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Special Foods – Updated May 2010 Blue = delisted NUTRIENT MODULES Carbohydrate Supplier Full Pack Subsidy Manufacture’s Medical Condition subsidy size price • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia • Chronic renal failure and CAPD Maltodextrin Morrex 4 5kg $36.50 $36.50 Moducal Nutricia No 368g $1.30 $12.00 • Premature and Post premature • Cancers affecting alimentary babies tract where there are malabsorption Polycal Nutricia No 400g $1.30 $5.29 • Failure to thrive problems in patient over 20 years • Growth deficiency • Cystic fibrosis Polycose Abbott No 350g $1.14 $7.85 • Cancer in children Fat • Failure to thrive • Growth deficiency Calogen Nutricia 4 500ml $30.75 $30.75 • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia • Inborn errors of metabolism Calogen (neutral, strawberry) Nutricia 4 200ml $12.30 $12.30 • Lymphangiectasia • Fat malabsorption • Short bowel syndrome • Infants with necrotising enterocolitis Liquigen Nutricia 4 250 ml $28.73 $28.73 • Biliary atresia MCT Oil Nutricia 4 500ml $30.00 $30.00 CHO and Fat Duocal Super Soluble Powder Nutricia 4 400g $60.31 $60.31 Guidelines: Only to be used in infants aged four years or under, with the medical conditions outlined under Carbohydrate (above) Protein Promod Abbott 4 275g $12.90 $12.90 • Protein losing enteropathy • High protein needs (e.g. burns) Protifar Nutricia 4 225g $7.90 $7.90 Food Thickeners Karicare Food Thickener Nutricia No 380g $4.56 $7.25 Guidelines: Only available as a subsidy for patients with swallowing Resource Thicken Up - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 250g $3.80 $3.80 disorders in motor neurone disease Paediatric Oral Supplements/Complete Diet Nutrini Energy RTH Nutricia 4 200ml $1.60 $1.60 Nutrini Energy RTH Nutricia 4 500ml $6.00 $6.00 Nutrini RTH Nutricia 4 200ml $1.07 $1.07 Nutrini RTH Nutricia 4 500ml $2.68 $2.68 Fortini (strawberry, vanilla) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.60 $1.60 Guidelines: Patients aged one to eight years . NutriniDrink (strawberry, vanilla) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.60 $1.60 Supplement (500ml /day ) or complete diet Pediasure (chocolate, strawberry) Abbott 4 200ml $1.07 $1.07 • Any condition causing malabsorption Pediasure (chocolate, strawberry) Abbott 4 237ml $1.27 $1.27 • Increased nutritional requirements Pediasure (vanilla) Abbott 4 237ml $1.27 $1.27 Failure to thrive Pediasure RTH Abbott 4 500ml $2.68 $2.68 Resource Just for Kids (chocolate, vanilla) - Novartis 4 200ml $1.27 $1.27 delisted 7/09 Fortini Multifibre (choc, strawberry, vanilla) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.60 $1.60 NutriniDrink Multifibre Nutricia 4 200 ml $1.60 $1.60 Specialised Complete foods • Children up to 18 years with chronic renal failure • Initial applications must be made by authorised paediatrician • Approvals valid for 3 years Kindergen Nutricia 4 400g $54.00 $54.00 • Reapplications must be made by an authorised Paediatrician • Prescriptions can be written by any medical practitioner • Children up to 18 years who are awaiting liver transplant • Initial applications must be made by a paediatrician • Approvals valid for 3 years Generaid Plus Nutricia 4 400g $78.97 $78.97 • Reapplication must be made by a Paediatrician • Prescriptions can be written by any medical practitioner ORAL SUPPLEMENTS / COMPLETE DIET Oral Supplements Supplier Full Pack size Subsidy Manufacture’s Medical Condition subsidy price Ensure Powder Abbott No 400g $4.75 $7.22 Guidelines: These products are to be used only as supplements to a person’s (chocolate, strawberry, vanilla) dietary needs. Subsidy is for up to 500ml/day Cancer in children Fortisip Powder (vanilla) - delisted Novartis 4 900g $11.50 $11.50 Cancers affecting alimentary tract where there are malabsorption problems in Sustagen Hospital Formula patients over the age of 20 years (chocolate, vanilla) Novartis 4 900g $9.22 $9.22 Inflammatory bowel disease Malnutrition requiring