Further drug dictionary synonyms removed

Further to the blog entry of 09/06/2010 about Penicillin V, we have been asked if any other drugs were affected by this change, investigation shows that the drug changes that were introduced in the April dictionary which included the removal of the synonym for Penicillin V were described in the bulletin issued by FirstDataBank Europe.

Further to the advance notice provided in November 2009, some synonyms have been removed from Multilex DDF and the previous synonym record suppressed. These ‘suppressed’ products will remain available to support patient medical records and provide ongoing clinical decision support. The products that have been discontinued are listed below.
Oily cream
Lanolin ointment
Glycerin and ichthammol solution
Epsom salts crystals
Aluminium hydroxide with magnesium trisilicate tablets
Sodium bicarbonate, tartaric acid, citric acid, sodium benzoate effervescent tablets
Penicillin v elixir 125mg/5ml
Penicillin v elixir 250mg/5ml
Penicillin v sugar free oral solution 125mg/5ml
Penicillin v sugar free oral solution 250mg/5ml
Penicillin v tablets 250mg
Sodium acid phosphate enema long tube
Sodium acid phosphate enema standard tube
Liquid paraffin with wool fat and yellow soft paraffin eye ointment 10
Sodium phosphate with sodium acid phosphate sugar free solution (10.8g + 24.4g)/45ml
Normal saline eye drops
Normal saline sterile solution 0.9%
Gees linctus
Glycerin thymol compound liquid
Thiamine compound strong tablets
Thiamine compound tablets
White embrocation
Zinc and castor oil cream

The text files created after each drug dictionary install do give information about added and removed drugs, Action Groups, and Short names but unfortunately this does not include synonyms which are rarely changed.
INPS  will ensure, in the future, that the Multilex bulletin is made available on the Helpline blog for each dictionary install as it sometimes contains additional information.
Our apologies for the inconvenience caused by the lack of information about this change.