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MCC considers allowing sale of powdered ibuprofen in pharmacies
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MCC considers allowing sale of powdered ibuprofen in pharmacies
Wednesday 1 December 2021, 03:15 AM
Maxigesic Cold & Flu Hot Drink Double Strength, which contains powdered paracetamol and ibuprofen, is not yet available in New Zealand
AFT Pharmaceuticals has asked the Medicines Classification Committee to reclassify ibuprofen 300mg in powder form as a pharmacist-only medicine, but the Pharmaceutical Society is not so sure.
AFT manufactures a powder form of its combination painkiller product Maxigesic Cold & Flu Hot Drink Double Strength, which contains 1000mg paracetamol