The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984 (“the principal Order”) which specifies classes of medicinal products which can with reasonable safety be sold or supplied otherwise than by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (the general sale list).

Article 2 amends Table A (internal and external use) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale) by inserting an entry for Famotidine for tablets of maximum strength 10mg, for use for the short-term symptomatic relief of heartburn, indigestion, acid indigestion and hyperacidity, with a maximum dose of 10mg and a maximum daily dose of 20mg.

Article 3 amends Table B (external use only) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order by inserting an entry for Alpha-pinene, and an entry for Heparinoid for products of maximum strength 1.0 per cent for the relief of bruises, sprains and soft tissue injuries in adults and in children aged 6 years and over.

An assessment of the cost to business of complying with this Order has been made, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

Further copies may be obtained from the Department of Health, Medicines Control Agency, Information Centre, Room 10–202, Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ.