Venlafaxine brand change data
Request dated 28 May 2019 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) for information relating to venlafaxine brands.
26 June 2019
[Name and contact details redacted]
Kia ora [Name redacted]
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your request dated 28 May 2019 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) for information relating to venlafaxine brands. You asked for:
A month by month break down of the number of patients receiving the following funded medications, from January 2017 to March 2019. Effexor Venlafaxine, Arrow Venlafaxine and Enlafax Venlafaxine.
Please find the information requested attached to this letter. The information is based on subsidy claims by pharmacies. People can receive venlafaxine in quantities of up to three months at a time. This means that not all people taking venlafaxine will pick up their venlafaxine each month.
We trust that this information answers your queries. We are making our information more freely available, so we will now publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal details) on our website. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this.
Yours sincerely
[Alison Hill's signature]
Alison Hill
Director, Engagement and Implementation
Attachment: Venlafaxine brand data – number of patients
|
Month |
Arrow-Venlafaxine XR |
Efexor XR |
Enlafax XR |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1/01/2017 |
12421 |
17303 |
|
|
1/02/2017 |
12400 |
16845 |
|
|
1/03/2017 |
13679 |
18109 |
|
|
1/04/2017 |
12549 |
16277 |
1229 |
|
1/05/2017 |
9749 |
12569 |
13103 |
|
1/06/2017 |
1722 |
4326 |
25830 |
|
1/07/2017 |
703 |
3178 |
27557 |
|
1/08/2017 |
411 |
2640 |
29504 |
|
1/09/2017 |
2 |
30080 |
|
|
1/10/2017 |
30747 |
||
|
1/11/2017 |
31150 |
||
|
1/12/2017 |
31027 |
||
|
1/01/2018 |
1 |
27017 |
|
|
1/02/2018 |
23062 |
||
|
1/03/2018 |
23755 |
||
|
1/04/2018 |
22110 |
||
|
1/05/2018 |
23642 |
||
|
1/06/2018 |
22205 |
||
|
1/07/2018 |
22577 |
||
|
1/08/2018 |
23319 |
||
|
1/09/2018 |
1 |
21713 |
|
|
1/10/2018 |
2 |
22490 |
|
|
1/11/2018 |
1 |
22404 |
|
|
1/12/2018 |
2 |
21687 |
|
|
1/01/2019 |
1 |
21226 |
|
|
1/02/2019 |
3 |
20301 |
|
|
1/03/2019 |
3 |
21346 |