Limited coverage drugs – budesonide enema

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Generic name	budesonide enema
Strength & form	0.02 mg/ml enema

Special Authority criteria	Approval period
For treatment of ulcerative colitis PLUS Treatment failure or intolerance to other commercially available rectal corticosteroid preparations	Indefinite

Special Authority criteria

Approval period

For treatment of ulcerative colitis

PLUS

Treatment failure or intolerance to other commercially available rectal corticosteroid preparations

Indefinite

Practitioner exemptions

None

Special notes

None

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