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1987/143

THE DRUG TARIFF 1967

PuRSUANT to the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister of Health hereby gives the following direction.

ANALYSIS Title 12. Official requirements not in the First 1. Title and commencement Schedule to the Prescription 2. InterPretation Pricing Schedules 13. Rounding calculations 14. Minimum charges PART I-GENERAL RULES AFFECTING 15. Water THE TARIFF 16. Bulk supply orders and medical 3. Scope of Tariff practitioners' supply 17. Proprietary preparations 4. Rules fOT standard 18. Insulin preparations 5. Prices for pharmaceutical require- 19. Diagnostic reagent tests ments. 20. Radiographic preparatory substances 21. Rectified spirit PART I1-RULES FOR PRICING PART Ill-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 6. Application of rules for pricing 22. Claims on the Department 7. Prescription pricing 23. Allergy treatment sets 8. Computation of retail price 24. Intravenous fluids 9. Items not listed in the First 25. Period and quantity of supply Schedule to the Prescription 26. Bulk supply orders Pricing Schedules 27. Medical practitioners' supply orders 10. Items dispensed by count 28. Revocations and savings 11. Discount Schedules

THE DRUG TARIFF 1. Title and commencement-( 1) This direction may be cited as the Drug Tariff 1967. (2) This direction shall come into force on the 1st day of August 1967, and shall apply to all pharmaceutical requirements supplied on or after that date to persons entitled to claim pharmaceutical benefits under the Social Security Act 1964, and to the supply on or after that date of pharmaceutical requirements to such persons as aforesaid.

2. Interpretation-( 1) In this direction, unless the context other­ wise requires,- "Commission" means the Trade Practices and Prices Commission constituted under the Trade Practices Act 1958 or the Price Tribunal constituted under the Control of Prices Act 1947 or any person to whom the powers of either are delegated: 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 823

"Director-General" meaDS the Director-General of Health within the meaning of section 5 of the Health Act 1956: "Hospital Board" means a Hospital Board constituted under the Hospitals Act 1957: "Licensed hospital" means a licensed hospital within the meaning of Part V of the Hospitals Act 1957: "Narcotic" means any substance, preparation, or mixture for the time being named or described in the First Schedule to the Narcotics Act 1965: "Outpatient" means any person being treated at any hospital under the control of a Hospital Board otherwise than as an inmate: "Payment" means payment by the Department in accordance with the terms of this Tariff: "Prescription Pricing Schedules" means the official schedules and amendments for prescription pricing issued by the Depart­ ment from time to time for the purpose of determining the prices to be paid to contractors in respect of pharmaceutical requirements supplied by them: "Prescription Pricing Supplement" means an amendment to the Prescription Pricing Schedules: "Proprietary preparation" means any pharmaceutical require­ ment that is prescribed in any prescription by reference to any trade mark or trade name or by reference to the name of its manufacturer: "The regulations" means the Social Security (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1965*: "Retail price" means the price specified in the column headed "Prescription Retail Selling Price" in the First Schedule to the ,Prescription Pricing Schedules or as calculated under clause 9 or clause 10 of this Tariff, as the case may be: "Tariff" means the Drug Tariff 1967. (2) Except as provided in this clause, expressions defined in section 88 of the Social Security Act 1964 and in regulation 2 of the regulations have the meanings so defined. (3) The Prescription Pricing Supplement shall be read together with and deemed part of the Prescription Pricing Schedules.

PART I-GENERAL RULES AFFECTING THE TARIFF 3. Scope of Tariff-All medicines, drugs, and materials specified in the Schedule to this Tariff, and all preparations of anyone of them having an inert base, shall, subject to the restrictions (if any) as to their availability specified in that Schedule, be deemed to be included in this Tariff and to be pharmaceutical requirements for its purposes: Provided that the following classes of material shall be excluded from this Tariff and shall not be deemed to be pharmaceutical require­ ments: (a) A substance or any combination of substances specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Tariff where ordered for any purpose other than for the treatment of a patient's medical condition: *S.R. 1963/41 824 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

(b) Aerosols and similar articles packed under pressure other than a preparation (if any) that is specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Tariff: (c) Electrode jellies: (d) Insect repeIlants and similar preparations: (e) Long acting preparations for oral use other than those (if any) that are specified in Part II of the Schedu'le to this Tariff: ( f) Lozenges and similar products: (g) Plasters, machine spread: (h) Pregnancy tests: ( i) Preparations prescribed as foods: (j) Preparations prescribed for contraceptive purposes: (k) Proprietary medicines or proprietary articles ( other than a product that is a pharmaceutical requirement elsewhere specified in this Tariff or a product

4. Rules for standard-( 1) No claim by a contractor for payment in respect of the supply of pharmaceutical requirements by him shall be aHowed unless the requirements so supplied comply- (a) With the appropriate standards prescribed by regulations for the time being in force under the Food and Drugs Act 1947; or (b) In the absence of any such standards, with the appropriate standards for the time being prescribed by the British Pharma­ copoeia; or ( c) In the absence of any of the standards prescribed by paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subclause, then with the appro­ priate standards for the time being prescribed by the British Pharmaceutical Codex. (2) In the absence of any of the foregoing standards prescribed by subclause (1) of this clause, the grade or quality of the product supplied shall not be lower than that ordinarily used for medicinal purposes. (3) Where a medical practitioner indicates in a prescription the pharmaceutical requirement to be supplied by reference to a trade mark, trade name, or by reference to the name of its manufacturer, a contractor shall supply the pharmaceutical requirement specified in the prescription in the form so indicated and not in any other form unless the prescribing practitioner has sanctioned a change.

5. Prices for pharmaceutical requirements-( 1) Subject to the pro­ visions of clause 22 of this Tariff, payment shall be made in respect of claims for pharmaceutical requirements in accordance with the prices specified in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules and in accordance with the rules for pricing contained in Part II of this Tariff. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 825

(2) Subject to the provisions of clause 22 of this Tariff, where. the price of any pharmaceutical requirement is not specified as provlded in subclause (1) of this clause, payment shall be made in accordance with the rules contained in Part II of this Tariff. (3) A Prescription Pricing Supplement shall come into force on the 1st day of April, August, or December, or such other date as may be recommended by the appropriate committee, and payment in respect of any claims for pharmaceutical requirements. whatever their date, received by a Medical Officer of Health on or after the 16th day following the effective date of the Supplement shall be calculated in accordance with the prices specified in that Supplement. (4) Subject to sub clauses (5) and (6) of this clause, if any pharmaceutical requirements are supplied to a patient as pharmaceu­ tical benefits, they shall be so supplied free of charge to the patient, except that, if the requirements are to be delivered to the patient elsewhere than at the pharmacy or other place of business of the contractor, a reasonable charge in accordance with subclause (2) of regulation 14 of the regulations may be made for the delivery. (5) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (4) of this clause, a con­ tractor may charge a customer with- (a) The price of any pharmaceutical requirements that are supplied by him in excess of the maximum quantities specified in this Tariff; or (b) The excess of the price of any proprietary preparation (being a preparation that is specifically ordered by a medical practitioner and supplied by the contractor) above the amount payable as calculated in accordance with the Prescription Pricing Schedules and the rules for pricing contained in this Tariff. (6) Notwithstanding anything in sub clause (4) of this clause, a con­ tractor may charge a customer Sc in respect of any prescription dispensed at any time not within the ordinary hours of shop trading in the locality where the contractor carries on business.

PART II-RuLES FOR PRICING 6. Application of rules for pricing-(1) Subject to the discount (or discounts where applicable) provided for in clause 22 of this Tariff, or, in the case of a pharmaceutical requirement supplied by a medical practitioner, the discount of 10 percent provided for in subsection (1) of section 95 of the Social Security Act 1964, the prices of pharmaceutical requirements supplied pursuant to the regulations shall be determined in accordance with the rules for pricing contained in this Part of this Tariff. (2) Where the computation is within plus or minus one half of one percent of the correct net amount payable to a contractor in respect of the claim concerned, then notwithstanding that computation, payment to a contractor shall be made and accepted by him in full satisfaction of his claim against the Department for payment. (3) In the event of a dispute between a contractor and a Medical Officer of Health concerning payment to a contractor, the contractor may apply in writing to the Medical Officer of Health dealing with his claims who shall, on receipt of the application, refer it to the appropriate 826 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143 committee for consideration and recommendation. The committee shall then consider the application and on coming to a decision shall notify the Medical Officer who shall then notify it in writing to the contractor.

7. Prescription pricing-Payment for each prescription shall be cal­ culated by adding together the following: (a) The total retail price of the ingredients: (b) The average container charge specified in the Second Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules: (c) Without limiting paragraph (b) of this clause, where, pursuant to any appropriate prescription, the pharmaceutical require­ ments are prescribed or supplied in a dropper bottle, metal tube, or other approved container, the amount from time to time specified in the Second Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules: (d) The appropriate dispensing fee as set out in the Third Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules.

8. Computation of retail price-(1) The retail price shall be deter­ mined on the basis of the price charged to contractors for the pharmaceutical requirement in such units as are customarily purchased by a contractor and at such prescription basic wholesale prices as are approved from time to time by the Commission. Where necessary, any such prices shall be converted to retail prices in the metric system. (2) The principal divisions of the metric system for the calculation of the retail price of any pharmaceutical requirement shall be 100 grams or 100 millilitres or a specified number, and 1 gram or 1 millilitre or a specified number, or a specified pack. (3) If a pharmaceutical requirement can be purchased in quantities other than in the quantities specified in sub clause (2) of this clause, the retail price shall be calculated in the appropriate ratio to those quantities. ( 4) Where a liquid is purchased by weight and is dispensed by volume, an appropriate adjustment, based on the specific gravity of the liquid, shall be made in computing the retail price. (5) All computations concerned with quantities of pharmaceutical requirements that are specified in the Schedule to this Tariff shall be made in the metric system: Provided that, in the case of a pharmaceutical requirement that is prescribed or ordered in terms other than those of the metric system, computations shall follow the Apothecaries to Metric Conversion Tables for the time being approved for this purpose by the Minister. (6) Where a prescription for an injection orders the supply of a dry pack of a pharmaceutical requirement together with one or more ampoules or vials of a sterile diluent, payment for the composite items shall be made as for one prescription, and, where applicable, the provisions of sub clause (1) of clause 11 of this Tariff shall be applied to the combined retail price. (7) Where, for special reasons concerned with the protection of the patient, a medical practitioner directs on the prescription that a pharmaceutical requirement is to be dispensed daily or at such other regu­ lar intervals as he considers necessary, payment shall be made by adding 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 827 together the total retail price of the quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement dispensed on each occasion, and the appropriate dispensing fee; but the Department may in its discretion refuse to pay the container allowance in respect of any second or subsequent dispensing. (8) Where the strength of a preparation is not indicated on a prescription the contractor shall endorse there on the strength supplied. Otherwise payment shall be based on the price of the lowest strength available.

9. Items not listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules-( 1 ) In the case of items not listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the retail price shall be com­ puted by adding together the following: (a) The price charged to the contractor (without sales tax) : (b) Fifty percent of the price specified in paragraph (a) of this subclause: (c) Any sales tax. (2) Where necessary the price so computed shall be converted to the nearest appropriate metric amount specified in clause 8 (2) of this Tariff.

