Medicine Brand Changes

Note: All of the brochures and leaflets listed below can easily be ordered, for free and in bulk, from Pharmac Online Resources.

From time to time the funded brand of a medicine may change as a result of a PHARMAC decision.

Bendrofluazide Brand Change

There have been changes to the subsidised brand of bendrofluazide. You can read this information sheet (2 pages, 238 KB) that will provide you with details about the change and helps some questions you may have.

My Medicine Looks Different

The “My Medicine Looks Different” brochure is for patients whose brand of medicine has changed. The brochure answers some common questions about medicine brand changes - such as explaining why the medicine has changed, why it has a different brand name - and includes information about safety and effectiveness. Download (2 pages, 128 KB).

Contact PHARMAC

Please call our helpline on 0800 66 00 50 or email brandswitch@pharmac.govt.nz if you have any questions about a brand change .

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Page updated on 19 Aug 2010

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Bendrofluazide patient information (2 pages, 238 KB)
Brand change notification Bendrofluazide Neo-Naclex to Arrow-Bendrofluazide. Dear patient, Recently PHARMAC made a decision to change the brand of the high blood pressure medicine bendrofluazide that will be subsidised. This means that soon the subsidised brand of bendrofluazide will change…

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My Medicine Looks Different (2 pages, 128 KB)
“Always talk to your pharmacist or doctor about the changes and always read the label on your medicine and follow the instructions” For more information, talk to your pharmacist or doctor, or call PHARMAC on 0800 66 00 50 (toll…