NPA Game Plan - National pharmacy association
NPA Game Plan - National pharmacy association
NPA Game Plan - National pharmacy association
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Labelling requirements<br />
The POM must be labelled to show:<br />
• The date on which the POM is sold or supplied<br />
• The name, quantity and, except where it is apparent from the name, the pharmaceutical<br />
form and strength of the POM<br />
• The name of the person requiring the POM<br />
• The name and address of the <strong>pharmacy</strong> from which the POM is being sold or supplied<br />
• The words “Emergency Supply”.<br />
Pandemic<br />
In the case of a pandemic situation being imminent or declared, the pharmacist need<br />
only be satisfied that the person has been prescribed (but not by a dentist or EEA/Swiss<br />
prescriber) the POM before and that the dose is appropriate.<br />
Eligibility<br />
*Phenobarbitone or phenobarbitone sodium can be sold or supplied for the treatment<br />
of epilepsy (except for EEA/Swiss patients, see below). Other Schedule 1, 2 or 3 CDs are<br />
not allowed. Emergency supplies of Schedule 4 and 5 CDs are permitted. The maximum<br />
quantity of a CD permitted to be supplied is five days worth of treatment. For EEA and<br />
Swiss patients, see below.<br />
The following may not be supplied to patients requesting an emergency supply: ammonium<br />
bromide, calcium bromide, calcium bromidolactobionate, embutramide, fencamfamin<br />
hydrochloride, fluanisone, hexobarbitone, hexobarbitone sodium, hydrobromic acid,<br />
meclofenoxate hydrochloride, methohexitone sodium, pemoline, piracetam, potassium<br />
bromide, prolintane hydrochloride, sodium bromide, strychnine hydrochloride, tacrine<br />
hydrochloride, thiopentone sodium.<br />
EEA and Swiss patients<br />
Supplies can be made at the request of the EEA or Swiss doctor or dentist, or at the request<br />
of a patient treated by them.<br />
Emergency supplies are not allowed for Schedule 1, 2 or 3 CDs (including phenobarbitone<br />
for epilepsy). Supplies of Schedule 4 and 5 CDs are permitted for five days treatment.<br />
Definitions<br />
Appropriate prescriber<br />
An appropriate prescriber can be a: doctor, dentist, supplementary prescriber, a community<br />
practitioner nurse prescriber, nurse independent prescriber, optometrist independent<br />
prescriber, pharmacist independent prescriber, EEA or Swiss doctor or dentist.
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