10. Items dispensed by count-( 1) Where items dispensed by count are listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the retail price of the number dispensed shall be calculated as an exact numerical proportion of the retail price shown in that Schedule. (2) Where items dispensed by count are not listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the retail price shall be computed by adding together the following: (a) The price charged to the contractor (without sales tax) : (b) Fifty percent of the price specified in paragraph (a) of this subclause: ( c) Any sales tax. (3) Broken quantities shall be computed as an exact numerical proportion of the retail price.

11. Discount-( 1) In pricing any uncompounded preparation supplied pursuant to a prescription, where the retail price, exclusive of dis­ pensing fee and container charge, is in excess of $2.50, the retail price shall be discounted by 10 percent, but in no case shall that discount reduce the retail price of an ingredient below $2.50. (2) This clause shall not apply to insulin, allergy treatment sets, diagnostic reagent tests, radiographic preparatory substances, bulk supply orders, or medical practitioners' supply orders.

12. Official requirements not in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules-Where any pharmaceutical requirement (being a requirement included in the British Pharmacopoeia, the British Pharmaceutical Codex, or the British National Formulary, but not one included in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules) is purchased as a ready made preparation, a contractor shall claim by stating in writing the cost price and source of supply. In any other case the prescription shall be priced in accordance with the rules for pricing contained in this Part of this Tariff. 828 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

13. Rounding calculations-Calculations for the price of each ingredient are to be rounded to the nearest cent, but exact half cents are to be so expressed. The final half cent is to be rounded upwards to the nearest cent.

14. Minimum charges-(l) The minimum charge for any ingredient in a mixture shall be 1c. (2) The minimum total charge for alI ingredients in a mixture shall be 5c: Provided that where the total retail price of all the ingredients, including any that are not specified in this Tariff, exceeds Se, pay­ ment shall be made for the total value of the requirements that are specified in this Tariff rounded upwards to the nearest cent. (3) For the purposes of this clause the term "mixture" means any prescribed preparation requiring the admixture of two or more in­ gredients, including a vehicle or excipient.

15. Water-(l) Where the term "aqua" is used in a preparation with­ out qualification, it shall be interpreted to mean wholesome drinking water. (2) Distilled water shall be charged for only where specified on the prescription or where its use is necessary in conformity with standard dispensing practice. (3) Water for injection may be charged for where the contractor certifies in the prescription that the water was supplied for the purpose. (4) Wholesome drinking water shall not be an ingredient bearing a charge on a prescription.

16. Bulk supply orders and medical practitioners' supply orders­ (1) Payment for bulk supply orders and medical practitioners' supply orders shalI be computed as follows: (a) Where the quantity of any pharmaceutical requirement that is supplied exceeds the basic wholesale unit for the time being specified in the First Schedule ,to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, payment shalI be based on the appropriate whole­ sale rate: Provided that a contractor may receive payment based on his statement of the cost price of the requirement to him and his source of supply so long as the amount payable therefor does not exceed that which would be payable had the said basic wholesale units (or parts thereof) been supplied: (b) No payment shalI be made for containers supplied with materials ordered on a bulk supply order for a hospital or other approved institution: (c) Where any pharmaceutical requirement ordered on a medical practitioner's supply order is supplied in a dropper bottle, metal tube, or any other approved container, the sum specified in the Second Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules shall be paid for that dropper bottle, metal tube, or other approved container, as the case may be: (cl) No payment shall be made for a dispensing fee, except in the case of a pharmaceutical requirement compounded by the contractor. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 829

(2) Before any discount provided for in this Tariff is deducted, there shall be deducted from the total price of any supply order, computed in accordance with subclause (1) of this clause, a special discount of 10 percent. The discount may be deducted only once.

17. Proprietary preparations-(1) If any prescription orders a pro­ prietary preparation that is identical in composition to a pharmaceutical requirement specified in this Tariff or is deemed by the Director-General to be identical to a requirement so specified, payment shall be made in accordance with the rules for pricing contained in this Part of this Tariff: Provided that, in the case of any requirement listed in the table of allowances specified in the Prescription Pricing Schedules, only partial payment may be made, and then only on the advice of the appropriate committee. (2) Any payment made or to be made to a contractor pursuant to subclause (1) of this clause shall be accepted by him in satisfaction of the price of any pharmaceutical requirement referred to in that sub­ clause to the extent of that payment.

18. Insulin preparations-(I) Payment in respect of the several forms of insulin allowed under this Tariff shall be made by adding together the cost price of insulin as approved from time toO time by the Commission, and 20 percent of the cost price of the lowest priced insulin. The amount so computed shall be the basis of payment for the higher priced brands, but in no case shall less than a 15 percent increase on the cost be allowed. (2) Except where the amount payable in respect of a particular form or brand of insulin is specified for the time being in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, payment shall be computed in accordance with this rule. Where no brand of insulin is specified the least expensive brand available. shall be supplied.

19. Diagnostic reagent tests-Payment for the supply of pharma­ ceutical requirements used in respect of diagnostic reagent tests shall be computed by adding together the cost price as approved from time to time by the Commission, 20 percent of that price, and the appropriate dispensing fee.

20. Radiographic preparatory substances-Payment in respect of the several forms of radiographic pharmaceutical requirements allowed under this Tariff, including barium sulphate, shall be made by adding together the cost price as approved from time to time by the Commission and 20 percent of that price.

21. Rectified spirit-When alcohol is prescribed for use in pharma­ ceutical requirements that are used as external preparations, payment shall be made only for industrial methylated spirits, unless the medical practitioner has specified that rectified spirit is to be used. 830 Drug T arifJ 1967 1967/143

PART Ill-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 22. Claims on the Depar1ment-(l) Pursuant to regulation 14 of the regulations, a contractor may submit claims for payment in respect of pharmaceutical requirements supplied by him during half-monthly or monthly periods. (2) The amount due to the contractor on every claim, as computed in accordance with this Tariff, shall be reduced by a discount of 2! percent. (3) Where the claim relates to or includes any prescription or order which was last dispensed more than three months before the date on which the claim is first received by the Medical Officer of Health, the amount due to the contractor in respect of every such prescription or order so dispensed shall, unless the contractor satisfies the Medical Officer of Health that he has a reasonable excuse for his delay in sub­ mitting the claim, and subject to any general or special directions given by the Director-General, be reduced by a further discount of 10 percent: Provided that the amount due shall not be reduced by the said further discount in any case where a prescription is endorsed "extended supply" and is fulfilled in part only and is received by the Medical Officer of Health for payment within six months of the date of initial dispensing.

23. Allergy treatment sets-( 1) Payment in respect of an allergy treatment set allowed under this Tariff shall be the amount specified from time to time in the Prescription Pricing Schedules or the amount approved from time to time by the Director-General. (2) In the case of a person for the time being approved by the Director-General as the manufacturer of approved allergy treatment sets, the amount payable in respect of any allergy treatment set supplied by him shall be the amount approved from time to time by the Director-General. (3) In the case of a contractor, the amount payable in respect of any allergy treatment set supplied by him shall be computed by adding together the cost price of the set, 20 percent of the cost price, and the appropriate dispensing fee.

24. Intravenous fluids-Payment to a licensed hospital or to a medical practitioner in respect of the types of intravenous fluids allowed under the Schedule to this Tariff shall be the amount of the allowance specified from time to time in the Prescription Pricing Schedules or the sum approved from time to time by the Director-General.

25. Period and quantity of supply-( 1) Payment may be made pur­ suant to anyone prescription for a quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement so prescribed sufficient to provide treatment for a period not exceeding seven days in respect of the original supply and a further seven days in respect of the repeat: Provided that, on the contractor supplying a lesser or greater quantity than that prescribed and endorsing the prescription accordingly, pay­ ment shall be made- 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 831

(a) If the quantity prescribed does not coincide with the volume of a standard container and the amount contained in the nearest next largest standard size container is supplied; or (b) If the quantity prescribed does not coincide with an original pack and the requirement is packed in a collapsible tube, dropper bottle, or other special container from which it is not prac­ ticable to dispense the exact quantity. (2) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) of the proviso to subclause (1) of this clause, in any case where the liquid oral form of a pharmaceutical requirement and either the restriction "antibiotic restriction" or "penicillin restriction" applies, payment shaIl be made for- (a) The exact numerical proportion of the bulk pack if such a pack is available; or (b) The next smallest pack or the next smaIlest number of packs, as the case may be, if the quantity prescribed does not coin­ cide with a standard pack and a bulk pack is not available; or (c) The next largest pack if the quantity prescribed does not coincide with a standard pack and neither a bulk pack nor a smaIler pack is available: Provided that, in any case where the pharmaceutical requirement is ordered as an injection and the restriction "antibiotic restriction" applies, payment may only be made for a quantity sufficient for a period not exceeding 72 hours' treatment. (3) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) or subclause (2) of this clause, where a quantity is specified in the availability column of Part II of the Schedule to this Tariff, it refers to the maximum quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement for which payment may be made on each occasion that the requirement is dispensed, either on the original dispensing of the requirement or on the dispensing of any repeat. The restriction of availability to "one pack" or "one tube" shall not apply to a medical practitioner's supply order or to a bulk supply order. (4) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) or subclause (2) or subclause (3) of this clause, where, in the opinion of the prescribing medical practitioner, extended treatment is necessary for a period of not less than one month and no danger is involved in the use of a pharmaceu­ tical requirement without medical supervision, a supply of that pharma­ ceutical requirement not exceeding a quantity sufficient to provide that person with treatment for a specified period of one month in the case of a narcotic or from one to three months in any other case may be made on anyone prescription; and, if the medical practitioner has endorsed the prescription with the words "extended supply" and has specified on it the period for which that pharmaceutical requirement is to be supplied, payment shaIl be made in respect of a claim made accordingly: Provided that in any case where a patient is receiving an extended supply of any pharmaceutical requirement, that requirement shaIl be dispensed in monthly lots, unless- (a) The prescriber makes a special endorsement on the prescription stating the period for which each lot is to be dispensed; or (b) The contractor or the patient endorses the back of the prescrip­ tion with a statement of the special reasons why a quantity greater or less than a monthly lot is required to be dispensed: 832 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

Provided also that, in the case of a pharmaceutical requirement in respect of which the restriction "antibiotic restriction" or "penicillin restriction" applies, no more than one month's supply shall be dispensed at anyone time. ( 4) Any prescription that is not presented to a contractor for dis­ pensing within four days of its being written in the case of a narcotic, or within three months of its being written in any other case, shall cease to be a charge to the Department. (5) A repeat on a prescription that remains unfulfilled after one month from the date of first dispensing of any requirement named in the prescription shall cease to be a charge to the Department. The contractor concerned may submit a claim for the part fulfilment of the total quantity ordered in respect of the part that is due for payment. (6) A repeat on a prescription endorsed "extended supply" that remains unfulfilled after three months from the date of first dispensing of any requirement named in the prescription shall cease to be a charge to the Department. The contractor concerned may submit a claim for the part fulfilment of the total quantity ordered in respect of the part that is due for payment.

