§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost to the National Health Service of Laxoberal and its generic substitute separately in a full year.
§ Mr. NewtonThe generic name for Laxoberal is sodium picosulphate elixir. Under the selected list scheme general practitioners are required to use this generic name on National Health Service prescriptions. In England in 1986, the latest year for which information is available, the net ingredient cost of prescriptions for sodium picosulphate elixir dispensed by retail pharmacists was some £55,000.
Information about hospital prescribing of this drug is not available.