxacillin Sodium

Capsule Injection

250mg 125mg/5ml 500mg 1.44g (2.4 million IU) 3g (5 million IU); 600 mg (1 mega IU) 250mg 250mg; 500mg

U U U U S,T

U S,T

Cloxacillin Sodium Phenoxymethyl Penicillin 6.2.2 OTHER ANTIBACTERIALS Sulphamethoxazole + Trimethoprim Sulphamethoxazole + Trimethoprim Doxycycline 100 mg Capsule Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate Gentamicin Sulphate 6.2.3 ANTILEPROSY MEDICINES Clofazimine Dapsone 6.2.4 ANTITUBERCULOSIS MEDICINES Ethambutol Hydrochloride Isoniazid Pyrazinamide Rifampicin Rifampicin 150 mg, Isoniazid 75 mg, Pyrazinamide 400 mg & Ethambutol Hydrochloride 275 mg Tablet Streptomycin Sulphate 1G Injection 6.3 ANTIFUNGAL MEDICINES Clotrimazole Sodium Thiosulphate Nystatin Nystatin Nystatin Griseofulvin 6.4 ANTIVIRAL MEDICINES 6.4.1 ANTIHERPES MEDICINES 6.4.2 ANTIRETROVIRALS 6.5 ANTIPROTOZOAL MEDICINES 6.5.1 ANTIAMOEBIC Metronidazole Metronidazole 6.5.2 ANTIMALARIAL MEDICINES Chloroquine Phosphate

Suspension Tablet Suspension Tablet Capsule Suspension Tablet Injection

125/5ml 125mg 200mg + 40mg/5ml 400mg + 80mg 100mg 200mg/5ml 400mg 80mg/2ml; 20mg/2ml 50mg;100mg 100mg 400mg 100mg; 400mg 500mg 150mg; 300mg

U U U U U U U S,T

Capsule Tablet Tablet Tablet Tablet Capsule Tablet

U U U U U U U

Injection Vaginal Tablet Solution Suspension Cream Ointment Tablet 0 0

1G 200mg, 500mg 10-20% 100,000 IU 100,000 IU 100,000 IU 125mg; 250mg 0 0

S,T U U U U U U 0 0

Tablet Injection

200mg 500mg/100ml 250mg (=150 mg Chloroquine base)

U S,T S,T

Primaquine Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine Quinine Dihydrochloride Quinine Sulphate ANTIMIGRAINE MEDICINES

Tablet Tablet Injection Tablet

7.5mg 500mg + 25mg 600mg/2ml 300 mg

S,T S,T T U

7.1 FOR PROPHYLAXIS Propranolol Hydrochloride Flunarizine Hydrochloride 8 ANTINEOPLASTIC, IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AND MEDICINES USE IN PALLIATIVE CARE 8.1 CYTOTOXIC MEDICINES 8.2 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE MEDICINES 9 ANTIPARKINSONISM MEDICINES Benzhexol Levodopa + Carbidopa Levodopa + Benserazide MEDICINES AFFECTING THE BLOOD ANTI-ANAEMIA MEDICINES Ferrous Fumarate Folic Acid Iron Dextran MEDICINES AFFECTING COAGULATION Heparin Heparin Sodium + Sodium Chloride Protamine Sulphate Vitamin K1 Tranexamic Acid Warfarin Sodium BLOOD PRODUCTS AND PLASMA SUBSTITUTES PLASMA SUBSTITUTES Modified Fluid Gelatin PLASMA FRACTIONS FOR SPECIFIC USE Human Albumin CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINES ANTIANGINAL MEDICINES Glyceryl Trinitrate Isosorbide Dinitrate ANTIARRHYTHMIC MEDICINES Digoxin Lignocaine Verapamil Hydrochloride Digoxin 50 mcg/ml Elixir ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICINES Atenolol 100mg Tablet Diltiazem Hydrochloride Perindopril Methyldopa Propranolol Hydrochloride Labetalol Hydrochloride Metoprolol Tartrate Nifedipine

