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Preferred Drug List (PDL) Update
Effective March 25, 2020, due to drug shortages in the marketplace, the NC Medicaid and NC Health Choice PDL Category of “Respiratory: Beta-Adrenergic Handheld, Short Acting” has changed to the following:
| Preferred | Non-Preferred |
| albuterol HFA inhaler (generic for Proair® HFA Inhaler / Proventil® HFA Inhaler / Ventolin® HFA Inhaler) | levalbuterol HFA inhaler (generic for Xopenex® HFA Inhaler) |
| Proair® HFA Inhaler | Proair® DigihalerTM Inhaler |
| Proair® RespiClick® Inhaler | |
| Proventil® HFA Inhaler | |
| Ventolin® HFA Inhaler | |
| Xopenex® HFA Inhaler |
Please visit the following site for a full PDL listing: https://medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/documents/preferred-drug-list
Updated Guidance for REMS Requirements
NC Medicaid would like to share information about recent FDA guidance regarding REMS requirements during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Please visit https://www.fda.gov/media/136317/download for the current recommendations.