Health Boards
Fri-20-11-2015, 13:57 PM
Just to help with what you was asking when you said "still worried that this product is not licensed in the UK"
The bit not mentioned in their statement that local NHS trusts will know is "In the absence of a license, a drug may still be prescribed in the UK provided there is funding available locally to pay for it and there is a clear body of evidence to confirm that the drug is effective for the condition in question and that safety concerns have been adequately addressed"
As your husband is being prescribed Fumaderm and not buying it privately there is no problem. They are and will keep a check on him, so don't worry that it's not licensed as such that mostly means that you can't legally buy it on the open market. But a registered professional such as your dermatologist can prescribe it provided it is funded locally.
Just think yourself lucky you are in a good part of the UK and getting the treatment you deserve, some can't and probably won't get Fumaderm.
Hope that helps clarify why you are seeing it as unlicensed in the UK.
Quote:
Sometimes a healthcare professional may recommend an unlicensed medication or an off-label use for a medicine.
Off-label use means that the manufacturer of the medicine has not applied for a licence for it to be used to treat your condition. In other words, the medicine has not undergone clinical trials to see if it is effective and safe in treating your condition.
However, the medicine will have a licence to treat another condition and will have undergone clinical trials for this.
Many experts will use an unlicensed medication if they think the medication is likely to be effective and the benefits of treatment outweigh any associated risk.
Source: nhs.uk
The bit not mentioned in their statement that local NHS trusts will know is "In the absence of a license, a drug may still be prescribed in the UK provided there is funding available locally to pay for it and there is a clear body of evidence to confirm that the drug is effective for the condition in question and that safety concerns have been adequately addressed"
As your husband is being prescribed Fumaderm and not buying it privately there is no problem. They are and will keep a check on him, so don't worry that it's not licensed as such that mostly means that you can't legally buy it on the open market. But a registered professional such as your dermatologist can prescribe it provided it is funded locally.
Just think yourself lucky you are in a good part of the UK and getting the treatment you deserve, some can't and probably won't get Fumaderm.
Hope that helps clarify why you are seeing it as unlicensed in the UK.