Tablet Capsule

40mg 5mg

U U

0 0 Tablet Tablet Tablet

0 0 2mg 100mg + 25mg; 250mg + 25mg; 200mg + 50mg

0 0 U S,T S,T

10 10.1

Tablet Tablet Injection Injection Injection Injection Injection Capsule Tablet

200mg 5mg 50mg/ml 1000 IU; 5000 IU 51 IU 50mg/5ml 10mg/ml 250mg 1mg; 2mg; 5mg

U U S,T S,T S,T S,T U S,T S,T

10.2

11 11.1 11.2 12 12.1

Injection Injection

4% 5%; 20% ;25%

S,T T

Tablet Tablet Tablet Injection Tablet Elixir Tablet Tablet tablet tablet tablet tablet tablet tablet

0.5mg 10mg 0.25mg 100mg/5ml 40mg 50mcg/ml 100mg 30mg 4mg 250mg 40mg 100mg 100mg 10mg

U U S,T T S,T U U S,T U U U U U U

12.2

12.3

12.4

12.5 12.6

13 13.1

13.2

13.3

13.4

13.5

14 14.1

Prazosin Hydrochloride Enalapril Telmisartan Amlodipine MEDICINES USED IN HEART FAILURE Digoxin Dopamine Hydrochloride Digoxin ANTITHROMBOTIC MEDICINES Acetylsalicylic Acid LIPID-LOWERING AGENTS Lovastatin Simvastatin DERMATOLOGICAL MEDICINES (TOPICAL) ANTIFUNGAL MEDICINES Clotrimazole 1% Cream Miconazole 2% Cream ANTI-INFECTIVE MEDICINES Neomycin Potassium Permanganate Silver Sulphadiazine ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIPRURITIC MEDICINES Betamethasone 17-Valerate Betamethasone 17-Valerate Calamine Lotion Hydrocortisone Zinc Oxide Magnesium Sulphate Crotamiton MEDICINES AFFECTING SKIN DIFFERENTIATION AND PROLIFERATION Benzoyl Peroxide Coal Tar 2 Coal Tar and Salicylic Acid Ointment Salicylic Acid 2-10% Salicylic Acid 2% Aqueous Cream Cetrimide Paraffin, White Soft SCABICIDES AND PEDICULICIDES Gamma Benzene Hexachloride Benzyl Benzoate DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS OPHTHALMIC MEDICINES Fluorescein 1 mg Ophthalmic Strip

tablet tablet Tablet Tablet Tablet Injection Elixir Tablet Tablet Tablet

1mg; 2mg 5mg; 20mg 40mg,80 mg 5mg; 10mg 0.25mg 40mg/ml 50mcg/ml 300mg 20mg 20mg

U U S,T S,T S,T S,T U U U S,T

Cream Cream Cream Solution Cream

1% 2% 0.5% 1:10,000 1%

U U U U S,T

Cream Ointment Lotion Cream Cream Paste Cream

0.01-0.05% 0.01-0.05% 1% 45% 10%

U U U U U U S,T

Gel Solution Ointment Cream Lotion Cream Lotion Ointment Lotion Emulsion

5% 20% 2-10% 2% 1-2%

U U U U U U U U U U

0.10% 25%

Ophtalmic Strip

1mg

S,T

14.2 RADIOCONTRAST MEDIA Barium Sulphate Suspension Suspension 15 DISINFECTANTS AND ANTISEPTICS 15.1 ANTISEPTICS Alcohol Solution Chlorhexidine Gluconate 5% Solution Solution Chlorhexidine Gluconate 5% Solution 1:10 in 70% Solution Alcohol with lanolin as emollient Hydrogen Peroxide 20 Volume Solution Solution Acriflavine Lotion Povidone Iodine Solution Povidone Iodine Scrub 15.2 DISINFECTANTS Glutaraldehyde Solution Solution Alcohol 70% solution Solution 16 DIURETICS Frusemide Tablet Frusemide Injection Hydrochlorothiazide Tablet Spironolactone Tablet 17 GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICINES 17.1 ANTACIDS AND OTHER ANTIULCER MEDICINES Magnesium Trisilicate Mixture Magnesium Trisilicate Tablet Ranitidine Tablet 17.2 ANTIEMETIC MEDICINES Metoclopramide Hydrochloride Tablet Metoclopramide Hydrochloride Injection Prochlorperazine Maleate Tablet Ondansetron Injection 17.3 LAXATIVE MEDICINES Bisacodyl Tablet Lactulose Liquid 17.4 ANTISPASMODIC MEDICINES Hyoscine N-Butylbromide 10 mg Tablet Tablet Hyoscine N-Butylbromide 20 mg/ml Injection Injection 17.5 MEDICINES USED IN DIARRHOEA Diphenoxylate + Atropine Sulphate Tablet Loperamide Capsule Oral Rehydration Salt Powder 18 HORMONES,OTHER ENDOCRINE MEDICINES AND CONTRACEPTIVES 18.1 ADRENAL HORMONES AND SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTES Prednisolone Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate 18.2 CONTRACEPTIVES Tablet Injection Injection

