Interpal identifies much-needed medicines for Gaza PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 08:53

Interpal has made inquiries of the relevant authorities in the Gaza Strip, and has compiled a list of urgently needed medicines that are either out of stock or are at acutely low levels to serve a population of about 1.6 million people.

ITEM

NAME OF CATEGORY AND PRODUCTS

DOSAGE FORM

QUANTITY

1

ACYCLOVIR 4.5 g (antiviral drug)

EYE OINT

1,000

2

CISPLATINUM 50 mg (used to treat various types of cancers).

VIAL

300

3

CYCLOPENTOLATE HCl 1% 15 ml (temporarily widens/dilates the pupil of the eye and relaxes the muscles of the eye to facilitate eye examinations).

E/DROPS

1,500

4

ENOXAPARIN 40 mg prefilled syringes (used to prevent blood clots in the leg in patients who are on bedrest or who are having hip replacement, knee replacement, or stomach surgery).

PRE F SYR

3,000

5

ENOXAPARIN 80 mg prefilled syringes (used to prevent blood clots in the leg in patients who are on bedrest or who are having hip replacement, knee replacement, or stomach surgery).

PRE F SYR

3,000

6

IOPROMIDE 0.679 gm/ml - 100 ml (commonly used in radiographic studies such CT Brain scans).

SOLN

2,000

7

ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE 1 mg/ml   10ml (used as a direct vasodilator to treat congestive heart failure).

AMP

3,000

8

PAMIDRONATE DISOD. 30 mg (used to prevent osteoporosis).

VIAL

1,500

9

TOPIRAMATE 100 mg (anticonvulsant / antiepilepsy drug).

TAB

20,000

10

TROPISETRONE 5 mg/5 ml (used mainly as an antiemetic to treat nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy).

AMP

3,000

Interpal is appealing for funds as part of its Medical Aid Project to procure these medicines as well as other medical supplies and equipment to dispatch to Gaza hospitals sometime in April 2011. Please give generously and click here to donate now.

 
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