26. Bulk supply orders-(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Tariff, the licensee or manager of a licensed hospital or the matron or other person in charge of an institution approved by the Director-General may obtain, pursuant to a bulk supply order on a form to be supplied by the Department, such pharmaceutical requirements as he expects will be required for the treatment of persons who are under medical supervision in that hospital or approved institution: Provided that payment shall not be made for any requirement that is specifically restricted in the Schedule to this Tariff: Provided also that the licensee or manager or, as the case may be, the matron or other person may be called upon to justify the amount ordered. (2) Payment shall be made to the contractor on the presentation of the appropriate copy of a bulk supply order form supplied by the Department which- (a) Sets forth the pharmaceutical requirements which have been supplied; and (b) Has endorsed on it a receipt, signed and dated by the licensee or manager or, as the case may be, the matron or other person, indicating that the requirements have been received by him: Provided that a special form, also provided by the Department, shall be used in the case of an order for the bulk supply of a narcotic. (3) The quantities ordered on a bulk supply order are to be limited to those quantities that are sufficient to meet reasonable needs for a period not exceeding one month, after taking into account stock on hand at the time of preparing the requisition. ( 4) The Minister may at any time, by notice given in such manner as he thinks proper, declare that any hospital or other approved institu­ tion shall not be entitled to obtain supplies of pharmaceutical require­ ments under this clause; and on the making of any such declaration this clause shall cease to apply with respect to that hospital or other approved institution. Any such notice may in like manner be revoked. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 833

27. Medical practitioners' supply orders-( 1) Notwithstanding any­ thing in this Tariff, a medical practitioner may obtain, pursuant to a medical practitioner's supply order, such pharmaceutical requirements as he expects to be required for personal administration to patients under his care, if the quantities ordered are reasonable for up to one month's supply in the conditions obtaining in his practice; but no payment will be made for any pharmaceutical requirement that is specifically restricted in the Schedule to this Tariff. The medical practitioner may be called upon to justify the amounts ordered. (2) Payment shall be made to the contractor on the presentation of the medical practitioner's supply order if at the time of supply it- (a) Is signed personally by the medical practitioner: (b) Is dated in the medical practitioner's own handwriting: (c) Sets forth the pharmaceutical requirements that the medical practitioner requires at the time: (d) Has endorsed on it a receipt signed and dated by the medical practitioner, or his agent, in respect of the requirements supplied. Any order for a narcotic shall be written on a form to be supplied by the Department. (3) A medical practitioner may, except in exceptional circumstances, order only those pharmaceutical requirements that he requires to ad­ minister personally to a patient or requires for emergency use until a supply can be obtained by the patient pursuant to a prescription. (4) The Minister may at any time, on the recommendation of the Medical Services Advisory Committee appointed under section 121 of the Social Security Act 1964, by notice given in such manner as he thinks proper, declare that any medical practitioner whose name is specified in the notice shall not be entitled to obtain supplies of pharma­ ceutical requirements under this clause; and on the making of any such declaration this clause shall cease to apply with respect to that practi­ tioner. Any such notice may in like manner be revoked.

28. Revocation and savings-(1) The following directions are hereby revoked: Title Serial Number The Drug Tariff 1964 1964/171 The Drug Tariff 1964, Amendment No. 7 1967/33 (2) Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, it is hereby declared that the revocation of any provision by this direction shall not affect any document made or anything whatsoever done under the provision so revoked or any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the revocation and could have been made or done under this direction, shall continue and have effect as if it had been made or done under the corresponding provision of this direction and as if that provision had been in force when the document was made or the thing was done. Con. Regs.-28 834 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

SCHEDULE

LIST OF PHARMACEUTICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WHICH PAYMENT IS ALLOWED OR CONDITION ALLY ALLOWED

PART I-DEFINITIONS 1. (1) "Antibiotic restriction" means the supply of the pharmaceutical requirement in accordance with clause 25 of this Tariff for the treatment of an infection- (a) Where the infection is resistant to penicillin or sulphonamides; or (b) Where a broad spectrum antibiotic is regarded by authoritative medical opinion as the treatment of choice for the infection: Provided that, in the case of a prescription endorsed "extended supply", payment shall be made only where the requirement is used in the treatment of a chronic respiratory condition or other chronic condition in which a broad spectrum antibiotic is regarded as the treatment of choice by authoritative medical opinion. (2) Any proprietary topical application (other than a preparation that is specified in Part II of this Schedule) shall not be a charge to the Department. Where any quantity of any pharmaceutical requirement specified in this subclause, or its salts or derivatives, is present in any preparation compounded by a contractor, not being a preparation specified in Part II of this Schedule, it shall not be a charge to the Department. The requirements so specified are chloramphenicol, chlortetracycline, erythromycin, oxytetracycline, and tetracycline. 2. "Approved condition" means a pharmaceutical requirement supplied pursuant to a prescription endorsed with the words "Approved con­ dition" written in the practitioner's own handwriting or signed or initialled by the practitioner, and ordered for therapeutic purposes, but neither for contraceptive purposes nor as a pregnancy test. 3. "Dermatological specialist" means that payment may be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is ordered by a derma­ tological specialist; but, in the case of treatment recommended by the dermatological specialist, the prescription of a medical practitioner endorsed with the words "recommended by [name of specialist]" shall be accepted for payment. 4. "Hospital Board" means that payment may be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is supplied by a Hospital Board to an outpatient (being for the purposes of this Tariff any person who is not an inmate of a public hospital) on the prescription of a medical practitioner. S. "Hospital Board-specialist" means that the pharmaceutical require­ ment concerned may be supplied free of charge only by a Hospital Board to an outpatient on the prescription of a specialist. Where treat­ ment of any such outpatient with the requirement has been recom­ mended by a specialist and the requirement is prescribed by a medical practitioner, the prescription of the medical practitioner endorsed with the words "recommended by [name of specialist]" shall be accepted by a Hospital Board and the requirement shall be supplied as aforesaid. For the purposes of this definition it shall not make any difference whether the specialist is employed by the Board or not. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 835

SCHEDULE-continued 6. "In combination" means that the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is allowed at the Department's expense only when included in a prescription in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements that are specified in this Schedule as being available otherwise than "in combination", and then only to the extent specified. 7. "Intravenous fluids" means that payment may be made only­ (a) To a licensed hospital for the treatment of any patient in the hospital (being treatment that has been recommended by a medical practitioner), or if the requirement has been supplied by the hospital to a medical practitioner for the treatment of a patient in his own home; or (b) To a medical practitioner who has used the requirement for the treatment of a patient either when treating him at a licensed hospital or at his home. 8. "Maternity hospital" means that payment shall be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is supplied, pursuant to a bulk supply order, to a maternity hospital licensed under the Hospitals Act 1957. (See clause 26 of this Tariff.) 9. "Midwifery order" means that payment may be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is supplied in the specified· quantity to a patient as an authorised midwifery requirement pursuant to a midwifery order signed by the hospital licensee or manager of a· private hospital within the meaning df the Hospitals Act 1957, or by a midwife or maternity nurse registered under the Nurses and Midwives Act 1945, as the case may be. 10. "Ophthalmological specialist" means that payment may be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is ordered by an ophthalmological specialist (including the registrar of the appropriate department of a public hospital) for the treatment of any medical condition affecting the eye; but, in the case of treatment recommended by the specialist, the prescription of a medical practitioner endorsed with the words "recommended by [name of specialist]" shall be accepted for payment. 11. "Otolaryngological specialist" means that payment may be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is ordered by an otolaryngological specialist (including the registrar of the appropriate department of a public hospital) for the treatment of any medical condition affecting the ear, nose, or throat; but, in the case of treatment recommended by the specialist, the prescription of a medical practitioner endorsed with the words "recommended by [name of specialist]" shall be accepted for payment. 12. <'Penicillin restriction" means the supply of pencillin in accordance with clause 25 of this Tariff; but in the case of a prescription for penicillin which is endorsed "extended supply", payment may be made when the penicillin is used in the treatment of conditions in which it is regarded as the treatment of choice by authoritative medical opinion. 13. "Psychiatric specialist" means that payment may be made only when the pharmaceutical requirement concerned is supplied pursuant to a medical practitioner's supply order signed by a medical practitioner engaged in the practice of psychiatry. 14. If any question arises as to whether a medical practitioner is a specialist for the purposes of this Schedule, that question shall be referred to the Minister whose decision shall be final.

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aaa Acacia In combination. aad Acetarsol aag Acetarsol pessaries, compound aaj Acetazolamide and its salts aam Acetic acid aal Acetohexamide aap Acetomenaphthone aas Acetone (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. aat Acetphenolisatin with dihydroxyan- thraquinone tablets aau Acetylcholine chloride eye drops aav Acetylsalicylic acid aaz Acetylsalicylic acid tablets, soluble, B.P. aax Acetylsalicylic acid with caffeine tab- lets .. aay Acetylsalicylic acid with codeine phosphate tablets aba Acetylsalicylic acid and opium tablets compound, B.P.C. abb Acetylsalicylic acid with paracetamol and codeine phosphate tablets abd Acetylsalicylic acid and phenacetin tablets, B.P.C. abg Acetylsalicylic acid mixture, B.N.F. abj Acetylsalicylic acid mixture for in- fants, B.N.F... abm Acetylsalicylic acid with phenacetin and butobarbitone tablets abp Acetylsalicylic acid tablets, com- pound, B.P.C. abr Acetylsalicylic acid tablets, com- pound, soluble, as approved by the Director-General of Health abs Acetylsalicylic acid with ipecacuanha and opium tablets, B.P.C. aby Aconite, belladonna, and chloroform liniment, B.P.C. abz Aconite liniment, B.P.C. aca Acriflavine acd Adrenaline acg Adrenaline acid tartrate ach Adrenaline acid tartrate aerosol in- haler acj Adrenaline and atropine spray, com- pound, B.P.C. aco Adrenaline hydrochloride .. acr Adrenaline hydrochloride aerosol in- haler acp Adrenaline mucate acs Agar .. acv Alcohol In combination, not exceeding 50 ml. acx Alcuronium chloride injection 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 837

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acz I Alkaline compound tablets (milk­ As approved by the Director­ dextrin type) General of Health. ada Allergy treatment sets As approved by the Director­ General of Health. adb Allopurinol tablets Hospital Board-specialist. ade Allyloestrenol adg Almond oil adm Aloes adv Aloin adw Aloxiprin tablets Hospital Board-specialist. aea Alseroxylon aed Alseroxylon with pentaerthritol tetra­ nitrate tablets aeg Alum .. aej Alum and zinc dusting powder for in- fants, B.P.C... aem Aluminium acetate solution, B.P.C. aen Aluminium chloride aep Aluminium powder aeq Aluminium hydroxide and bella­ donna mixture, B.P.C... aex Aluminium hydroxide with magne­ sium carbonate compound gel, dried aes Aluminium hydroxide gel aev Aluminium hydroxide gel, dried aez Aluminium hydroxide gel with kaolin mixture aey Aluminium hydroxide gel with kaolin and pectin mixture afb Aluminium hydroxide gel with mag­ nesium hydroxide mixture afa Aluminium hydroxide gel dried with magnesium hydroxide tablets afc Aluminium hydroxide gel dried, with magnesium trisilicate and magne­ sium hydroxide tablets .. afd Aluminium paste, compound, B.P.C. afg Aluminium sodium silicate with bel- ladonna afj Aluminium sulphate afm Amaranth solution afp Amethocaine hydrochloride Except as an injection for surgi­ cal procedures. afs Amethocaine eyedrops, B.P C. afV Aminacrine hydrochloride aga Aminophylline .. agd Aminophylline with ephedrine hydro­ chloride, and amylobarbitone cap­ sules agg Aminophylline with ephedrine hydro­ chloride, and amylobarbitone tab­ lets... agh Aminophylline with ephedrine sul­ phate, and phenobarbitone tablets agj Aminophylline with aluminium hy­ droxide gel tablets 838 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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agm Aminopterin and its salts I Hospital Board-specialist. ags Amisometradine .. agt Amitriptyline hydrochloride agu Amitriptyline pamoate syrup agz Ammonia and ipecacuanha mixture, B.N.F. ahd Ammonia solution ahg Ammonia solution, aromatic, B.P.C. ahj Ammonia spirit, aromatic, B.P.C. .. ahm Ammonium acetate solution, strong, B.P.C. ahp Ammonium bicarbonate .. ahs Ammonium bromide ahv Ammonium chloride ahz Ammonium chloride mixture B.N.F. aia Ammonium chloride and morphine mixture, B.N.F. aid Amodiaquine hydrochloride aij Amphetamine sulphate aii Amphotericin-B lotion aik Ampicillin Hospital Board. aim Amyl nitrite aip Amylobarbitone ais Amylobarbitone sodium aiv Amylobarbitone sodium v.>ith quinal- barbitone sodium capsules aix Amylocaine hydrochloride ajg Aneurine hydrochloride ., Except tablets exceeding 50mg each. ajj Aneurine tablets compound, B.P.C. ajm Aneurine tablets compound, strong, B.P.C. ajn Angiotensin amide ajp Anise oil In combination. ajs Anise water In combination. ajt Antazoline eye drops, compound, B.N.F. 1963 .. ajv Antazoline hydrochloride Except in any topical application. ajz Antazoline methanesulphonate Except in any topical application. ajw Antazoline sulphate and naphazoline nitrate aka Antimony potassium tartrate akd Antimony sodium tartrate akg Apomorphine hydrochloride aks Arrowroot In combination. akv Arsenic trioxide aky Arsenical solution akz Ascorbic acid .. Except tablets exceeding IOOmg each. ala Atropine .. •. .. aid Atropine and cocaine eye ointment, B.N.F. alj Atropine methonitrate aim Atropine sulphate alp Azapetine phosphate baa Bacitracin and its salts For injection only. bac Bacitracin and its salts and neomycin sulphate in proprietary preparations One pack. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 839

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bad Bacitracin and neomycin proprietary eye ointment One tube. baf Bacitracin and neomycin with poly­ myxin B sulphate proprietary prep­ parations ...... One pack. baj Bacitracin and polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye ointment One tube. barn Bacitracin and polymyxin B sulphate proprietary topical ointment One tube. bas Barbitone bav Barbitone sodium baz Barium sulphate bba Beeswax, white .. bbd Beeswax, yellow bbf Belladonna,prepared bbg Belladonna extract, dry, B.P. bbm Belladonna extract, liquid, B.P.C. bbs Belladonna liniment, B.P.C. bbv Belladonna tincture, B.P. bca Belladonna and ephedrine mixture for infants, B.N.F. bcd Belladonna and ipecacuanha mixture for infants, B.N.F. bcg Belladonna mixture for infants, B.N.F. bcj Belladonna and phenobarbitone tab­ lets, B.P.C. bcm Bemegride bcp B-naphthyl-di (2-chloropropyl)­ amine (RI51) with urethane Hospital Board-specialist. bct Bendrofluazide .. her Bendrofluazidc with reserpine and po­ tassium chloride tablets bcu Bendrofluazide with potassium chlor­ ide tablets bcv Benedict's solution (qualitative) (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. bda Benethamine penicillin injection bdd Benethamine penicillin oral prepara­ tions .. Penicillin restriction. bdg Bentonite bdj Benzalkonium bromide solution, B.P.C. bdl Benzalkonium chloride jelly as approved by the Director-General of Health bdm Benzalkonium chloride solution, B.P.C. bdn Benzalkonium chloride tincture bds Benzathine penicillin injection bdv Benzathine penicillin and its salts for oral use Penicillin restriction. bdz Benzhexol hydrochloride bea Benzocaine Except as an injection for surgical procedures. 840 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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bec Benzocaine injection, compound Except as an injection for surgical procedures. bef Benzocaine ointment, compound, B.P.C. beg Benzocaine suppositories, compound, N.Z.F. 1953 .. bej Benzoic acid bem Benzoic acid ointment, compound, B.P.C. bep Benzoin bev Benzoin inhalation, B.P.C. bez Benzoin tincture, B.P.C•.. bfa Benzoin tincture, compound, B.P.C. bfd Benzoyl peroxide 10 percent with chlorhydroxyquinoline 0.5 percent bfg Benztropine mesylate tablets bfj Benzyl alcohol .. bfm Benzyl benzoate bfp Benzyl benzoate application, B.P. bfs Benzylpenicillin and its salts Penicillin restriction. bfv Benzylpenicillin and its salts for in- jection bfw Benzylpenicillin and its salts, with or without procaine penicillin, bene­ thamine penicillin, or benzathine penicillin, for injection .. bft Benzylpenicillin ear drops, eye drops, nasal drops and pessaries bfu Benzylpenicillin eye ointment One tube. bfz Benzylpenicillin solution-tablets, buf- fered, B.P.C. .. bfy Bephenium hydroxynaphthoate bgc Betamethasone and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. bgb Betamethasone and its salts and esters, with or without neomycin sulphate when supplied in the form of pro­ prietary eye preparations, as ap­ proved by the Director-General of Health Ophthalmological specialist. bgk Betamethasone and its salts and esters, with or without neomycin sulphate when supplied in the form of pro­ prietary ear, nose or throat prepara­ tions, as approved by the Director­ General of Health . . . . bfz Betamethasone with betamethasone disodium phosphate, intra-articular injection bgf Betamethasone disodium phosphate injection In cases of acute emergency or for pre-operative use; for refund on Form G.M.S. 1 or on a direct claim of a medical practitioner, solely after use in a particular case. bge Betamethasone disodium phosphate pellets 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 841

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bgl Betamethasone disodium phosphate with neomycin sulphate and napha­ zoline nitrate nasal spray bgh Betamethasone l7-valerate with or without neomycin sulphate or cIioquinol, as skin preparations bgi Bethanidine sulphate bgd Bisacodyl bgg Bismuth carbonate bgj Bismuth glycollylarsanilate bgp Bismuth oxychloride bgs Bismuth powder, compound, B.P.C. bgx Bismuth salicylate bgz Bismuth sodium tartrate .. bha Bismuth subgallate bhd Bismuth subgallate suppositories, compound, B.N.F. bhb Bismuth subgallate, compound, sup­ positories, as approved by the Director-General of Health bhg Bismuth subnitrate bhj Black currant syrup, RP.C. In combination. bhm Blood volume expanders and elec- trolyte solutions Intravenous fluids. bhp Borax .. bhv Borax glycerin, RP.C. 1959 bia Boric acid bid Boric talc dusting powder, B.P.C. bif Brilliant green .. bim Bromodiphenhydramine hydrochlo- ride .. Except in any topical application. biq Broxyquinoline with brobenzoxaldine tablets bis Buchu infusion .. biv Buffered cream, B.N.F. biz Burnt sugar bja Busulphan Hospital Board-':';pecialist. bjd Butacaine sulphate Except as an injection for surgical procedures. bje Butaperazine Hospital Board-specialist. bjg Butobarbitone bjj Butobarbitone with pentobarbitone tablets cab Cachet shells When dispensed with materials within this Drug Tariff. caa Cade oil cac Caffeine cag Caffeine iodide elixir, B.P.C. caj Caffeine with sodium iodide cao Cajuput oil cas Calamine cav Calamine colloidal caz Calamine application, compound, RP.C. cba Calamine cream, B.N.F. cbd Calamine lotion, B.P. cbg Calamine lotion, oily, B.P.C. 842 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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cbj Calamine ointment, B.P.C. cbm Calamine and coal tar ointment, B.P.C. cbp Calciferol cbs Calcium with vitamin D tablets, B.P.C. cbz Calcium aurothiomalate injection .. ccb Calcium carbimide tablets cca Calcium carbonate ccd Calcium carbonate mixture for in­ fants, compound, B.N.F. cce Calcium carbonate powder, com­ pound, B.N.F. ccf Calcium carbonate and aminoacetic acid tablets ccg Calcium chloride cci Calcium cyclamate In combination. ccj Calcium gluconate ccm Calcium gluconate injection, B.P. ccp Calcium gluconate with calciferol tablets ccq Calcium glucono-galacto-gluconate .. Hospital Board. ccs Calcium glycerophosphate ccv Calcium hydroxide ccz Calcium hypophosphite .. cda Calcium lactate .. cdd Calcium lactate with potassium chlo- ride capsules cdg Calcium phosphate cdj Calcium sodium lactate cdm Calcium sulphate, dried cdp Camphor .. cds Camphor liniment, B.P. .. . • cdv Camphor liniment, ammoniated, B.P.C. cea Camphor spirit, B.P.C. 1959 ced Camphor water, B.P.C. ceg Capsicum oleoresin, B.P.C. cej Capsicum ointment, B.P.C. cem Capsicum tincture, B.P.C. cep Capsules, empty gelatin .. When dispensed with materials within this Tariff. ces Caramiphen hydrochloride cev Caraway oil cex Caraway water In combination. cez Carbachol cfb Carbamazepine tablets Hospital Board-specialist. cfa Carbarsone cfc Carbenoxolone sodium tablets Hospital Board-specialist. cfd Carbimazole cfg Carbomycin Hospital Board. cfp Carbromal c1S Cardamom tincture, aromatic, B.P.C. cfv Cardamom tincture, compound, B.P. cfz Carmine cga Cascara extract, dry, B.P. cgd Cascara elixir, B.P. cgg Cascara extract, liquid, B.P. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 843