S,T

70% 5% 5% + 70% 20 volume 0.10% 10% 7.50%

U U U U U S,T S,T S,T U U U U S,T

70% 40mg 20mg/2ml 25mg; 50mg 25mg

150mg 10mg 10mg/2ml 5mg 4mg/2ml 5mg 3.35g/5ml 10mg 20mg/ml

U U U S,T S,T U U U U U U U U U

2mg

5mg 8mg/2ml 100mg

U S,T U

18.2 Desogestrol + Ethinyloestradiol Norethisterone Enanthate 200 mg/ml Injection Copper Medroxyprogesterone Acetate INSULINS AND OTHER ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS Glibenclamide 5 mg Tablet Gliclazide Insulin Recombinant Neutral Human short-acting Insulin Recombinant Synthetic Human intermediateacting Insulin Recombinant Synthetic Human pre-mixed Metformin Hydrochloride OVULATION INDUCERS PROGESTOGENS Medroxyprogesterone Acetate THYROID HORMONES AND ANTITHYROID MEDICINES Tablet Injection Intrauterine Device Injection Tablet Tablet Injection Injection Injection Tablet 0 Tablet 150mcg + 30mcg 200mg/ml 250mm2 150mg/3ml 5mg 80mg 100IU/ml 100IU/ml 100IU/ml 500mg 0 5mg U S,T S,T S,T U U U U U U 0 U

18.3

18.4 18.5 18.6

Carbimazole L-Thyroxine Sodium 19 IMMUNOLOGICALS 19.1 SERA AND IMMUNOGLOBULINS Anti RhD Gamma Globulin Diphtheria Antitoxin Tetanus Immunoglobin Human Antivene Serum (Cobra) Antivene Serum (Sea Snake)

Tablet Tablet

5mg 0.1mg; 0.05mg

U U

Injection Injection Injection Injection Injection

250mcg/2ml 250 Unit 1000 Unit /26.3ml

S,T S,T S,T T T T S,T S,T U U U U S,T U U U U U

Antivene Malaysian Pit Viper Injection Antivene Serum Snake Polyvalent Injection Antirabies Immunoglobulin (Human) Injection 300 IU/2ml 19.2 VACCINES BCG Freeze-dried Vaccine Injection Injection Diphtheria & Tetanus Vaccine Injection Injection Hepatitis B Vaccine Injection Measles, Mumps & Rubella Vaccine Live Injection Meningococcal A, C, Y, W135 Vaccine Injection Polio Vaccine Oral Drop Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Conjugate Vaccine Injection 10mcg Tetanus Toxoid Injection Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus Vaccine Injection Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Injection Polio Virus, Haemophilus Influenza Type B Vaccine [DTaP-IPV- Hib] Measle's Vaccine (Live attenuated) Injection 20 MUSCLE RELAXANTS(PERIPHERALLY ACTING) AND CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS Neostigmine Methylsulphate Injection 2.5mg/ml

U S,T

Pancuronium Bromide Pyridostigmine Bromide Suxamethonium Chloride 21 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS 21.1 ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS Chloramphenicol Chloramphenicol 21.2 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS 21.3 LOCAL ANAESTHETICS Proparacaine Hydrochloride 21.4 MIOTICS AND ANTIGLAUCOMA MEDICINES Acetazolamide Pilocarpine Timolol Maleate 21.5 MYDRIATICS Atropine Sulphate Phenylepherine Hydrochloride Homatropine 21.6 ANTI-VIRAL AGENTS 21.7 ANTI-FUNGAL AGENTS 21.8 OPHTHALMIC LUBRICANTS Hypromellose 21.9 PARASYMPATHOLYTIC OPHTHALMIC DROPS 22 OXITOCICS AND ANTIOXYTOCICS 22.1 OXYTOCICS Oxytocin + Ergometrine Maleate Oxytocin PERITONIAL DIALYSIS SOLUTION Peritoneal Dialysis + 1.5% Glucose Solution Peritoneal Dialysis + 4.25% Glucose Solution 24 PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC MEDICINES 24.1 MEDICINES USED IN PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Fluphenazine Decanoate Flupenthixol Decanoate Depot Haloperidol Haloperidol Sulpiride Risperidone 24.2 MEDICINES USED IN MOOD DISORDERS Fluvoxamine Amitryptiline Hydrochloride Sodium Valproate Sertraline Hydrochloridet 23

