RAG Classification List *please note this list does not include exhaustive information about formulation. Please check formulary website for full details Name of Drug/Classification Status Comments Abatacept Red Abciximab Red Abiraterone Red Abraxane (Paclitaxel – albumin bound Red formulation) Acamprosate Green Plus Acarbose Green For existing patients only. Unless on for Plus reactive hypoglycaemia on advice of specialist Acetazolamide injection Red Injection: 500 mg vial Acetylcysteine Green Eye drops: acetylcysteine 5%, hypromellose Plus 0.35% (Ilube®) Aciclovir injection (for IV infusion) Red Adalimumab Red Adenosine Red Afatinib Red Aflibercept Red Intravitreal injection: 4 mg/ 0.1mL (dose 2mg/0.05ml) Agomelatine Green Plus Ajmaline injection Red Diagnostic agent Alemtuzumab Red Alfentanil Green Injection: 500 micrograms/1 mL, 5 mg/1 mL Plus Alfentanil Red Injection (amps): 1 mg/2 mL, 5 mg /1 mL Alimemazine Red Hospital use only as paediatric pre- Tablets:10mg medication Syrup: 7.5mg/5ml, 30mg/5ml Alirocumab Red Aliskiren Tablets Green Plus Alpha tocopheryl acetate Green Suspension: 500 mg/5 mL Plus Capsules: 200units (for use in children with cystic fibrosis) Alpha tocopheryl acetate Red Injection: 100mg/2ml (unlicensed) Alprostadil Green Plus Alteplase Red Amantadine Green plus Amikacin Injection Red Aminophylline Injection Red Amiodarone Infusion Red Amiodarone Tablets Amber Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 1 of 22 Amisulpride Green Plus Amoxicillin Injection Red Amphotericin Red Amsacrine Red Anagrelide Red Capsules: 500 micrograms (2nd line for ITP and patients at risk of essential thrombocythaemia) Anakinra Red Anastrozole Green Plus Antacid with oxetacaine Green Unlicensed Plus Antithymocyte Immunoglobulin (Rabbit) Red Antithymocyte Immunoglobulin (Horse) Red Apomorphine Amber Apraclonidine Red Eye drops: 0.5% Unit dose eye drops: 1% Apremilast Red Aprepitant Red Capsules Aptivus Red Oral solution/capsules (tipranavir) Argatroban Red Aripiprazole (tablets and long acting Green injection) Plus Arsenic Trioxide Red Artesunate Red Aspirin dispersible tablets Red For pre-term labor Aspirin suppositories Green 300mg for use in patients following stroke Plus Atezolizumab Red Atracurium besilate (besylate) Red Atomoxetine Amber Atosiban Red Atripla Red Tablets (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir) Atropine sulphate Red Avelumab Red Axitinib Red Azacitidine Red Azathioprine Amber Azithromycin Green For COPD indication Plus Aztreonam Red Baricitinib Red BCG Connaught Red Belimumab Red Bendamustine Red Benzathine penicillin Red Benzbromarone Red Unlicensed Benzylpenicillin Red Eye drops: 100,000 units/mL Betamethasone Red For pre-term labor Betamethasone Solution Green Scalp application - As ear drops for eczema Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 2 of 22 Plus Betamethasone tablets Green Used as mouth gargle Plus Bevacizumab Red Avastin is available as a treatment option for wet AMD in situations where ophthalmologists feel, in discussion with their patients, that the licensed options are unsuitable Bicalutamide Green Plus Biosimilar infliximab (Inflectra) Red Bivalirudin Red Bismuth and lodoform paste Red Bleomycin Red Blinatumomab Red Boceprevir Red Boric acid Red Bortezomib Red Bosentan Red Bosutinib Red Botulinum toxin type A Red Brentuximab Red Brivaracetam Green Plus Brodalumab RED Bromocriptine Green Plus Bupivacaine hydrochloride Red Buprenorphine Sublingual Tablets Green Sublingual Tablets: 400 micrograms, 2 mg, Plus 8 mg Buprenorphine Sublingual Tablets Red Sublingual Tablets: 200micrograms for the treatment of post-operative pain Buserelin Green Plus Buspirone Green Plus Busulfan (Busulphan) Red C1-esterase inhibitor Injection (Berinert®) Red Cabazitaxel Red Cabergoline Green Plus Calcitriol Green Capsules: 0.25 micrograms, 0.5 micrograms Plus Calcium chloride Red Injection:10% equivalent to calcium 6.8 mmol/10 mL Calcium Folinate (Folinic Acid) Red Calcium gluconate Red Injection: 10%, equivalent to calcium 2.25 mmol/10 mL Calcium/Magnesium salts Green Tablets: Calcium acetate 435 mg and Plus Magnesium carbonate 235 mg (Osvaren) Canagliflozin Green Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 3 of 22 Plus Capecitabine Red Carbamazepine Green Plus Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Red Carboplatin Red Carboprost Red Carfilzomib Red Carmustine Red Caspofungin Red Cefixime Green Plus Ceftazidime Red Ceftolozane and tazobactam (Zerbaxa) Red Cefuroxime Red Celsentri Red Tablets (maraviroc) Ceritinib Red Certolizumab pegol Red Cetuximab Red Chloral Hydrate Red For use in paediatrics only Elixir: 143.3mg/5ml Chlorambucil Red Chloramphenicol Injection Red Chlorhexidine eye drops Red Chorionic gonadotrophin (Ovitrelle, Red Pregnyl) Chorionic