Spreadsheet: 89e2625e-4616-48d4-9ce1-d1080e3624c0
Sheet: Sheet1

Country | Date of List | Paracetamol | ASA | Ibuprofen | Diclofenac | Naproxen | Indomethacin | Mefenamic Acid | Other | Notes
* Afghanistan | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 | y; 100, 325, 500mg tab;100mg/ml, 120mg/5ml liq | y; 100mg, 325mg, 500mg; tab | y; 200mg, 400mg; tab | n | n | n | n |  | * Licensed drugs list has multiple NSAIDs_coxibs
Algeria | 2006 | y; 500mg tab; 1G inj; 150-300mg suppos; | y; 100mg, 250mg, 900mg 1G; tab; powder;inj | y; 400mg tab; 500mg suppos | y; 25, 50, 100mg tab; 75 inj; 25, 100 suppos | y; 275, 550mg tab; liq | y; 25 cap; 50, 100mg suppos | y; 250mg cap | Dextropop/ paracet comb; [NAME], suppos; pirox; mef ac syr; flurbi; cele; nimesulide
Angola | 2008 | y; 500mg tab | y; 500mg tab | n | y; inj | n | n | n
Argentina |  | y; str not spp | y; str not spp | y; str not spp | y; str not spp | y; str not spp | n | n
Armenia | 2012 | y; tab 100-500mg; suppos; liq | y; 100-500mg tab; 50-150mg suppos | y; 200-400mg tab | y; 25mg tab | n | n | n
Bangladesh 2008 | 2thousand 08 | y; tab, liq; suppos; no strg | y; tab, suppos; no strg | y; tab; no strg | n | n | n | n
Belize | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; suppos, liq | y; 81, 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | y; 50mg tab; inj | y; 250, 500mg tab | y; 25mg tab; suppos | n | pirox 20mg cap
Bhutan | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; 300mg/2ml inj | n (75mg only) | y; 400mg tab | y; inj; suppos | n | y; 25mg tab | y; 500mg cap (gynae only)
Bolivia | 2003 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 100, 500mg | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 50mg tab; inj | n | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n
Brazil | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 500mg tab | y; 200, 300, 600mg tab; liq | n | n | n | n
Bulgaria | 2009 | ? (Bulgarian alphabet) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |  | need translation
Burundi | 2009 | y; 100, 500mg tab; liq | y; 500mg tab; injn | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | n | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Cambodia | 2003 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 500mg tab | n | y; 50mg tab | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Cameroon | 2003 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos; inj | y; 500mg tab; inj | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; inj 75mg/3ml | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Central Africa Rep | 2009 | y; tab; liq; suppos; str not spp | y; oral; inj; str not spp | y; tab; liq; str not spp | y; tab; inj; str not spp | n | y; cap; str not spp | n
Chad | 2004 | y; 100, 500mg tab; inj | y; 100, 500mg tab; 500mg inj | y' 200mg tab | n | n | n | n
Chile | 2005 | y; 80, 100, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 500mg tab | y; 200, 400, 600mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50mg; inj; suppos | n | n | n | ketoprofen 50mg/ml inj; metamizol tab, inj, suppos
China | 2009 | y; oral; str not spp | y; oral; str not spp | y; oral; str not spp | y; oral; str not spp | n | y; suppos; str not spp | n
Columbia | 2002 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 100, 500mg tab | y; 400mg tab | y; 50mg tab; 75mg/3ml inj | y; 250mg tab; liq | n | n | [NAME]
Congo | 2008 | y; 100-500mg tab; liq; inj; suppos | y; 100-500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | y; 50mg tab; inj; suppos | n | n | n | [NAME], suppos
