The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order concerning specified substances and exemptions from the restrictions on sale and supply

3.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies substances which, if included in medicinal products, make those products prescription only medicines, and exemptions from the restrictions on sale and supply of prescription only medicines)—

(a)in relation to the substance Ibuprofen, there are inserted the following entries—

  • in column 2—

    (3) 10.0 per cent,

  • in column 3—

    (3) External,

  • in column 4—

    (3) 125 mg (MD) 500 mg (MDD), and

  • in column 5—

    (3) Container or package containing not more than 100 g of medicinal product;

(b)there is inserted in column 1, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entry set out in column 1 below, and, against that entry there is inserted in columns 2, 3 and 5 the corresponding entries in columns 2, 3 and 5 below—

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 5
SubstanceMaximum strengthUse, pharmaceutical form or route of administrationMaximum quantity
Terbinafine Hydrochloride1.0 per centExternal use for the treatment of tinea pedis and tinea crurisContainer or package containing not more than 15 g of medicinal product.
  • ; and

(c)there is inserted in column 1, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, each of the following substances—

  • “Acamprosate”

  • “Aceclofenac”

  • “Alendronate Sodium”

  • “Anastrozole”

  • “Didanosine”

  • “Eformoterol Fumarate”

  • “Imidapril Hydrochloride”

  • “Mirtazapine”

  • “Moxonidine”

  • “Omeprazole Magnesium”

  • “Ranitidine Bismuth Citrate”

  • “Rimexolone”

  • “Sertraline Hydrochloride”

  • “Sevoflurane”

  • “Tazarotene”

  • “Topiramate”.