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POISONS LIST AMENDMENT ORDER (NO. 2) 2005 (S.R. 2005, NO. 103) - REG 4

Schedule 2 amended (Medicinal Poisons)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting after item 2037 the following:

2037M. 

Diclofenac in divided preparations for oral use containing 12.5mg or less of diclofenac per dosage unit in a pack containing 20 or fewer dosage units and labelled with a recommended daily dose of 75mg or less of diclofenac.

(b) by omitting item 2068 and substituting the following:

2068. 

Ibuprofen in preparations for oral use when labelled with a recommended daily dose of 1 200mg or less of ibuprofen –

 

(a) in liquid preparations when sold in the manufacturer's original pack containing 4g or less of ibuprofen; or

 

(b) in divided preparations, each containing 200mg or less of ibuprofen, in packs of 100 or fewer dosage units except when –

 

(i) as the only therapeutically active constituent other than an effervescent agent; and

 

(ii) packed in blister or strip packaging or in a container with a child-resistant closure; and

 

(iii) in a primary pack of 25 or fewer dosage units; and

 

(iv) the primary pack is labelled with warning statements to the following effect:

 

Don't use [this product / name of the product] :

 

If you have a stomach ulcer;

 

In the last 3 months of pregnancy [This statement may be omitted in preparations used exclusively for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea] ;

 

If you are allergic to ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory medicines.

 

Unless a doctor has told you to, don't use [this product / name of the product] :

 

For more than a few days at a time;

 

With other medicines containing ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory medicines or other medicines that you are taking regularly;

 

If you have asthma;

 

In children 6 years of age or less;

 

If you are aged 65 years or over;

 

If you are pregnant [This statement may be omitted in preparations used exclusively for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea] .



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