Drug Shortage Notice
IRON SUCROSE 20 mg/mL INJECTION
(Venofer)
Date: November 17, 2014
Best Practice
Drug Discontinuation
Label Change
Medication Change
Recall
Vendor Change
Drug Shortage
Drug and Duration of Shortage:
Iron sucrose injection is currently backordered until mid December 2014
NH Stock Status
- Pharmacy currently has sufficient supply to maintain patients
- However to preserve existing supply in the event of a backorder extension
please consider reserving the use of iron sucrose to patients intolerant to another
IV iron and/or unable to tolerate oral iron preparations.
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For the information of:
physicians, nurses, pharmacists
For further information please
contact:
Nancy Dyck
MUM Pharmacist
Northern Health Authority
250-261-7481
mumpharmacist@
northernhealth.ca
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POSSIBLE ALTERNATES*:
Oral alternates*:
Iron Preparation
Ferrous FUMARate
Ferrous GLUCONate
Ferrous SULFate
Parenteral Alternates*:
Iron Preparation
Iron dextran (DexIron)
Recently off backorder !
Format
300 mg capsule
300 mg tablet
300mg tablet
75 mg/mL liquid
30 mg/mL syrup
Concentration
(elemental iron)
50 mg/mL
Elemental Iron
99 mg/capsule
35 mg/tablet
60 mg/tablet
15 mg/mL
6 mg/mL
Notes:
Test dose required before
1st dose
N.B.
a) Sodium Ferric gluconate complex (Ferrlicit) Injection – Recently off backorder.
Restricted use for patient registered with BC Provincial Renal Program. Not in
stock at all NH sites so please contact site pharmacy if needed.
b) Ferumoxytol (Feraheme) – Restricted use for patients registered with BC
Provincial Renal Program. Please contact pharmacy at your site for more
information.
*Alternates are provided for clinical information and may not be relevant in all clinical situations