[NAME] | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 50mg, 100mg SR tab; | n | y; 25mg cap; suppos | y; 250mg cap | Mef Ac 250mg
Croatia | 2010 | y; tab, 3G DDD; liq | y; spp 3G DDD but no dosage unit str | y; 800mg tab; liq | y; 50, 75, 100SR mg tab; suppos | n | y; 25, 75mg caps; suppos | n | [NAME] oral, inj, suppos; pirox oral; melox inj;
Democ Rep Congo | 2007 | y; 100-500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 500mg tab; liq, suppos; inj | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50, 100mg; suppos; inj | n | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n
Democ Rep Korea | NR | y; 100-500mg tab; liq | y; 100-500mg tab | y; 200mg tab | n | n | n | n
Djibouti | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 500mg tab | y;* str not spp | n | n | n | n | * 'or alternative: arylcarboxylic, oxicam'; [NAME]
Dominican Repbulic | 2005 | y; 100-500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 100, 300, 500mg tab | y; 200, 400, 600mg tab | y; 50mg tab; inj; suppos | y; 500mg tab | y; 25, 50mg cap; suppos | n
Ecuador | 2009 | y; 500-1000mg tab; liq; suppos; inj | y; 325-500mg tab | y; 200-800mg tab; liq | y; 25-100mg tab; suppos; inj | y; 100-550mg tab | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n | ketorolac inj
Egypt | 2006 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 300-500mg tab; inj | y; 200-400mg tab | y; 25mg tab; inj | n | n | n
El Salvador | 2009 | y; 500mg; liq; suppos | y; 500mg tab | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 50mg tab; inj | n | y; 25mg cap | n | ketorolac inj
Eritrea | 2010 | y; 100-500mg tab; suppos; liq | y; 300, 500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 25, 50mg tab; inj; suppos | y; 200, 500mg tab | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n
Ethiopa | 2010 | y; 100, 500mg tab, liq; inj; suppos | y; 75, 100, 300, 324, 500mg | y; 200, 300, 400mg; liq | y; 25, 50, 75mg tab; inj; suppos | n | y; 25, 50, 75mg cap | n
Fiji | 2008 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab | y; 25mg cap | n | n | n
Georgia | 2010 | ? (List NA) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |  | NA on website
Ghana | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg | y; 200, 400mg; liq | y; 25, 50, 75mg tab/cap; suppos; inj | n | n | n
Guyana | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg | y; 25, 75mg tab; inj; suppos | n | n | n
Haiti | 2003 | y; 100, 500mg; liq | y; 100, 500mg tab | y; 400mg tab | n | n | n | n
Honduras | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 75, 325mg tab* | y; 800mg tab; liq | y; 25mg tab; liq; inj | n | n | n | ketorolac, tenoxicam inj | *both listed with cardio-protection
India | 2011 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj; suppos | y; 300, 325mg tab | y; 200, 400mg; liq | y; 50mg tab; inj | n | n | n
Indonesia 2008 | 2thousand 08 | y; 100, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg | y; 25, 50mg tab | n | n | n | [NAME] suppos; phenylbut (acute arthritis only)
Iran | 2009 | y; 325, 500mg tab; liq; inj; suppos | y; 80, 100, 325, 500mg tab; suppos | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq; inj | y; 25, 50, 100mg tab; inj; suppos | y; 250, 500mg tab; suppos | y; 25, 75, 80mg tab; suppos | y; 250mg cap | pirox 10mg tab; inj; suppos. Melox 7.5, 15mg. MefAc 250mg. Celecoxib 100, 200mg
Iraq | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 300mg tab; inj | y; 200mg; liq | y; 25mg; inj; suppos | y; 250mg tab | y; suppos | y; 250mg cap, liq | MefAc 250mg tab; liq.
