DMARDs

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Codelist metadata

Coding system

Dictionary of Medicines and Devices

Coding system release

unknown

Organisation

OpenSAFELY

Codelist ID

opensafely/dmards

Version Tag

2020-06-23

Version ID

7593a570

Versions

  1. 2020-06-23 Created: 23 Jun 2020 at 00:00

About

Description

This codelist is a list of NHS dm+d codes for "disease modifying antirheumatic drugs" more commonly referred to as DMARDs.

Methodology

DMARDs is not very well defined term but we selected the basket of medicines below to include based on clinical experience and NHS polices such as the North Central London Joint Formulary Commmittee DMARDs quick reference guide for primary care prescribers. We used BNF code hierachy to generate a list of dm+d AMPS and VMPs.

Medicines included

  • Azathioprine
  • Mercaptopurine
  • Sulfasalazine
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Ciclosporin
  • Methotrexate
  • Penicillamine
  • Leflunomide
  • Mycophenolate mofetil

References

Signed off by

  • Brian MacKenna, (June 23, 2020)
  • Richard Croker, (June 23, 2020)

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

* dm+d codelists can be downloaded with codes mapped to changed VMPs included - this is the default for an OpenSAFELY project. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.

* Note that this is the full list of explicitly included dm+d codes for this codelist. An OpenSAFELY project will by default also include previous or subsequent codes for any included VMPs that may have changed code. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.