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Up-scheduling of over-the-counter codeine-containing medicines

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Summary

To inform staff in public health facilities of the up-scheduling of over-the-counter (OTC) low-dose codeine-containing medicines to Schedule 4 (prescription-only) of the NSW Poisons List from 1 February 2018.
File link: Up-scheduling of over-the-counter codeine-containing medicines
File size: 160 KB
Document type: Information Bulletin
Document number: IB2017_043
Publication date: 29 October 2017
Author branch: Legal and Regulatory Services
Branch contact: (02) 9391 9606
Review date: 29 October 2022
Policy manual: Not applicable
File number: H17/74846-3
Status: Obsolete
Obsolete date: 09 November 2021
Obsolete note:
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Up-scheduling of over-the-counter codeine-containing medicines

Functional group

  • Clinical/Patient Services - Nursing homes, Pharmaceutical
  • Population Health - Pharmaceutical

Applies to

  • Local Health Districts
  • Specialty Network Governed Statutory Health Corporations

Distributed to

  • Ministry of Health
  • Public Health System

Audience

  • Clinical
  • Nursing
  • Emergency departments
  • Pharmacy
  • Drugs & Therpeutics Committees