[NAME] | 2008 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 325mg tab | y; 200, 400, 600mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50, 75, 100mg; liq; inj; suppos | n | n | y; 250, 500mg cap | MefAc 250, 500mg cap; Metamizol 500mg tab, liq, inj | Nat Health Fund list incl coxibs /NSAIDs not on main drug table
Jordan | 2006 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj; suppos | y; 100, 325mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50, 75, 100mg; inj; suppos | y; 250, 500mg tab; liq | y; 25, 75mg cap; suppos | y; 500mg cap | MefAc 500mg; [NAME]; Melox; Pirox; Tenox
Kenya | 2003 | y; 500mg; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab; liq | n | n | y; 25mg caps | n
Kiribati | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab | y; 50mg tab; inj; suppos | n | y; 25mg caps | n
Krygyzstan | 2009 | ? (Krygyzstan alphabet) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | n |  | need translation
[NAME] | 2005 | y; 500mg tab | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 25, 50mg; inj | n | y; 25mg caps; suppos | n
Malaysia | 2008 | y; 500mg tab, suppos, liquid | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab | y; 50mg tab | n | y; 25mg cap | y; 250mg cap | Mef Ac 250mg cap
Maldives | 2009 | y; 300, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq; | y; 25, 50mg; inj; suppos | n | y; 25mg caps | n | Pirox 10, 20mg cap
[NAME] | 2009 | y; 100, 500mg; liq; inj | y; 500mg tab; inj | y; 400mg; liq | y; 50mg tab; inj; | n | n | n
Malta | 2008 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 200, 300mg tab | y; 200, 300, 400, 600mg tab; liq; | y; 25, 50, 75, 100mg; inj; suppos | y; 200, 250. 500mg tabs | n | y; 150, 500mg cap | Celecoxib 100, 200mg; [NAME] 100mg; MefAc 150, 500mg; Melox 7.5, 15;
[NAME] | 2007 | y; 325mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 81, 325mg tab | y; 400mg tab; liq | n | n | y; 25mg caps; suppos | n
Mauritania | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 100, 500mg tab; inj | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 25mg cap; inj | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Mexico | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300, 500mg tab | n (checked) | y; 100mg cap; inj | y; 250mg tab; liq | y; 25mg cap; inj; suppos | n | Cele 100, 200mg; [NAME] inj; Melox tab, liq; [NAME] tab, inj; Pirox tab; Sulindac tab;
Morocco | 2008 | y; 500, 1000mg tab; liq; inj; suppos; sachets | y; 100, 200, 300mg sachets; inj | y; no tabs; liq 100mg/5ml | y; 50mg cap; inj; suppos | n | y; 25mg caps; suppos | n | [NAME] tab, inj;
Myanmar | NR | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | n (checked) | y; 25, 50mg tab; inj; suppos | n | n | n | Cele 100, 200mg
Namibia | 2008 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 75mg/3ml inj only | n | y; 25mg caps; suppos | n
Nauru | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 25, 50mg tab; suppos | y; 250mg tab | y; 25mg cap | n
Nepal | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 50mg tab; inj | n | n | n
Nicaragua | 2001 | y; 325, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 500mg tab | y; 400mg tab | y; 50mg tab; inj | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Nigeria | 2003 | y; 125, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab/ cap | y; 25, 100mg tab; suppos | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Niue | 2006 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | n; cardiac 75mg only; not on OTC list | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 75mg tab; inj; suppos | n | y; 75mg SR cap | y; 250mg cap | MefAc 250mg
Oman | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 50, 100mg tab; inj | n | y; 75mg cap | y; 500mg cap | MefAc 500mg; Nabumetong; Tenox
Pakistan | 2007 | y; tab, suppos, liq | y; 100mg-500mg tab; suppos | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 75mg/3ml inj | n | n | n