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cjg Cascara and belladonna mixture, B.P.C. cjm Cascara tablets, compound, B.P.C ... cjp Castor oil cjs Catechu cjv Catechu tincture, B.P.C. cjw Cephaloridine Hospital Board-specialist. cjz Cetomacrogol 1000 cka Cetomacrogol emulsifying ointment, B.P.C...... ckd Cetomacrogol emulsifying wax, B.P.C. ckg Cetostearyl alcohol ckj Cetrimide ckm Cetrimide emulsifying ointment, B.P.C. .. ckp Cetrimide emulsifying wax, B.P.C... cks Cetrimide cream, B.N.F... ckv Cetrimide with chlorhexidine, its salts or esters ckz Cetyl alcohol ela Chalk eld Chalk mixture for infants, B.N.F. elg Chalk mixture, aromatic with opium, B.N.F. elj Chalk powder, aromatic, B.P.C. elm Chalk powder, aromatic with opium, B.P.C. elp Charcoal clv Chiniofon sodium clz Chloral hydrate cma Chloral and potassium bromide mix- ture for infants, B.N.F. cmg Chloral elixir for infants, B.N.F. cmj Chloral mixture, B.N.F. .. cmm Chloral mixture for infants, B.N.F. cmp Chlorambucil Hospital Board-specialist. ems Chloramine cmv Chloramphenicol, its salts and esters Antibiotic restriction. cna Chloramphenicol ear drops cnd Chloramphenicol ear insufflation cng Chloramphenicol eye drops cnj Chloramphenicol eye ointment One tube. cnm Chloramphenicol cinnamate Antibiotic restriction cnp Chloramphenicol palmitate Antibiotic restriction. cnq Chloramphenicol suppositories ~nt Chloramphenicol with polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye drops .. cnr Chloramphenicol and polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye ointment One tube. cou Chloramphenicol with polymyxin B sulphate and dexamethasone sodium phosphate proprietary eye drops Ophthalmological specialist. cns Chlorbutol cnv Chlorcyclizine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. coc Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride cnz Chlorhexidine, its salts and esters 844 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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cod Chlorhexidine cream, B.P.C. coe Chlorhexidine gluconate obstetric cream (a) On the prescription of a medical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (210 ml). cog Chlorhexidine gluconate solution 5 percent (a) On the prescription of a medical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (lOO ml). cof Chlorinated lime coj Chlorinated lime and boric acid solu­ tion, B.P.C. com Chlorinated soda solution, surgical, B.P.C. con Chlorisondamine chloride coy Chlorocresol coz Chloroform In combination for topical appli­ cation or as an ingredient in a pre­ paration for oral administration. cpa Chloroform emulsion, B.P.C. cpd Chloroform and morphine tincture, B.P.C. cpg Chloroform spirit, B.P. cnx Chloroform water In combination. epj Chloroquine phosphate cpm Chloroquine sulphate cpp Chlorothiazide .. cps Chlorotrianiscne Hospital Board-specialist. cpv Chloroxylenol cpz Chloroxylcnol with terpineol solution cqb Chlorphenesin ointment, dusting powder and pessaries cqa Chlorpheniramine maleate Except in any topical application. cqc Chlorpheniramine maleate long acting tablets .. cqd Chlorpromazine hydrochloride cqe Chlorpropamide cqf Chlorprothixene .. cqg Chlorq uinaldol .. .. cqj Chlortetracycline, its salts and esters Antibiotic restriction. cqp Chlortetracycline ear drops cqs Chlortetracycline ear insufflation cqv Chlortetracycline eye drops cqz Chlortetracycline eye ointment One tube. cqx Chlortetracycline suppositories, ex- temporaneously prepared cqr Chlortetracycline hydrochloride topi­ cal preparations with or without other pharmaceutical require­ ments, when extemporaneously prepared cqy Chlorthalidone .. Hospital Board. cra Choline theophyllinate crg Chorionic gonadotrophin .. crj Chromium trioxide crm Cinchocaine Except as an inj~ction for surgical procedures. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 845

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crp Cinchocaine hydrochloride Except as an injection for surgical procedures. crq Cinchona In combination. crr Cinnamic acid crs Cinnamon oil In combination. crt Cinnamon water In combination. crv Citric acid csa Citronella oil In combination. csg Clemizole hydrochloride Except in any topical application. csb Clioquinol cream, ointment and pow- der .. csc Clioquinol with sapamine tablets csh Clofibrate Hospital Board-specialist. csi Clofibrate and androsterone Hospital Board-specialist. csj Clorexolone Hospital Board. csd Clove oil csl Cloxacillin sodium Hospital Board-specialist. csm Coal tar, prepared, B.P.C. cst Coal tar paint, B.N.F. csv Coal tar paste, B.P.C. csw Coal tar and salicylic acid ointment, B.P.C. csx Coal tar and zinc ointment, B.P.C ... csz Cocaine cta Cocaine and homatropine eye-drops, B.P.C. ctd Cocaine and homatropine lamellae, B.P.C. ctg Cocaine eye-drops, B.P.C. ctj Cocaine hydrochloride ctm Cochineal In combination. ctp Cocillana extract, liquid, B.P.C. cts Cocoa .. In combination... ctv Coconut oil In combination. ctz Codeine phosphate cua Codeine linctus, B.P.C. cub Codeine mixture pediatric, B.P.C. cug Codeine phosphate syrup, B.P.C. cuj Codeine compound tablets, B.P. cuk Codeine tablets, compound, soluble, as approved by the Director­ General of Health cun Cod-liver oil cus Cod-liver oil emulsion, B.N.F. cuv Coffee, prepared In combination. cuz Colchicine cva Colchicum extract, liquid, B.P. cvd Colchicum and sodium salicylate mix- ture, B.N.F. cvg Colchicum tincture, B.P... cvh Colistin and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. cvi Colistin sulphate with neomycin sul- phate and hydrocortisone acetate ear drops cvj Collodion cvm Collodion, flexible cvs Colocynth 846 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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cvv Colocynth and hyoscyamus pills, B.P.C. cvz Colocynth and jalap tablets, com- pound, B.P.C. cwa Colocynth extract, compound, B.P.C. cwd Colocynth pills, compound, B.P.C. cwg Colophony cwm Congo red cwn Copper diagnostic tablets (a) 36 tablet pack, or packs to be supplied. (b) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (c) Not available on a bulk supply order. cwp Copper sulphate cws Copper and zinc sulphates lotion, B.P.C. cwv Coriander oil cwz Corticotrophin .. Hospital Board---jjpecialist. cxb Corticotrophin gelatin injection, B.P. Hospital Board---jjpecialist. cxa Corticotrophin long acting Hospital Board---jjpecialist. cxc Corticotrophin zinc hydroxide injec- tion, B.P. Hospital Board---jjpecialist. cxd Cortisone and cortisone acetate Hospital Board---jjpecialist. cxj Cortisone and its acetate for ophthal­ mic injection Ophthalmological specialist. cxp Cortisone and its acteate when supp­ lied as proprietary:eye preparations Ophthalmological specialist. cxs Cottonseed oil (a) On the prescription of a med­ ical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 ml). cxz Cresol .. cya Cresol and soap solution, B.P. cyd Crotamiton cyg Crotamiton cream, B.N.F. cyj Crotamiton lotion, B.N.F. cym Crystal violet cyp Crystal violet pessaries, B.P.C. cys Cyanocobalamin injection For parenteral use not exceeding 500 mcg per ml. cyy Cyclamic acid .. In combination. cyz Cyclandelate cza Cyclizine, its salts or esters czd Cyclobarbitone calcium .. czg Cyclocoumarol .. czf Cylcomethycaine sulphate cream, lo­ tion and ointment czh Cyclopenthiazide czn Cyclopenthiazide and guanethidine sulphate with potassium chloride tablets czk Cyclopenthiazide and potassium chlo­ ride tablets .. czi Cyclopenthiazide and reserpine with potassium chloride tablets czp Cyclopentolate eye drops Ophthalmological specialist. czl Cyclophosphamide Hospital Board---jjpecialist. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 847

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czj Cycloserine Hospital Board-specialist. czm Cycrimine hydrochloride .. czu Cyproheptadine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. daa Dapsone dad Debrisoquine sulphate tablets dac Demecarium bromide Ophthalmological specialist. daf Demecolcine Hospital Board-specialist. dah DemethylchlortetracycIine Antibiotic restriction. dai DemethyIchlortetracycline with ny- Antibiotic restriction. statin capsules. dan Deoxycortone and its esters das DequaIinium chloride cream and pessaries dat Desferrioxamine B mesylate Hospital Board. dav Dettol .. (a) On the prescription of a medi. cal practitioner. (b) Maternity hospital. (c) Midwifery order (lOO ml). daz Dettol cream Maternity hospital: Midwifery order (I tube). dba Dexamethasone and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. dbb Dexamethasone phosphate injection In cases of acute emergency or for preoperative use; for refund on Form G.M.S. I or on a direct claim of a medical practitioner, solely after use in a particular case. dbc Dexamethasone with framycetin and gramicidin proprietary eye prepa­ rations Ophthalmological specialist. dbe Dexamethasone with framycetin and gramicidin proprietary ear prepa­ rations dbd Dexamphetamine sulphate dbg Dextran injection Intravenous fluids. dbj Dextran sulphate Intravenous fluids. dbm Dextrochlorpheniramine maleate In combination. dbn Dextrochlorpheniramine maleate long acting tablets dbo Dextropropoxyphene hydrochloride capsules Hospital Board. dbp Dextrose In combination. dbs Dextrose intravenous solutions (ste- rile) .. Intravenous fluids. dbv Dextrose injection Available, all strengths, in containers not exceeding 50 ml capacity, in cases of hypoglycaemia. dca Diamorphine hydrochloride ~ dcd Diamorphine linctus, B.P.C. Maximum quantity for oral use, dcg Diamorphine and terpin elixir, .J 16 doses. B.P.C. dch Diazepam capsules, tablets and In- jections . • .,. dcj Dibromopropamidine cream, B.N.F. dcm Dibromopropamidine isethionate .. 848 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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dcp Dibromopropamidine isethionate with diamidino-diphenylamine dihydro­ chloride otic solution dcq Dichloralphenazone tablets dcu Dichlorophen tablets dew Dichlorphenamide Ophthalmological specialist. dcz Dicophane dda Dicophane application, B.P.C. ddd Dicophane dusting-powder, B.N.F•.• ddg Dicoumarol ddj Dicyclomine hydrochloride ddk Dicyclomine hydrochloride long act- ing tablets ddm Dienoestrol dds Diethazine hydrochloride ddv Diethylcarbamazine citrate ddz Digitalis lanata leaf dea Digitalis leaf ded Digitalis, prepared, B.P. .. dem Digitalis tincture, B.P.C. 1959 dep Digitoxin des Digoxin dev Dihydroergotamine and its salts dfa Dihydrotachysterol dfd Di-iodohydroxyquinoline .. dfg Di-iodohydroxyquinoline powder, compound dfj Dill oil.. dfk Dill water dfl Diloxanide furoate Hospital Board. dfm Dimenhydrinate .. dfp Dimercaprol dfs Dimethicone dfv Dimethicone cream, B.P.C. dfw Dimethicone creams as approved by the Director-General of Health •. dfz Dimethisterone .• dgd Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate dge Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate with acetphenolisatin suppositories dgg Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate with dihydroxyanthraquinone dgh Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate with oxyphenisatin acetate tablets .. dgs Diphemanil methylsulphate tablets, long acting tablets and injection .. dgj Diphenadione dgp Diphenhydramine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. dgq Diphenoxylate hydrochloride with atropine sulphate Hospital Board. dgr Diphenylpyraline hydrochloride long acting capsules dgz Diphtheria antitoxin dha Dipipanone hydrochloride dhd Dipropyline citrate dhg Dispersa wax 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 849