nutritional support Cystic fibrosis Oral Supplements/Complete Diet (nasogastric/gastrostomy tube feed) Ensure Plus (banana, chocolate, Abbott No 200ml $1.12 $1.45 fruit/forest, strawberry, vanilla) Guidelines: Ensure Plus (choc, s/berry, coffee latte, This product group can be used either as a supplement or as a complete diet. van) Abbott 4 237ml $1.33 $1.33 Applications must state whether the product is to be used as a complete feed or Ensure Plus RTH Abbott 4 1,000ml $7.00 $7.00 as a supplement. If a product is being used as a supplement, the limit is 500ml Fortisip (banana, choc, strawberry, per day. toffee, tropical fruit, vanilla) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.12 $1.45 Fortisip Multi Fibre (van, choc, Cystic fibrosis patients are exempt the 500ml per day volume restriction when s/berry) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.12 $1.12 using Ensure Plus, Fortisip, Resource Plus as a supplement. Resource Plus (choc, strawberry) vanilla - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 237ml $1.33 $1.33 Any condition causing malabsorption IsoSource 1.5 Novartis 4 250ml $1.75 $1.75 Failure to thrive Increased nutritional requirements IsoSource 1.5 - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 1000ml $7.00 $7.00 Nutrison Energy Multi Fibre - delisted Two Cal HN is only to be used as a nutritional supplement after other lower 1/09 Nutricia 4 500 ml $3.50 $3.50 calorie products have been tried and should only be used in patients with substantially increased metabolic requirements. Nutrison Energy Multi Fibre Nutricia 4 1,000ml $7.00 $7.00 Two Cal HN (vanilla) Novartis 4 237ml $2.25 $2.25 Applications to be made by renal physicians or gastroenterologists in addition Suplena Abbott 4 237ml $3.80 $3.80 to the above guidelines Undialysed end stage renal patients Nepro (vanilla) Abbott 4 200ml $2.43 $2.43 NovaSource Renal Novartis 4 237ml $2.88 $2.88 Acute or chronic renal failure Nutrison Concentrated (vanilla) Nutricia 4 500ml $6.08 $6.08 Renilon 7.5 (apricot, caramel) Nutricia 4 125ml $2.88 $2.88 Pulmocare (vanilla) Abbott 4 237ml $1.66 $1.66 Patients who have anorexia and weight loss associated with any of the following conditions: Fortimel Regular (vanilla) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.90 $1.90 Decompensating liver disease without encephalopathy Protein losing gastro-enteropathy INFANT FORMULA Infant Formula Supplier Full Pack Subsidy Manufacture’s Medical Condition subsidy size price S26LBW Gold RTF Wyeth 4 100ml $0.75 $0.75 • Infants weighing <1.5kg at birth • For 6 months only Infant Formula for Williams Syndrome Locasol BioLab 4 400g $44.40 $44.40 To be used in infants suffering Williams Syndrome and associated hypercalcaemia. Infant Formula for Gastrointestinal and Other Malabsorptive Problems Neocate Nutricia No 400g $63.97 $67.08 To be used in infants suffering from malabsorption and other Neocate LCP Nutricia No 400g $63.97 $67.08 gastrointestinal problems Vivonex Paediatric may be a suitable and less expensive alternative for many Neocate Advance (tropical, unflavoured) Nutricia No 400g $52.90 $56.00 children who would otherwise be eligible for a subsidy for Neocate and should Pepti-Junior Nutricia No 450g $15.52 $19.01 therefore be tried first in these cases. Neocate should only be used as a last resort when the infant is unable to absorb any of the other formula in this Vivonex Pediatric Novartis No 48.5g $5.62 $6.00 section Other Infant Formula Delact Nutricia No 900g $5.66 $17.95 For use in infants diagnosed as suffering from congenital lactase deficiency. S26 Soy Wyeth No 900g $6.34 $19.57 In these cases approval should be given for up to 2 years Secondary lactose intolerance in children is usually short lasting , and can be Karicare Goats Milk Infant Formula Nutricia No 900g $9.42 $22.75 controlled by dietary measures and by giving sufficient calories to regenerate digestive enzymes. Approvals will not be given beyond 2 years of age Karicare Soy All Ages Nutricia No 900g $7.27 $16.35 When