I just got of the phone with the nice people at UCB Pharma. OK, from now on it has to be ordered direct from UCB(who have stock, now). Apparently this has been the case since 1st April and from what I could gather is due to 'illegal diversion'. From where? to where? of course this drug has a fair bit of it at street level but at manufacturing level? If I was gonna divert something like a CD I'd at least do it with something with more street cred!(Oxycontin 40mg's-£40 each anyone?)... shhhh
seriously I just dont see diversion at this level and what would ordering direct solve anyway other than the <1000 tab thing. I dont think I've ever heard of 1000 Dexamfetamine tablets being in one pharmacy, not even in the height of the private scripting frenzy by Private docs prescribing it for... well anyone... a few years back in London. Apparently these are still prescribed a lot in the West country for by substance misuse agency's, and was historically prescribed before the time Methadone was.
I'm not sure if this is even on a named patient basis, I just understand that although it needs to be ordered from UCB they can bill and possibly distribute through Unichem. Oh, and apparently a maximum amount of (just under)1000 tablets can be ordered at once.
Sorry for some of the sketchy details as I have only I the UCB rep was not to 100% herself on some of this information and I was ever so slightly distracted. If anyone wants to clarify call 01773 510123(distribution/customer services/apperently).
Hope this was helpfull info to someone, AAH just told me(like before) it couldn't supply... nothing about this new regime.