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Model List of Essential Medicines

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1. Anaesthetics, preoperative medicines and medical gases
  1. Atropine General information
    Section
    Preoperative medication and sedation for short-term procedures
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 1 mg in 1 mL ampoule (atropine sulfate)
    Indications
    Parasympatholytics [anticholinergics and antimuscarinics] and spasmolytics
  2. Bupivacaine General information
    Section
    Local anaesthetics
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Spinal anaesthesia: 0.5% in 4 mL ampoule (hydrochloride) + 7.5% glucose solution
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 0.25% in vial (hydrochloride); 0.5% in vial (hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Local anaesthetics
  3. Ephedrine General information
    Section
    Local anaesthetics
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Spinal anaesthesia: 30 mg per mL in 1 mL ampoule (ephedrine hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Cardiac complications of anaesthesia during labour or delivery
  4. Halothane General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Inhalational medicines
    • Respiratory > Inhalation > liquid:
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
  5. Isoflurane General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Inhalational medicines
    • Respiratory > Inhalation > liquid:
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
  6. Ketamine General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Injectable medicines
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 50 mg per mL in 10 mL vial (as hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
  7. Lidocaine General information
    Section
    Local anaesthetics
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Spinal anaesthesia: 5% in 2 mL ampoule (hydrochloride) + 7.5% glucose solution
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Other: 1% in vial (hydrochloride); 2% in vial (hydrochloride)
    • Local > Topical > unspecified: 2 to 4% (hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Local anaesthetics
  8. Lidocaine + epinephrine General information
    Section
    Local anaesthetics
    • Parenteral > Locoregional injections > Other: 1% (lidocaine hydrochloride OR lidocaine sulfate) + 1:200 000 epinephrine in vial; 2% (lidocaine hydrochloride OR lidocaine sulfate) + 1:200 000 epinephrine in vial
    • Local > Dental > Cartridge: 2% (lidocaine hydrochloride) + 1:80 000 epinephrine
    Indications
    Local anaesthetics
  9. Midazolam General information
    Section
    Preoperative medication and sedation for short-term procedures
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 1 mg per mL
    • Oral > Liquid: 2 mg per mL
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 15 mg; 7.5 mg
    Indications
    Sedative-hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs
  10. Morphine General information
    Section
    Preoperative medication and sedation for short-term procedures
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 10 mg in 1 mL ampoule (morphine hydrochloride or morphine sulfate)
    Indications
    Opioids or related analgesics and agents affecting opioid receptors
  11. Nitrous oxide General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Inhalational medicines
    • Respiratory > Inhalation:
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
  12. Oxygen General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Inhalational medicines
    • Respiratory > Inhalation: (medical gas)
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
    Section
    Medical gases
    • Respiratory > Inhalation:
    Indications
    Respiratory failure as acute or chronic
  13. Propofol General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Injectable medicines
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 10 mg per mL; 20 mg per mL
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
  14. Sevoflurane General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Inhalational medicines
    • Respiratory > Inhalation > liquid:
    Indications
    Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
  15. Thiopental General information
    Section
    General anaesthetics and oxygen > Injectable medicines
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to propofol for Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases