Alberta College of Pharmacy shares info on imported children’s ibuprofen

Alberta has approved the sale of imported children’s liquid ibuprofen, and the Alberta College of Pharmacy has some important information for pharmacists selling it. The first is that the medicine, Pedifen, is suitable for children up to 11 years old and is only approved to be in Alberta. Alberta Health compared Pedifen to Children’s Motrin. It pointed out that Pedifen has the same active ingredient, dosage form, indications, dosing instructions and route of administration as Canadian products already on the market. Read: Alberta pharmacists can no longer prescribe or dispense many opioid drugs However, the flavour, container, inactive ingredients, dosing device and storage all differ. Pedifen it is fruit flavoured, comes in a glass amber bottle with a child-resistant cap, is given in a spoon with graduations, and should be stored in a dry place at room temperature under 25°C. It’s inactive ingredients are agar, citric acid monohydrate, glycerine, kaolin, methylparahydroxybenzoate (E218), orange aroma, polysorbate, propyl hydroxybenzoate (E216), purified water, sucrose and sunset yellow E 110. More detailed information for pharmacists about Pedifen is available from Alberta Health and Alberta Blue Cross. The government made the deal to import Pedifen in December amid a shortage of children’s pain and fever medications. It’s made and liscenced in Turkey by Atabay Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals. Atabay Pharmeceutical also made Parol, a pediatric acetaminophen that was also imported by Alberta. Read: 'It’s not the right stuff': Turkish-made pain syrup for kids reaches Alberta pharmacies

Alberta College of Pharmacy shares info on imported children’s ibuprofen

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