RCH Neurology department sites

• About epilepsy
• Neuromuscular disorders

Links to RCH Kids Health Information sheets

• Facial palsy (Bell's palsy)
  
• Headaches
• Head injury and return to school and sport after head injury

Reports, forms and letters

Please provide a minimum of three weeks notice for the preparation of reports, dictation, typing and correction of requested letters, and completion of forms. Clinic letters are usually sent to the referring doctor by Argus (secure email) or fax and are typically available within one week of the clinic visit.

Prescriptions

Apart from prescriptions written for inpatients or during outpatient clinic visits, the Department of Neurology encourages all patients to obtain repeat medication prescriptions from their usual general practitioner or general paediatrician wherever possible. This includes authority medications and increased quantities of non-authority medications. Exceptions are medications that can only be prescribed by a consultant neurologist or are only available through the RCH Pharmacy.

Outpatient prescriptions provided between clinic visits are only available for these medications:

EPILEPSY

• Cannabidiol (CBD100 or Epidyolex)
• Clobazam (Frisium) only if dispensed at RCH
• Felbamate (Felbatol)
• Folinic acid (Leucovorin)
• Midazolam (Hypnovel) only if dispensed at RCH
• Phenobarbitone mixture
• Phenytoin mixture
• Pyridoxal-5-phosphate
• Pyridoxine
• Potassium Bromide (Dibro-BE mono)
• Rufinamide (Inovelon)
• Stiripentol (Diacomit)

NEUROMUSCULAR

• Ataluren (Translarna)
• Ciclosporin (Cyclosporin)
• Deflazacort (Emflaza)
• Mexilitene (Mexitil)
• Modafinil (Modavigil) only if dispensed at RCH
• Mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept)
• 3,4-Diaminopyridine

MS / DEMYELINATION

• Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera)
• Fampridine (Fampyra)
• Fingolimod (Gilenya)
• Glatiramer acetate (Copaxone)
• Interferon beta 1a (Avonex, Rebif)
• Interferon beta 1b (Betaferon)
• Peginterferon 1a (Plegridy)
• Teriflunomide (Aubagio)

MOVEMENT DISORDERS

• Glycopyrrolate mixture

OTHER

• Piracetam (Nootropil)
• Flunarizine (Sibelium)
• Sodium Oxybate (GHB)

Updated Jan 2023