COLISTIN (Colomycin ® and Promixin®)

Clinical Indication

Bronchiectasis

Comments

Please see guide for more information. Must be prescribed by brand as the brands are not interchangeable.

May 2025: Promixin is being discontinued, to use remaining stock for existing patients. Patients prescribed Promixin in primary care should be referred back to specialist team for review.

Date of classification

October 2020

Yellow

Specialist recommendation: Medicines initiated (and stabilised where appropriate) or recommended by a specialist service for prescribing in primary care. Requests should be clearly communicated either through written communication including using approved paperwork if available or verbal means as appropriate .