these products are used for infants with an intolerance to cow’s milk, approvals will be given for six months only, after which the specialist must reapply Special Food Group Products for which Special Authority numbers are Interchangeable Carbohydrates Moducal, Morrex Maltodextrin, Polycal, Polycose Fat Calogen neutral, Calogen strawberry, Liquigen Oil, MCT Oil Protein Promod and Protifar 90 Oral Supplements Ensure Powder, Fortisip Powder and Sustagen Hospital Formula Oral Supplements / Complete diet Ensure Plus, Fortisip, Resource Plus, Two Cal HN 1.0kcal/ml IsoSource, Nutrison Standard, Osmolite, Fibresource, Jevity, Nutrison Multifibre 1.5kcal/ml IsoSource 1.5, Nutrison Energy, Nutrison Energy Multi Fibre, Ensure Plus RTH Renal Nepro, NovaSource Renal, Nutrison Concentrated, Renilon 7.5, Suplena Respiratory Pulmocare Paediatric (nasogastric/gastrostomy tube feed) Nutrini, Nutrini Energy, Pediasure, Resource Just For Kids, Fortini, Fortini Multifibre Diabetic (nasogastric/ gastrostomy tube feed) Glucerna, Diason, Resource Diabetic Food Thickeners Karicare Food Thickener, Resource Thicken Up Infant Formula Infasoy, Isomil, Karicare Soy Infant Formula, Delact, Neocate, Pepti-Junior Gluten Free All products listed under Gluten Free Bread and Bake Mixes and Gluten Free Pastas Phenyl Free All products listed under Phenyl Free Bread Mixes and Phenyl Free Pastas Protein Supplements Aminogran Mineral Mixture and Metabolic Mineral Mixture ORAL SUPPLEMENTS / COMPLETE DIET Nasogastric or Gastrostomy Tubefeeds Supplier Full Pack size Subsidy Manufacture’s Medical Condition Standard Products subsidy price Isosource Std Novartis 4 250ml $1.24 $1.24 Inability to take oral food: Enteral feeding Isosource HN - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 250ml $1.24 $1.24 Nasoduodenal Isosource Std RTH Novartis 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Gastrostomy / jejunostomy Isosource HN RTH - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Nasogastric Nutrison Std RTH (vanilla) Nutricia 4 500ml $2.65 $2.65 nasojejunal Nutrison Std RTH (vanilla) Nutricia 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Osmolite RTH Abbott 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Added Fibre Products Fibresource Novartis 4 250ml $1.24 $1.24 Fibresource HN - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 250ml $1.24 $1.24 Fibresource RTH - delisted 12/10 Novartis 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Fibresource HN RTH Novartis 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Jevity RTH Abbott 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Nutrison Multi Fibre Nutricia 4 500ml $2.65 $2.65 Nutrison Multi Fibre Nutricia 4 1,000ml $5.29 $5.29 Specialised Foods Complete Diet Guidelines - Each of these products is highly specialised Alitraq Abbott 4 76g $7.50 $7.50 and would be prescribed only by an expert for a specific Elemental 028 Extra disorder. The alternative is hospitalisation. Nutricia 4 250ml $9.50 $9.50 (grapefruit, p/apple/orange, summer fruit) Malabsorption Enterocutaneous fistulas Short bowel syndrome Peptisorb (neutral) - delisted 4/10 Nutricia 4 500ml $6.02 $6.02 Pancreatitis Peptisorb (neutral) Nutricia 4 1,000ml $12.04 $12.04 Elemental 028 Extra is more expensive and should only be used when alternatives have been tried first and/or Vital HN Abbott 4 79g $4.40 $4.40 are unsuitable. Vivonex TEN Novartis 4 80.4g $4.00 $4.00 sachet Complete diet for patients who have metabolic disorders of fat metabolism, or chylothorax Monogen Nutricia 4 400g $60.48 $60.48 where Portagen is not appropriate or available Diabetic Glucerna Select (vanilla) Abbott 4 250ml $1.88 $1.88 Glucerna Select RTH Abbott 4 1000ml $7.50 $7.50 Diason RTH Nutricia 4 1,000ml $7.50 $7.50 Diasip (vanilla, strawberry) Nutricia 4 200ml $1.50 $1.50 Resource Diabetic TF RTH - delisted 9/09 Novartis 4 1,000ml $7.50 $7.50 Resource Diabetic (choc - delisted 8/09, straw, vanilla) Novartis 4 237ml $1.78 $1.78
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