{"id":4401,"date":"2020-02-26t12:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-26t12:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2020-02-26t12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26t12:53:34","slug":"slozem-no-longer-available-as-a-pulmonary-hypertension-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/slozem-no-longer-available-as-a-pulmonary-hypertension-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"slozem\u00ae no longer available as a pulmonary hypertension treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

the pulmonary hypertension treatment slozem\u00ae (which contains\ndiltiazem) is no longer available for patients \u2013 but alternative brands are\navailable. <\/p>

manufacturers stopped making the once-a-day medicine, in all\nstrengths, last month. <\/p>

the alternative brands available to switch to are adizem,\nviazem, zemret and tildiem \u2013 but not all are available in the same strengths as\nslozem. your prescriber (either gp or ph specialist centre) will be able to\nadvise which would be best for you. <\/p>

neil hamilton, consultant pharmacist at the sheffield\npulmonary vascular disease unit, said: \u201cif you are lucky, some pharmacies may\nhave a small amount of slozem in stock left but this will not last long because\nit can also be used for more common conditions such as angina and high blood\npressure.   <\/p>

\u201cit will be safe for you to stop slozem when your current\nsupply runs out and start on the alternative brand the very next day.  i would not expect switching between brands\nto cause any major side effects, but if you should feel less well on your new brand\nof diltiazem, i advise you to speak to your local pharmacist for advice.\u201d<\/p>

if you have any queries about this news, please speak to your specialist centre. <\/p>

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the pulmonary hypertension treatment slozem\u00ae (which contains diltiazem) is no longer available for patients \u2013 but alternative brands are available. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4404,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions\/4404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}