Amdipharm Products

Amdipharm, a sister company of Waymade Healthcare Plc, is one of the largest producers of injectable and soluble corticosteroids in the UK. The company manufactures and markets an extensive range of branded products as detailed below. Recently it entered the palliative care arena with the introduction of Morphgesic and Anzemet.

Erythromycin: Erythrocin ® (erythromycin stearate and lactobionate) and Erythroped ® (erythromycin ethylsuccinate) are salts and esters of the broad-spectrum antibiotic erythromycin.  Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic, which has an antimicrobial spectrum similar to or slightly wider than that of penicillin, and is often used for people who have an allergy to penicillin’s. It was first launched in 1952 and remains one of the worlds most widely used antibiotics.

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Erythromycin Lactobionate for Intravenous Infusion 1g
Erythromycin Suspension 125mg/5ml
Erythromycin Suspension 250mg/5ml
Erythromycin Suspension 500mg/5ml
Erythromycin Tablets BP 250 mg

Erythrocin ® was developed in 1955 to provide a presentation that would not be inactivated by stomach acid.  A lyophylised powder form was also developed for use where oral administration is not possible or the severity of the infection requires immediate high serum levels.

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Erythrocin 250 Tablets
Erythrocin 500 Tablets
Erythrocin 500 Tablets

Erythroped ® is the most recent development of erythromycin producing a highly stable ester.  This new presentation was first available in 1963 and was stable enough to allow the formulation of suspensions.  This stability also produced a significant improvement in the side effect profile over the original erythromycin base.  Erythroped is available as 500mg tablets and 125mg/250mg/500mg/5ml suspensions.

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Erythroped A 500 mg Tablets

Hytrin ® (terazocin hydrochlor): is a selective alpha 1 antagonist used for treatment of symptoms of prostate enlargement, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It also acts to lower the blood pressure, making it a drug of choice for men with hypertension and prostate enlargement. Hytrin was first launched in the mid 1980’s and is now available worldwide.

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Hytrin BPH 10mg
Hytrin BPH 1mg
Hytrin BPH 2mg
Hytrin BPH 5mg
Hytrin Tablets 10mg
Hytrin Tablets 1mg
Hytrin Tablets 2mg
Hytrin Tablets 5mg

Valoid ® ampoules (cyclizine base) and tablets (cyclizine hydrochloride):  Cyclizine is an antihistamine drug used to treat nausea, vomiting and dizziness associated with motion sickness, vertigo.  The ampoules are predominately used post-operative following administration of general anaesthesia and opioids.

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Valoid Injection
Valoid Tablets

NeoMercazole ® (carbimazole): Carbimazole is a medicine that is used to decrease the amount of thyroid hormones produced by the thyroid. Therefore, carbimazole is useful in the treatment of conditions where excessive amounts of thyroid hormones are being produced by the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism).  Neomercazole presents in both 5 and 20mg strengths and remains a global treatment of choice in hyperthyroidism.

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NeoMercazole 5 and NeoMercazole 20

Locorten®: Localsen Ointment and solution (flumethasone pivalate + salicylic acid) Locorten Cream (flumetasone pivalate)  Locorten Vioform cream and ear drops (flumetasone pivalate + clioquinol).  The Locorten range of topical corticosteroids contain flumetasone in the ester form, flumetasone pivalate which is utilised to treat a number of skin diseases.  It is also available in combination with clioquinol,  for the treatment of otitis externa and with salicyclic acid for the treatment of calluses.

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Locorten Vioform Ear Drops

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