Palau | 2006 | y; 80, 325mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 81, 325mg tab | y; 400, 600mg tab | n | y; 100mg suppos only | y; 25mg cap; suppos | y; 250mg cap | MefAc; Pirox
[NAME] | 2002 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 300mg tab | n (checked) | n | n | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n
Paraguay | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq | n; cardiac 125mg only | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 50 tab; 75mg inj | n | n | n | Ketorolac; [NAME]
Peru | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq; | y; 75mg/3ml inj only | y; 250, 500mg tab | n | n | Metamizol
Philippines | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq | no* | y; 200mg, 400mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50, 75 & 100mg tab/cap, 75mg/3ml inj | y; 250mg tab | y; 25mg cap | y; 250, 500mg cap | celecoxib 100mg, 200mg; Mef Ac 250, 500mg | *80mg cardiac dose only
Poland | 2009 | ? | ? | y; 200mg tab | n | n | n | n
Republic of Moldova | 2009 | y; 200, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 325, 500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 25, 50, 100mg tab; inj; suppos | n | n | n | Cele tab; [NAME], dexketoprof, pirox, lornox, metamizol
Rwanda | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 500mg tab; inj | y; 200mg tab | y; 50mg tab; inj; suppos | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Senegal | 2008 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 500mg tab; inj; sachets | y; 400mg; liq | n | n | y; 25mg cap | y; 250mg cap | MefAc 250mg; [NAME]
Serbia | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | ? | y; liq | ? | ? | ? | n | Metamizol | Difficult to translate - check
Slovakia | 2010 | y; liq | y; 150, 300mg | y; 200, 400, 600mg tabs | y; 25, 50, 100mg tab; inj; | y; 250mg tab | y; suppos | n | Etoricoxib; Arthrotec; Celecoxib;  Meloxicam | Difficult to translate / trade names- check
Slovenia | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 100, 300mg | y; 400, 600mg tab | y; 50, 75, 100mg tab | y; 125, 275, 375, 500mg tab | y; 25mg cap | n | Etoricoxib; ketoprofen
[NAME] | 2010 | y; 100, 500mg tabs; liq; inj; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab; liq | y; 25mg tab | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Somalia | 2003 | y; 100, 500mg tabs | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab | n | n | n | n
South Africa | 2006 / 08 | y; 500mg tab | n; cvs indications only | y; 400, 800mg | y; 25, 50mg | y; 500mg tab | n | n
[NAME] | 2009 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 100, 300mg tab | y; 200mg; liq | y; 25, 50mg; suppos | n | n | n
Sudan | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 300mg tab; suppos | y; 200, 400, 600mg tabs | n | y; 250, 500mg tab | y; 25mg cap | n | Pirox; Tenox
Suriname | 2004 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | n; cvs indications only | n | y; 50mg; inj; suppos | y; 250mg tab | n | n
Sweden | 2004 | y | y (migraine listing) | y | y | y | n | n
Syria | 2008 | y; str / form not spp | y; str / form not spp | y; str / form not spp | y; str / form not spp | y; str / form not spp | y; str / form not spp | y; str / form not spp | Multiple NSAIDs, coxibs, incl rofe, valde
Tajikistan | 2009 | y; 100, 500mg tabs; liq | y; 100-500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50, 75, 100mg tab | n | n | n |  | English drug-names in text
Thailand | 2008 | y; str not spp | y; 300mg tab | y; tab, liq; str not spp | y; tab, inj; str not spp | y; str not spp | y; cap; str not spp | n | pirox; str not spp
The former Yugoslav Repl of Macedonia | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 300, 500mg tab; | y; 200, 400mg tab; liq | n | y; tab str not spp; inj; suppos | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n | Ketoptofen; Metamizole
Timor-Leste | 2004 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab | y; 50mg tab | n | n | n