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Disulfiram ~ Disulphamide dhm Dithranol dhn Dithranol paste, strong, B.N.F. dho Dithranol paste, weak, B.N.F. dhs Dodecyl gallate •. dhv Domiphen bromide Except lozenges. dhz Dusting powder, absorbable, B.P. dib Dybenal ear drops dic Dydrogesterone tablets Hospital Board-llpecialist. dia Dyflos •• eab Echothiophate iodide Hospital Board-llpecialist. eaa Edrophonium chloride eag Effervescent powder, compound, B.P.C. eaj Effervescent powder, double strength, compound, B.P.C. eap Electrolyte solution for oral use (e.g. According to a prescribed formula, Darrow's solution non-sterile; or by title. Hartmann's solution, non-sterile) eas Emetine and bismuth iodide eav Emetine hydrochloride eaz Emulsifying wax, B.P. eba Emulsifying ointment, B.P. ebd Emulsifying ointment, hydrous, B.P. eb~ Eosin .. ebJ Ephedrine ebm Ephedrine elixir, B.P.C. •. ebp Ephedrine hydrochloride .. ebr Ephedrine with phenobarbitone tablets ebs Ephedrine nasal drops, B.P.C. ebv Ergometrine and its salts •. ebx Ergometrine maleate with hyalur- onidase eca Ergot, B.P.C. ecd Ergot extract, liquid, B.P. 1914 ecg Ergot extract, liquid, B.P.C. 1954 ecj Ergot, prepared, B.P.C•.• ecm Ergotamine tartrate eel Ergotamine tartrate aerosol inhaler ecn Ergotamine tartrate with belladonna and phenobarbitone tablets and long acting tablets ecp Ergotamine tartrate with caffeine tablets ecq Ergotamine tartrate with caffeine and cyclizine hydrochloride .. ecr Ergotamine tartrate with caffeine and meclozine hydrochloride ect Ergotamine tartrate with caffeine citrate and diphenhydramine hYdro-I chloride ...... •. ecs Erythromycin and its salts and esters IAntibiotic restriction. ecv Erythromycin eye ointment . . One tube. ecz Erythromycin eye drops •• . • • • 850 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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ecy Erythromycin pessaries extemporane­ ously prepared eda Esbach's reagent (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. edb Ethacrynic acid tablets Hospital Board. edc Ethamivan edd Ethanolamine edm Ethanolamine oleate injection edg Ether, solvent edj Ethinyloestradiol ed] Ethinyloestradiol tablets with ethinyl­ Approved condition. oestradiol and megestrol acetate tablets for cyclic treatment edk Ethinyloestradiol with megestrol ace- Approved condition. tate edz Ethinyloestradiol with methyltestos- terone tablets edn Ethionamide Hospital Board-specialist. edo Ethionamide with isoniazid Hospital Board-specialist. edp Ethisterone eds Ethopropazine hydrochloride edt Ethosuximide edu Ethotoin edv Ethyl biscoumacetate eea Ethyl oleate eed Ethylenediamine hydrate eee Ethylestrenol eeg Ethylmorphine hydrochloride eeh Ethynodiol diacetate with mestranol Approved condition. eej Eucalyptol eem Eucalyptus oil .. eep Eugenol faa Fehlings solution No. I (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. fad Fehlings solution No. 2 (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. fae Fenticlor faf Ferric ammonium citrate faj Ferric ammonium citrate mixture, B.N.F. fam Ferric ammonium citrate mixture for infants, B.N.F. fan Ferric chloride gargle, B.N.F. fap Ferric chloride solution, B.P.C. fas Ferric chloride solution, strong, B.P. C. fav Ferric glycerophosphate faz Ferric hydroxide (colloidal iron) mix- tures and tablets fba Ferric hypophosphite fbd Ferric sulphate solution, B.P.C. fbv Ferrous fumarate 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 851

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fbz Ferrous gluconate fcg Ferrous phosphate with quinine and strychnine syrup, B.P.C. fcj Ferrous phosphate, quinine and strychnine tablets, B.P.C. fcm Ferrous phosphate syrup compound, B.P.C. fcn Ferrous succinate fcp Ferrous sulphate fcs Ferrous sulphate, dried fct Ferrous sulphate mixture, B.P.C. fcu Ferrous sulphate mixture for infants, B.N.F. fcv Ferrous sulphate tablets, compound, B.P.C. fcy Fibrinolysin and desoxyribonuclease powder and ointment fcz Figs, syrup, compound, B.P.C. few Fish liver oil ointment fda Fludrocortisone and its esters Hospital Board-specialist. fclf Flumethasone pivalate with or with- out neomycin sulphate or clioqui­ nol, as skin preparations fdc Fluocinolone acetonide with or with­ out neomycin sulphate or clioqui­ nol, as skin preparations fd! Fluocortolone with fluocortolone ca- proate ointment fdb Fluopromazine hydrochloride fdd Fluorescein sodium fde Fluorouracil sodium Hospital Board-specialist. fdg Fluoxymesterone Hospital Board-specialist. fdb Fluphenazine dihydrochloride fdk Fluphenazine dihydrochloride long acting tablets •. fdi Flurandrenolone cream and ointment, with or without neomycin sulphate fdj Folic acid fdm Folinic acid Hospital Board-specialist. fdp Formaldehyde solution (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. fds Framycetin sulphate tablets Hospital Board. fdo Framycetin sulphate for injection only Hospital Board. fdx Framycetin and its salts in proprietary eye ointments One tube. fdt Framycetin sulphate and gramicidin ointment and cream One pack. fdu Framycetin and its salts in proprietary topical ointments One tube. fdy Framycetin and its salts in the form of proprietary eye/ear drops fdw Framycetin and its salts with hydro­ cortisone and its acetate as proprie­ tary topical preparations, except ear, nose, and throat preparations 852 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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fdr Framycetin sulphate with hydro­ cortisone proprietary eye prepara­ tions .. Ophthalmological specialist. fee Framycetin sulphate with hydro­ cortisone acetate proprietary ear preparations .• fdn Framycetin sulphate with kaolin sus- pension Hospital Board. fea Frusemide Hospital Board. fed Frusemide with reserpine tablets Hospital Board. fdv Fuchsine (acid) with sodium biborate fdz Furazolidone tablets feb Fusidic acid and its salts and esters .. Hospital Board. gab Gall gaa Gall and opium ointment, B.P.C..• gad Gallamine triethiodide ga~ Gamma benzene hexachloride gaJ Gamma benzene hexachloride appli- cation, B.N.F. gam Gelatin gap Gelsemium tincture, B.P.C. gas Gelsemium and hyoscyamus mixture compound, B.P.C. gau Gentian gav Gentian infusion, compound gaz Gentian tincture, compound, B.P. gba Gentian acid mixture, B.N.F. gbd Gentian alkaline mixture, B.N.F. gbg Gentian acid mixture with nux vomica, B.N.F. gbj Gentian alkaline mixture with nux vomica, B.N.F. gbm Gentian and alkali mixture with phenobarbitone, B.N.F. gbp Gentian mixture with rhubarb, B.N.F. gbv Ginger oleoresin, B.P.C... gbz Ginger syrup, B.P. gca Ginger tincture, weak, B.P. gcd Ginger tincture, strong, B.P. gce Glucagon hydrochloride injection One pack only on a medical practitioner's supply order. gcg Glucose liquid .. In combination. gcj Glucose syrup In combination. gck Glucose-oxidase test strips as ap­ proved by the Director-General of Health Ca) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. Cb) Not available on a bulk supply order. gem Glutethimide gcp Glycerin gcs Glycerin suppositories, B.P. gcv Glycerophosphoric acid .. gcz Glycerophosphates syrup, com- pound, B.P.C. gda Glyceryl trinitrate solution 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 853

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gdd Glyceryl trinitrate tablets, B.P. gde Glymidine gdg Gramicidin gdh Green Sand tartrazine solution, B.P.C. In combination. gdi Griseofulvin gfa Guanethidine sulphate had Halibut-liver oii hae Haloperidol Hospital Board-specialist. haa Halopyramine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. hab Halquinol .. hac Halquinol with tar haf Hamamelis extract, dry, B.P.C. haj Hamamelis extract, liquid, B.P.C. han Hamamelis suppositories, B.P.C. hap Hamamelis water In combination. haq Hamemelis and zinc oxide supposi- tories, B.N.F... has Heparin hav Hexachlorophane haz Hexachlorophane soap Maternity hospital only. hba Hexamethonium and its salts and esters hbg Hexamine hbd Hexetidine vaginal application hbp Hexoestrol hbs Hexylresorcinol .. hbv Histamine acid phosphate hbz Homatropine hydrobromide hca Honey In combination. hcd Hyaluronidase .. hcg Hydergine hcm Hydnocarpus oil ethyl esters hcp Hydrallazine hydrochloride hcq Hydrargaphen hcs Hydrochloric acid hcv Hydrochlorothiazide hcx Hydrochlorothiazide with potassium chloride tablets hcy Hydrochlorothiazide and reserpine with potassium chloride hcz Hydrocortisone and hydrocortisone acetate including tablets and injec­ tions or a product that is not else­ where included in this Drug Tariff Hospital Board-specialist. hdj Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate intra­ venous injection One injection only on a medical practitioner's supply order. hds Hydrocortisone and its salts and esters, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements when supplied as proprietary eye preparations approved by the Director-General of Health, or as extemporaneously prepared eye preparations .. Ophthalmological specialist. 854 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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hdt Hydrocortisone and its salts and esters alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical require­ ments when supplied as proprietary ear, nose, or throat preparations approved by the Director-General of Health or as extemporaneously prepared ear, nose, or throat prepa­ rations. hdu Hydrocortisone and its acetate alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements when extemporaneously prepared as a skin preparation and when supplied in the form of proprietary skin preparations .. hdv Hydrocortisone and its acetate alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements when extemporaneously prepared as a suppository hdw Hydrocortisone and its acetate for intra-articular injection hdx Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate sodium tablets 2.5 mg hdz H ydroflumethiazide hea Hydroflumethiazide and potassium chloride tablets hed Hydrogen peroxide solution hee Hydroxocobalamin injection For parenteral use not exceeding 500 mcg per m!. heg Hydroxychloroquine sulphate hej H ydroxycoumarin hem H ydroxyprogesterone caproate hev Hyoscine hydrobromide hez Hyoscine methobromide .. hex Hyoscine N-butylbromide injection hey Hyoscine N-butylbromide tablets hfa Hyoscyamus extract, dry, B.P. hfd Hyoscyamus extract, liquid, B.P. hfg Hyoscyamus tincture, B.P. hfj Hypophosphites syrup, compound, B.P.C. hfm Hypophosphorous acid . . . . hfp Hypophosphorous acid, dilute, B.P.C. iaa Ichthammol iad Ichthammol glycerin, B.P.C. iag Ichthammol ointment, B.P.C. iaj Ichthammol eye ointment, compound iam Ichthammol pessaries, B.P.C. iao Idoxuridine Ophthalmological specialist. Dermatological specialist. ian Imipramine hydrochloride iap Indigo carmine iar Indomethacin 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 855