Injection Tablet Injection

4mg/2ml 60mg 50mg/ml

S,T S,T S,T

Eye Drops Eye Ointment 0 Eye Drops Tablet Eye Drops Eye Drops Eye Drops Eye Drops Eye Drops 0 0 Eye Drops

0.50% 1% 0 0.50% 250mg 2%; 4% 100.50% 1% 2.5%; 10% 102% 0 0 0.30%

U U 0 S,T S,T S,T S,T S,T S,T S,T 0 0 S,T

Injection Injection Solution Solution

5 Unit/ml + 0.5mg/ml 10 Unit/ml + 1.5% + 4.25%

U U S,T S,T

Tablet Injection lnjection Tablet Injection Tablet Tablet Tablet Tablet Tablet Tablet

25mg; 100mg 25mg/ml 20 mg/ml 1.5mg; 5mg 5mg/ml 200mg 1mg; 2mg 50mg 25mg 200mg 50mg

U U S,T U U S,T S,T S,T U U S,T

24.3 MEDICINES USED IN GENERALIZED ANXIETY AND SLEEP DISORDERS Diazepam Diazepam Clonazepam 25 MEDICINES ACTING ON RESPIRATORY TRACT 25.1 ANTIASTHMATIC MEDICINES Aminophylline Beclomethasone Dipropionate Budesonide 100 mcg/dose Inhalation Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution Salbutamol

Tablet Injection Tablet

5mg 10mg/2ml 0.5mg

U U S,T

Injection Inhalation Inhalation inhalation Solution inhalation Solution Inhalation Tablet Syrup Tablet,ER inhalation

25mg/ml 100mcg/dose 100mcg/dose; 200mcg/dose 250mcg/ml 0.50%

U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U

25.2

25.3

26 26.1

26.2

Salbutamol 100mg/dose Salbutamol 2mg Salbutamol 2mg/5ml Theophylline 250mg Ipratropium Bromide 20mcg/dose ANTITUSSIVES Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride + Ammonium Expectorant 14mg/5ml + 135 Chloride mg/5ml Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride Elixir 7mg/5ml Ammonium Bicarb, Tinc Ipecac, etc Mixture Mixture MUCOLYTICS Bromhexine Hydrochloride Tablet 8mg Bromhexine Hydrochloride Injection 4mg/2ml SOLUTION CORRECTING WATER,ELECTROLYTES AND ACID-BASE DISTURBANCES ORAL Oral Rehydration Salt Powder Potassium Chloride Tablet,ER 600mg PARENTERAL Dextrose 5% Injection Injection 5% Dextrose 10% Injection Injection 10% Dextrose 50% Injection Injection 50% Sodium Lactate Compound (Hartmanns Solution) Solution Sodium Chloride + Dextrose Injection 0.18% + 10%; 0.18% + 4.23%: 0.45% + 5%; 0.45% + 10%; 0.9% + 5% Sodium Bicarbonate Injection Injection Injection 8.4% ( 1 mmol/ml) 0.90%

U U U S,T S,T U U

S,T U U

Sodium Chloride 26.3 MISCELLANEOUS Water for Injection

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VITAMINS AND MINERALS Ascorbic Acid 50 mg Tablet Calcium Gluconate 10% Injection Pyridoxine Hydrochloride 10 mg (Vitamin B6) Tablet Vitamin B Complex Tablet Cyanocobalamin Vitamin B1, B6, B12 EAR NOSE AND THROAT CONDITION Beclomethasone Dipropionate GENITOURINARY/NEPHROLOGY/UROLOGY Terazosin

Tablet Injection Tablet Tablet Injection Tablet

50mg 10% 10mg

U S,T S,T U U U

0.1mg

28 29

Nasal Spray Tablet

50mcg 1mg; 2 mg

S,T S,T