Tonga | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab | n | y; 250mg tab | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n
Trinidad & Tobago | 2010 | y; 500mg tab; liq; inj | y; 325mg tab | y; 200, 400, 600mg tabs | y; 100mg cap; liq | n | y; 25mg cap | y; 25omg cap | cele; etori; melox; mefAc; ketorolac
Tunisia | NR | y; 300, 500mg tab; liq; inj; suppos | y; 100, 250, 500, 1000mg tab/pdr; inj | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50mg tabs; liq; suppos | 275, 550mg tab | y; 25mg cap; suppos | n | Cele; [NAME]; Ketoprofen; [NAME]; Melox; Pirox;
Tuvalu | 2008 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab | n | n | n | n
Uganda | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab | y; 25mg tab; suppos | n | y; 25mg cap | n
Ukraine | 2009 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | n |  | Need translation
Uruguay | 2008 | y; no dose info | y; no dose info | y; no dose info | ? | n | n | n
Utd Rep of Tanzania | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab | y; 25, 50mg tabs; inj; suppos | n | y; 25, 50mg cap | y; 500mg cap | MefAc 500mg
[NAME] | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 300mg tab | y; 400mg tab | n | n | y; 100mg suppos | n
Venezuela | 2004 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 100, 500mg tab | y; 400mg tab; liq | y; 75mg inj | n | y; 25, 50mg cap | n | Celecoxib; [NAME] inj; Nimesulide tab; [NAME] inj
Yemen | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 75mg inj | n | y; 25, 75mg cap | n
Zimbabwe | 2006 | y; 500mg tab | y; 300mg tab | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 25, 50mg tabs | n | y; 25, 50mg cap | n
y = yes; n = no; NA = not available; cap = capsule; inj = injection; liq = liquid; spp = specified; str = strength; suppos = suppository; tab = tablet
NSAIDs listed on national Essential Medicines Lists; World Health Organisation (2012) Essential Medicines Selection. Available: http://www.who.int/selection_medicines/country_lists/en/index.html.
Summary |  | Paracetamol | ASA | Ibuprofen | Diclofenac | Naproxen | Indomethacin | Mefenamic Acid
 | Countries including drug on EDL | 95 (95%) | 88 (88%) | 90 (90%) | 74 (74%) | 27 (27%) | 56 (56%) | 17 (17%)
 | Countries excluding drug from EDL | 0 | 6 (6%) | 6 (6%) | 20 (20%) | 68 (68%) | 39 (39%) | 78 (78%)
 | Unclear information | 5 (5%) | 6 (6%) | 4 (4%) | 6 (6%) | 5 (5%) | 5 (5%) | 5 (5%)
Essential Drug Lists: available for 100 countries
Countries in IMS Health SE Asia & Australasia group
Country | Date of List | Paracetamol | ASA | Ibuprofen | Diclofenac | Naproxen | Indomethacin | Mefenamic Acid | Other | Notes
Australia | NA
Bangladesh 2008 |  | y; tab, liq; suppos; no strg | y; tab, suppos; no strg | y; tab; no strg | n | n | n | n
China | 2009 | y*; oral; str not spp | y; oral; str not spp | y; oral; str not spp | y; oral; str not spp | n | y; suppos; str not spp | n | *listed as analgesic
Hong Kong | NA
Indonesia 2008 |  | y; 100, 500mg tab; liq; suppos | y; 100, 500mg tab | y; 200, 400mg | y; 25, 50mg tab | n | n | n | [NAME] suppos; phenylbut (acute arthritis only)
Malaysia | 2008 | y; 500mg tab, suppos, liquid | y; 300mg tab | y; 200mg tab | y; 50mg tab | n | y; 25mg cap | y; 250mg cap | Mef Ac 250mg cap
New Zealand | NA
Pakistan | 2007 | y; tab, suppos, liq | y; 100mg-500mg tab; suppos | y; 200, 400mg tab | y; 75mg/3ml inj | n | n | n
Philippines | 2007 | y; 500mg tab; liq | no* | y; 200mg, 400mg tab; liq | y; 25, 50, 75 & 100mg tab/cap, 75mg/3ml inj | y; 250mg tab | y; 25mg cap | y; 250, 500mg cap | celecoxib 100, 200mg; Mef Ac 250, 500mg | *80mg cardiac dose only
Singapore | NA
Taiwan | NA
Thailand | 2008 | y; str not spp | y; 300mg tab | y; tab, liq; str not spp | y; tab, inj; str not spp | y; str not spp | y; cap; str not spp | n | naprox; pirox; str not spp
Vietnam | NA
Seven of these 13 countries have WHO EDL info - listed above. PBS  dispensing data available for Australia