DMA warns that this product is no longer available in Denmark
The Danish Maritime Authority has been informed that one of the medicaments in medicine chest A on Danish ships is no longer available on the Danish market and must, therefore, be replaced by another product.
Persons in charge of medical care on board Danish ships must be aware that a specific product in medicine chest A is no longer available in Denmark.
Oral solution 15.1 Dextromethorphan
The medicament concerned is Dextromethorphan in oral solution, which is no longer marketed and sold in Denmark. In connection with purchase in Denmark, it is now replaced by Dextromethorphan as tablets of 30 mg. If the medicament is purchased abroad, it is however still optional whether you choose tablets or the oral solution.
If the person in charge of medical care orders tablets of 30 mg, the minimum quantity in medicine chest A is 40 tablets, and the user guidelines for the tablet are available from the webpage of the Danish Maritime Authority. They must be printed and inserted in the “Inventory, control document and user guidelines of medicaments and medical equipment category A2.
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