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ias Injections (hypodermic) and com­ pound hypodermic tablets of hyo­ scine, morphine, papaveretum, and atropine, and their salts iav Injections supplied in cartridge vial Limited to pharmarcuetieal require­ ments within this Tariff. ibb Insulin, biphasic iaz Insulin injection iba Insulin injection globin zinc ibd Insulin injection protamine zinc ibe Insulin isophane injection ibc Insulin, pork, soluble ibg Insulin zinc suspension ibj Insulin zinc suspension (amorphous) ibm Insulin zinc suspension (crystalline) ibl Intravenous fluids (electrolyte) Intravenous fluids. ibn Intravenous fluids (plasma substitute) Intravenous fluids. ibo Intravenous fluids (nutrient) Intravenous fluids. ibq Invert syrup, B.P.C. In combination. ibp Iodine Except in any proprietary prepara­ tion. ibs Iodine ointment, non-staining, B.P.C. ibv Iodine ointment with methyl sali- cylate, non-staining, RP.C. ibz Iodine paint, compound, B.P.C. ica Iodine solution, aqueous, RP. icj Iodine solution, weak, B.P. (a) On the prescription of a medical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (50 ml). iep Ipecacuanha, prepared, RP. ics Ipecacuanha extract, liquid, B.P. icv Ipecacuanha tincture, B.P. icu Ipecacuanha opiate mixture, pediat- rie, B.P.C. iez Ipecacuanha mixture, alkaline, B.P.C. ida Ipecacuanha mixture for infants, B.N.F. idd Ipecacuanha and ammonia mixture for infants, RN.F. idg Ipecacuanha and morphine mixture, B.N.F. idj Ipecacuanha and squill linctus for infants, RN.F. idm Ipecacuanha and opium powder, RP. idp Ipomoea resin idt Iron carbohydrate complex intra­ muscular injection as approved by the Director-General of Health idv Iron phosphate, B.P.C. idz Isinglass In combination. idy Isocarboxazid iea Isoniazid Hospital Board-specialist. ieb Isoniazid with aminosalicylic acid and its salts Hospital Board-specialist. ied Isoprenaline spray, B.P.C. ieg Isoprenaline spray, compound, B.P.C. iej Isoprenaline hydrochloride 856 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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iei Isoprenaline hydrochloride aerosol inhaler ., ... .• iek Isoprenaline hydrochloride long act- ing tablets . . • . . . iel Isoprenaline hydrochloride with atro- pine methonitrate aerosol inhaler iem Isoprenaline sulphate ieq Isoprenaline sulphate aerosol inhaler ier Isoprenaline sulphate with atropine methonitrate aerosol inhaler ien Isoprenaline and its salts with atro­ pine and its salts ieo Isopropamide iodide liquid and tab- lets " iep Isopropyl alcohol ies Isopropyl myristate iet Isosorbide dinitrate iev Isothipendyl hydrochloride Except in any topical application. iew Isothipendyl hydrochloride long act- ing tablets iez Ispaghula jaa Jalap resin kab Kanamycin sulphate Hospital Board. kaa Kaolin, colloidal kad Kaolin, and morphine, mixture, B.N.F. kag Kaolin, heavy .. kaj Kaolin, light kam Kaolin, mixture, B.N.F. kap Kaolin mixture for infants, B.N.F. kas Kaolin powder, compound, B.P.C. kav Kaolin, poultice, B.P. kaw Kaolin with neomycin sulphate and pectin suspension Hospital Board. laa Lachesine chloride lac Lachesine eye-drops, B.P.C. la! Lactic acid laj Lactic acid irrigation, B.P.C. lam Lactic acid pessaries, B.P.C. lap Lactose In combination. las Lactose hyperdermic tablets lat Lactose suppositories law Laevo-adrenaline hydrochloride buf- fered ophthalmic solution .. Hospital Board-specialist. laz Lanatoside C Iba Lanatoside C, desacetyl injection Ibd Lard .. Ibe Lard, benzoinated Ibg Lavender oil In combination. Ibj Lavender oil, spike In combination. Ibm Lead acetate Ibp Lead lotion, B.P.C. Ibs Lead lotion, evaporating, B.P.C. Ibz Lead lotion, compound, B.N.F. lca Lead monoxide .. led Lead subacetate solution, dilute, B.P. leg Lead subacetate solution, strong, B.P. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 857

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lcm Lemon oil I In combination. lcn Lemon spirit lcp Lemon syrup, B.P. 1958 lcv Leptazol lcw Leptazol injection, B.P.C. lcz Levallorphan tartrate lda Levallorphan tartrate and pethidine Idd Levorphanol tartrate Ide Lignocaine Except as an inj~ction for surgical procedures. Idg Lignocaine hydrochloride .• Except as an injection for surgical procedures. Idh Lignocaine hydrochloride and chlor- hexidine gluconate jelly Idi Lincomycin hydrochloride Hospital Board-specialist. Idj Linctus, simple, B.N.F. Idm Linctus, simple, for infants, B.N.F... Idp Liniment, white, B.P.C. Ids Linseed oil In combination. Idv Liothyronine sodium Idz Liquorice lea Liquorice extract, B.P.C. led Liquorice extract, liquid, B.P. lef Liquorice powder, compound, B.P.C. lej Liver extract (with or without added cyanocobalamin) injections Not exceeding cyanocobalamin 500 mcg per ml. lep Lobelia tincture, ethereal, B.P.C. les Lobelia and stramonium mixture, compound, B.N.F. lev Lobeline hydrochloride lez Lucanthone hydrochloride 1fb Lymecycline Antibiotic restriction. lfe Lynestrenol with mestranol Approved condition. mac Macrogol derivatives maa Macrogol, hard .. mab Macrogol, liquid maf Macrogol ointment, B.P.C. maj Magenta mam Magenta paint, B.P.C. map Magnesium carbonate, heavy mas Magnesium carbonate, light mav Magnesium carbonate mixture, B.N.F. maz Magnesium carbonate mixture, aro­ matic, B.N.F. mba Magnesium carbonate powder, com­ pound, B.P.C. mbd Magnesium carbonate tablets, com- pound, B.P.C. mbg Magnesium glycerophosphate mbj Magnesium hydroxide .. mbk Magnesium hydroxide mixture, B.P. mbp Magnesium oxide, light .. . . mbq Magnesium stearate mbs Magnesium sulphate mbv Magnesium sulphate, dried 858 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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mbz Magnesium sulphate mixture, B.N.F. mca Magnesium sulphate paste, B.P.C. mcd Magnesium trisilicate mcg Magnesium trisilicate mixture, B.N.F. mcm Magnesium trisilicate with aluminium hydroxide gel dried tablets mcn Magnesium trisilicate with aluminium hydroxide gel, dried, and dried skim milk tablets mcj Magnesium trisilicate and belladonna mixture, B.N.F. mcp Magnesium trisilicate powder, com- pound, B.P.C. mcs Maize oil mcv Male fern extract, B.P. mcz Male fern extract capsules mda Maleic acid mdd Malt extract, B.P.C. In combination. mdg Malt extract, liquid, B.P.C. 1954 In combination. mdj Malt extract with cod-liver oil, B.P.C. mdm Malt extract with halibut-liver oil, B.P.C. mdp Malt extract with vitamins, B.P.C. 1934 mds Maltose In combination. mdv Mandelic acid mdz Manganese butyrate injection mea Manganese hypophosphite meb Manganese injection, colloidal med Manganese sulphate meg Mannitol meh Mannomustine dihydrochloride Hospital Board-specialist. mej Maphenide mem Maphenide solution 5 percent mep Mastic mes Mastic paint, compound, B.P.C. met Mebhydrolin napadisylate Except in any topical application. meu Mebhydrolin napadisylate long acting tablets mev Mecamylamine hydrochloride mez Meclozine dihydrochloride Except in any topical application. mey Meclozine hydrochloride and pyri- doxine hydrochloride tablets mex Medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets Approved condition. mew Medroxyprogesterone acetate injec­ tion .. mfc Medroxyprogesterone acetate with ethinyloestradiol tablets Approved condition. mfh Mefenamic acid capsules .. Hospital Board-specialist. mfb Melphalan Hospital Board-specialist. mfa Menadoxime mfd Menaphthone mfg Menaphthone sodium bisulphite mfj Menthol mfm Menthol and benzoin inhalation, B.P.C. mfp Menthol and eucalyptus inhalation, B.P.C. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 859

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Code ···j--·Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability Reference ------~------~------.----- mfv Menthol inhalation, B.N.F. mfz Mepacrine hydrochloride mga Mepacrine menthanesulphonate mgg Mephenesin mgj Meprobamate mgh Meprobamate long acting capsules mgm Mepyramine maleate Except in any topical application. mgt Mercaptomerin sodium mgv Mercaptopurine Hospital Board-specialist. mgz Mercuramide with theophylline mha Mercuric chloride mhd Mercuric iodide mhg Mercuric nitrate ointment, strong, B.P.C. 1959 mhj Mercuric oxide eye ointment, B.P.C. mhm Mercuric oxide, yellow mhp Mercuric oxycyanide mhq Mercuric potassium iodide mhs Mercurochrome mia Mercury mid Mercury, ammoniated mig Mercury, ammoniated, and coal tar ointment, B.P.C. mij Mercury, ammoniated, and coal tar with salicylic acid ointment, B.N.F. mja Mercury with chalk, B.P.C. 1954 mjc Mersalyl and theophylline supposi- tories mjd Mersalyl acid mjh Mestanolone Hospital Board-specialist. mji Mestranol tablets with mestranol and chlormadinone acetate tablets for cyclic trea tmen t Approved condition. mjj Mesulphen mjl Metaraminol tartrate mjn Metformin hydrochloride mjm Methacholine chloride mjp Methadone hydrochloride mjs Methadone linctus, B.N.F. mjr Methallenoestril Hospital Board. mjt Methandienone .. Hospital Board-specialist. mjv Methantheline bromide mjz Methaphenilene hydrochloride Except in any topical application. mka Methapyrilene hydrochloride Except in any topical application. mjy Methaqualone hydrochloride tablets mkb Metharbital mkc Methdilazine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. mkd Methenamine mandelate .. mke Methicillin sodium Hospital Board-specialist. mkh Methohexitone sodium injection Medical practitioner's supply order of a psychiatric specialist. mkg Methoin mkj Methoin and phenobarbitone tablets mkm Methotrexate Hospital Board-specialist. mkm Methotrimeprazine and its salts and esters mkp Methoxamine hydrochloride 860 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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mks Methsuximide •• mkt Methyclothiazide mkv Methyl hydroxybenzoate •• mkz Methyl salicylate .• mla Methyl salicylate liniment, B.P.C. mld Methyl salicylate ointment, B.P.C. mlg Methyl salicylate ointment, com- pound, B.P.C. mlj Methyl salicylate ointment, dilute, B.N.F. mlm Methylamphetamine hydrochloride mlv Methylandrostenediol Hospital Board-specialist. mma Methylcellulose .. In combination. mmb Methylcellulose with sodium chloride and chlorbutol eye drops mmc Methyldopa mme Methyldopa with hydrochlorothiazide tablets mmf Methyldopa with hydrochlorothia- zide and potassium chloride tablets mmd Methylergometrine maleate mmg Methylene blue •. mmp Methylphenidate mms Methylphenobarbitone mmv Methylprednisolone and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. mmz Methyltestosterone mna Methylthiouracil mmx Methyprylone .. mmy Methysergide dimaleate Hospital Board-specialist. mnc Metronidazole .. mnb Mitomycins Hospital Board-specialist. mnd Monostearin, self-emulsifying, B.P.C. mng Morphine with atropine (hypoder- nuc) mnj Morphine and atropine injection, B.P.C. mnm Morphine and hyoscine injection, B.N.F. mnp Morphine hydrochloride •. mns Morphine mucate mnv Morphine sulphate moa Mouth-wash solution tablets, B.P.C. moc Mucilaginous laxatives dry As approved by the Director­ General of Health. mod Mustine its salts and derivatives Hospital Board-specialist. mog Myrrh moj Myrrh tincture, B.P.C. nab Nalidixic acid Hospital Board-specialist. naa Nalorphine hydrobromide nac Nandrolone decanoate injection Hospital Board-specialist. nad Nandrolone phenylpropionate injec- tion .. Hospital Board-specialist. nag Naphazoline hydrochloride naj Naphazoline nitrate nap Naphazoline nasal-drops, B.P.C. 1954 nas Nasal solution-tablets, alkaline, B.P.C. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 861

