§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those medical aerosols known to her Department that now contain chlorofluorocarbon gases.
§ Mr. SackvilleRecords held by the Medicines Control Agency show that there are 184 products containing chlorofluorocarbons licensed under the Medicines Act for human use at present. A small number, which are listed, contain chlorofluorocarbons as active ingredients. The remainder contain chlorofluorocarbons used as excipients, usually in the form of a propellant. It is not normal practice to disclose excipients, since to do so could prejudice companies' commercially sensitive information, which they are required to provide to obtain a product licence.
Product Licences with Chlorofluorocarbons
Product Name
- Deep Freeze Aerosol Spray
- PR Freeze Spray (liquid aerosol)
- Pain Relief Spray
- Stingo (aerosol spray)
- Ultrakool Aerosol Spray
- Pharmaethyl (pressurized gas - aerosol presentation)
- Burnzap
- Fluothane
- Ethrane or Enflurane (generic name)
- Forane or Isoflurane (generic name)
- Isoflurane
- Alyrane (nonflammable liquid)
Both the Government and industry are working towards replacement of CFC-containing medicinal products.