October 2008 changes in Multilex Drug Dictionary

In the October 2008 Multilex Drug Dictionary, there are behind-the-scenes changes which may require you to reauthorise. The drugs involved are listed below.

Once the October dictionary is installed, when you come to issue any of these drugs from a repeat master, you may be asked to reauthorise before issuing. You will in all probability not then see any difference between the previous drug name and the reauthorised one but the change will have been made.

The following products will have their names restructured in Multilex DDF during September 2008 for inclusion in the October 2008 datacut. While the names may appear to be displayed identically, they may be presented for
re-authorising in repeat prescriptions.

Multilex DDF products with the following brand descriptors will be amended:

‘CR’, ‘LA’, ‘LS’, ‘M’, ‘MR’, ‘SR’, and ‘XL’

In a few cases, it will be necessary to suppress the existing record and create a new record. This latter group of products will use the ‘Replacement Record’ functionality within Multilex DDF. 

For a full list of affected products, please see the user guide.