70 people denied drugs in Merseyside
Drugs which have been refused:
BEXAROTENE – used to treat lung and breast cancer.
Anti TNF Alpha Therapy – used to help reduce effects of Rheumatoid arthritis.
Diphencyprone – used for alopecia to aid re-growth of hair.
Velcade – a drug to help treat multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell, approved this year.
Melphalan – a chemotherapy drug used for some forms of cancer.
Prednisolon – used for the treatment of asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis and cluster headaches
Pegintereron Alpha and Ribavarin Therapy – can be used to treat hepititis C.
Botulinum Toxin Injections – can be used to control severe muscle spasms.
Etanercept – used to treat Rheumatoid arthritis.
Rituximab – used to treat non-Hodgkins lymphoma (cancer).
Sunitinib – also known as Sutent, can be used for renal and kidney cancer.
Intravesical botox therapy – can be used for bladder cancer.