gonadotrophin alfa Red Ciclosporin eye drops Green Eye drops: 0.1% Plus Ciclosporin eye drops Red P/F unit dose eye drops: 0.05% Ciclosporin (oral) Amber Ciclosporin (Sandimmun®) Red IV Infusion: 50mg in 1ml & 250mg in 5ml concentrate (oily) Cinacalcet Amber For the treatment of primary hyperparathyrodism Cinacalcet Red For the treatment of secondary hyperparahyrodism Ciprofloxacin IV infusion Red Ciprofloxacin eye drops Red Cisplatin Red Cladribine (Leustat®) Red Clarithromycin Injection Red Clindamycin Injection Red Clobazam Green Plus Clomifene Green Plus Clomiphene Red For ovulation inducation Clonazepam Green Plus Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 4 of 22 Clonidine Hydrochloride Ampoules Red Clonidine Hydrochloride Suspension Red Clonidine Hydrochloride Tablets Green Plus Clopidogrel Green Plus Clozapine Tablets Red Co-amoxiclav Injection Red Cocaine Red Cocaine Red P/F eye drops: 4% Co-careldopa with entacapone Green Plus Colesevelam Green Plus Codeine Phosphate Injection Red Colecalciferol Green For bariatric indications Plus (Note: green for non-bariatric indications) Colistimethate sodium Red Collagenase Red Xiapex Combivir Red Tablets (lamivudine/zidovudine) Co-trimoxazole IV infusion Red Crixivan Red Indinavir Crizotinib Red Cyclopentolate hydrochloride with Red Eye drops (preservative free): 1% phenylephrine: Cyclophosphamide Red Cyproterone Acetate 50mg & 100mg Green Indication: Gender Dysphoria, Hirsutism Tablets Plus Cytarabine Red Dabrafenib Red Daclatasvir Red Dacarbazine Red Dactinomycin Red Danaparoid sodium Red Dantrolene Green Capsules: 25 mg, 100 mg Plus Dantrolene sodium Red Injection (vials): 20 mg Dapagliflozin Green Plus Dapsone Amber Daptomycin Green Plus Daratumumab Red Darbepoetin alfa Amber Prefilled syringes: 10, 15, 20,30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 150, 300 micrograms Sureclick pens: 20,40,60,80, 100, 300micrograms Daunorubicin Red Deferasirox Red Degarelix (Firmagon) Green Plus Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 5 of 22 Demeclocycline Red Denosumab Amber JFC recommended status changed from Amber to Green Plus at May 2018 meeting. Green Plus leaflet reviewed at June MOGG meeting but was deferred to August meeting as required changes. Status changed and leaflet published in error on 11.7.18. Error noted on 16.7.18, Status reverted to amber and Green Plus leaflet removed and replaced with Amber leaflet 16.7.18. Consultants have been informed of this. Descovey Red Tablets (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir) note various strengths – see formulary for details Desferrioxamine mesilate Red Desflurane Red Desmopressin injection Red Desmopressin metered nasal spray Red 150mcg Desmopressin oral lyophilisates Green Noqdirna Plus Desmopressin Green Metered nasal spray: 10 micrograms/spray plus Tablets: 100 micrograms, 200 micrograms Oral lyophilisate: 60 micrograms, 120 micrograms, 240 micrograms and Intranasal solution 100micrograms/1ml Dexamethasone injection Red Dexamethasone Red Intravitreal implant: Dexamfetamine Amber Dexamfetamine Red For use in narcolepsy for doses > 30mg Dexamfetamine Green For use in narcolepsy for doses < 30mg Plus Dexmedetomidine Red Dexrazoxane Red Diaminopyridine Red Diamorphine injection Green Plus Diazoxide Green Plus Diclofenac injection Red Diclofenac sodium Red Eye drops/Unit dose eye drops (preservative-free): 0.1% Diethylstilbestrol (Stilboestrol) Green Plus Dihydrocodeine modified release Green Plus Dimethyl Fumarate Red Dinoprostone Red Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 6 of 22 Dipyridamole Green Plus Disodium Edetate Red Disodium pamidronate Red Disopyramide Capsules Green Plus Disopyramide Injection Red Dobutamine Injection Red Docetaxel Red Donepezil Green Plus Dopamine hydrochloride Red Dopexamine Red Dornase alfa Red Doxapram Red Doxapram hydrochloride Red Doxorubicin Red Doxycycline Injection Red Dronedarone Amber Dulaglutide Green Plus Duloxetine Green For moderate to severe stress incontinence Plus in combination with supervised pelvic floor excercises Eculizumab Red Edrophonium chloride Red Hospital use only Edurant Red Tablets (rilpivirine) Eflornithine cream Green Vaniqa Plus Eltrombopag Red Eluxadoline Green Plus Empagliflozin Green Plus Emtriva Red Capsules and oral solution (emtricabine) Entacapone Green Plus Entecavir Red Entonox (N2O 50% : O2 50%) Red Enzalutamide Red Ephedrine Red Epirubicin Red Epivir Red Tablets and oral solution (lamivudine) Eplerenone Green Epoetin alfa (Eprex) Amber Epoetin Beta (NeoRecormon) Amber Epoetin Zeta Amber Sunderland Joint Formulary Committee RAG List V1.22 26.918 Page 7 of 22 Epoprostenol Red Ergocalciferol Red Injection: 300,000 units/1 mL, 600,000 units/2 mL Ergometrine Red Erlotinib Red Ethambutol 400mg in 5ml unlicensed