Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1830
The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 - continued

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SCHEDULE 2
Articles 6(1) and 10

  Circumstances excluding medicinal products from the class of prescription only medicines
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Substance Maximum strength Pharmaceutical Form Maximum Dose
Codeine and its salts Equivalent of 1.5 per cent of codeine monohydrate   Equivalent of 20 mg of codeine monohydrate
Dihydrocodeine and its salts Equivalent of 1.5 per cent of dihydrocodeine   Equivalent of 10 mg of dihydrocodeine
Ethylmorphine andits salts Equivalent of 0.2 per cent of ethylmorphine   Equivalent of 7.5 mg of ethylmorphine
Morphine and its salts (1) Equivalent of 0.02 per cent anhydrous morphine (1) Liquid (1) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
  (2) Equivalent of 0.04 per cent of anhydrous morphine; equivalent of 300 mcg of anhydrous morphine (2) Solid (2) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
Medicinal Opium (1) Equivalent of 0.02 per cent of anhydrous morphine (1) Liquid (1) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
  (2) Equivalent of 0.04 per cent of anhydrous morphine (2) Solid (2) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
Pholcodine and its salts Equivalent of 1.5 per cent of pholcodine monohydrate   Equivalent of 20 mg of pholcodine monohydrate

 
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