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nar Natamycin nat Nealbarbitone tablets nav Neoarsphenamine naz Neomycin for oral use Hospital Board. nba Neomycin and its salts Only when used as an ingredient for topical application, alone or in combination with other phar­ maceutical requirements. nbc Neomycin and its salts as eye drops nbd Neomycin and its salts as eye ointment nbj Neomycin and gramicidin topical ointment One tube. nbk Neomycin and gramicidin eye oint- ment One tube. nbm Neostigmine bromide nbp Neostigmine methylsulphate nbq Nialamide tablets Hospital Board-specialist. nbr Niclosamide tablets nbs Nicotinamide nbv Nicotinic acid nbz Nicotinyl alcohol, and its esters nby Nicotinyl alcohol long acting tablets nca Nikethamide ncd Nitric acid nce Nitrofurantoin ncg Nitrofurazone nch Nitrogen mustard-N-oxide Hospital Board-specialist. ncm Noradrenaline acid tartrate ncp Norethandrolone Hospital Board-specialist. ncs Norethisterone .. Approved condition. ncq Norethisterone with mestranol tablets Approved condition. nco Norethisterone acetate Approved condition. nct Norethisterone acetate and ethinyl- oestradiol Approved condition. ncu Norethynodrel and mestranol Approved condition. ncn Norgestrel with ethinyloestradiol Approved condition. ncr Nortriptyline hydrochloride ncx Noscapine linctus, B.P.C. ncv Novobiocin and its salts Hospital Board. ncw Novobiocin and it salts with tetra- cycline and its salts Hospital Board. ncz Nutmeg oil nda Nux vomica ndd Nux vomica, acid mixture, B.P.C. nd~ Nux vomica alkaline mixture, B.N.F. ndJ Nux vomica elixir, B.N.F. ndm Nux vomica extract, dry, B.P.C. ndp Nux vomica extract, liquid, B.P. nds Nux vomica tincture, B.P. ndv Nystatin Except sterile powder. oab Octyl gallate oaa Octyl nitrite oad Oestradiol Except in any topical application. oag Oestradiol benzoate Except in any topical application. oaj Oestrone Except in any topical application. oak Oestrone suppositories oao Oily cream, B.P. 862 Drug T ariD 1967 1967/143

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oap Ointment simple, B.P. oav Oleic acid oaz Olive oil (a) On the prescription of a med­ ical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (IOOml). (c) Maternity hospital. oba Opiate squill linctus, B.P. C. obd Opiate squill linctus for infants, B.P.C. obf Opipramol obg Opium, B.P.C. .. obj Opium camphorated mixture, com- pound, B.N.F. obm Opium powdered, B.P.C ... obp Opium tincture, B.P. obs Opium tincture, camphorated, B.P. obv Opium tincture, camphorated, con- centrated, B.P.C. obz Orange oil, terpeneless, B.P.C. In combination. oca Orange peel infusion B.P.C. ocd Orange spirit, compound, B.P.C. oce Orange syrup, B.P. ocg Orange tincture, B.P. ocf Orciprenaline sulphate aerosol in­ haler and solution och Orciprenaline sulphate injection and tablets Hospital Board. oci Orphenadrine citrate tablets and in- jection ocj Orphenadrine hydrochloride ocn Oxazepam tablets ocp Oxophenarsine hydrochloride ocq Oxybuprocaine hydrochloride Medical practitioner's supply order. ocs Oxymel, B.P.C. ocv Oxymel of squill, B.P.C ... ocy Oxymesterone Hospital Board-specialist. ocu Oxymetazoline hydrochloride nasal preparations .. ocw Oxyphenbutazone ocx Oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride tablets ocz Oxyphenonium bromide oda Oxytetracycline and derivatives Antibiotic restriction. odk Oxytetracycline suppositories, extem- poraneously prepared ode Oxytetracycline hydrochloride topi­ cal preparations with or without other pharmaceutical requirements, when extemporaneously prepared odd Oxytetracycline with glucosamine and nystatin .. Antibiotic restriction. odb Oxytetracycline with polymyxin B sulphate and benzocaine proprie­ tary ear drops odg Oxytetracycline with polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye drops odc Oxytetracycline with polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye ointment One tube. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 863

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odj Oxytetracycline with lignocaine in­ jection, B.N.F. odm Oxytocin odn Oxytocin with ergometrine maleate injection paa Pancreatin, all strengths .. pac Pancreatin powder, strong, B.N.F. paf Pancreatin tablets, strong, B.N.F... pab Pancrelipase with or without other enzymes Hospital Board-specialist. pad Papaveretum pae Papaveretum and hyoscine hydro- bromide injection pag Papaverine hydrochloride paj Papaverine sulphate pah Paracetamol pai Paracetamol elixir for infants, B.P.C. pak Paracetamol with codeine phosphate tablets pap Paraformaldehyde pas Paraldehyde pav Paraldehyde draught, B.P.C. paz Paraldehyde enema, RN.F. pba Paraldehyde injections, RN.F. pbd Para-acetylaminobenzaldehyde thio- semicarbazone (T.B. I) (Thia­ cetazone) Hospital Board-specialist. pbe Para-aminobenzoic acid .. pbg Para-aminosalicylic acid and its salts and derivatives Hospital Board-specialist. pbj Pa ra-eth y Is ul phonylbenzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (T.B. 3) Hospital Board-specialist. pbm Paraffin, hard pbp Paraffin, liquid •. pbs Paraffin, liquid emulsion, RP.C. pbv Paraffin emulsion with cascara, B.N.F. pbz Paraffin liquid and magnesium hydroxide emulsion, B.N.F. pca Paraffin liquid and phenolphthalein emulsion, B.N.F. pcd Paraffin, liquid, light pcg Paraffin, white, soft pcj Paraffin, yellow, soft pcm Paraffin ointment, RP. pcp Paramethadione pcs Para-methylsulphonyl benzylamine propionate eye drops pcv Paraoxypropiophenone Hospital Board-specialist. pcy Paromomycin sulphate Hospital Board. pda Peanut oil (a) On the prescription of a medical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 ml). pdd Pecazine acetate pdg Pecazine hydrochloride pdj Pempidine tartrate pdp Penicillins with streptomycins for injection, mixed 864 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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Code Pharmaceutical Requirement Availa bili ty Reference I ~------~------pdv Penicillin buffered solution-tablets, B.P.C. pdz d-Penicillamine hydrochloride Hospital Board. pef Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, diluted peg Pentaerythritol tetranitrate long act- ing tablets pej Pentamethonium and its salts or esters pem Pentamidine isethionate .. pep Pentobarbitone sodium pes Pentolinium tartrate pet Pentolinium tartrate and ephedrine and its salts pev Peppermint oil .. In combination. pez Peppermint emulsion, B.P.C. pfa Peppermint spirit pfb Peppermint water In combination. pfc Pericyazine Hospital Board. pfg Perphenazine pfh Perphenazine long acting tablets pfj Peru balsam pfm Pethidine hydrochloride .. pfp Pethidine and atropine injection and tablets pfs Pethidine and hyoscine injection and tablets pfv Pethidine and levallorphan injection and tablets pfz Phenacetin pga Phenacetin and caffeine tablets, B.P.C. pgc Phenazocine hydrobromide injection pgd Phenazone pge Phenelzine sulphate pgf Phenformin hydrochloride pgh Phenformin hydrochloride long acting capsules pgg Phenglutarimide hydrochloride pgj Phenindamine tartrate Except in any topical application. pgm Phenindione pgn Pheniramine and its salts and esters Except in any topical application. pgo Pheniramine maleate long acting tablets pgp Phenobarbitone .. pgs Phenobarbitone and theobromine tablets, B.P.C. pgv Phenobarbitone elixir, B.P.C. pgz Phenobarbitone sodium .. pha Phenol phd Phenol and hydrogen peroxide gargle, N.Z.F. 1953 .. phg Phenol alkaline mouthwash, B.N.F. phj Phenol ear drops, B.P.C... phm Phenol glycerin .. php Phenol, liquefied phs Phenolphthalein phv Phenolphthalein pills, compound, B.N.F. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 865

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Code Reference I Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability ~------~ phz Phenolsulphonphthalein .. pia Phenoxybenzamine capsules, B.N.F. pid Phenoxyethanol pij Phenoxymethylpenicillin and its salts Penicillin restriction. pip Phenoxymethylpenicillin capsules .. Penicillin restriction. pir Phenoxymethylpenicillin hydrabam- ine Penicillin restriction. piv Phenoxymethylpenicillin tablets Penicillin restriction. piw Phenprocoumon piz Phensuximide pja Phentolamine hydrochloride pjd Phentolamine methanesulphonate Phenylbutazone injections and tablets PJJ Phenylephrine hydrochloride Except in any preparation for oral * administration. pjm Phenylethyl alcohol pjo Phenylmercuric acetate P~P Phenylmercuric nitrate p~q Phenyl-para-aminosalicylate Hospital Board-specialist. PJt Phenytoin pjv Phenytoin sodium Except in any proprietary suspension containing 30 mg. per 4 ml. pjw Phenytoin sodium long acting capsules pjz Phenytoin sodium with phenobarbi- tone sodium tablets pka Pholcodine pkd Pholcodine linctus, B.N.F. pke Pholcodine linctus, strong, B.N.F. pkj Pholcodine tartrate pkm Phosphoric acid pkp Phosphoric acid, dilute, B.P. pkv Phthalylsulphacetamide pkz Phthalylsulphathiazole pkr Physostigmine pks Physostigmine salicylate pkt Physostigmine sulphate pld Phytomenadione pIg Picrotoxin plh Pilocarpine hydrochloride plj Pilocarpine nitrate pH Pipamazine plm Piperazine and its salts plv Piperazine citrate elixir, B.N.F. plz Piperazine phosphate and senna ex- tract, standardised pmd Piperoxane hydrochloride pmg Pipradrol hydrochloride .. pmk Pituitary (posterior lobe) injection, B.P.C.1959 pml Pituitary (posterior lobe) insufflation pmm Pituitary (posterior lobe) powdered pmv Podophyllum resin prnz Podophyllin compound paint, B.N.F. pna Polawax prnx Poldine methosulphate pmy Polyestradiol phosphate Hospital Board-specialist. pnd Polymyxin B sulphate For injection only. Con. Regs.-29 866 Drug T arifJ 1967 1967/143

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pnc Polymyxin B sulphate proprietary ear solution pnb Polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye drops pni Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate proprietary eye drops pnf Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate as proprietary lotions and powders One pack. pne Polymyxin B sulphate and neomycin sulphate with gramicidin propriet­ ary ophthalmic solution pnh Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate and hydrocortisone pro­ prietary ear drops pnk Poly thiazide Hospital Board---specialist. png Potassium acid tartrate pnj Potassium bicarbonate pnm Potassium bromide pnp Potassium bromide mixture, B.N.F. pns Potassium bromide and chloral mix- ture, B.P.C. .. pnv Potassium bromide and nux vomica mixture, B.N.F. pnz Potassium bromide and phenobarbi­ tone mixture, N.Z.F. 1953 poa Potassium bromide and valerian mix­ ture, B.N.F. .. pog Potassium bromide and belladonna mixture for infants, B.N.F. poj Potassium chlorate Except lozenges. pom Potassium chIorate and phenol gargle, B.P.C. poq Potassium chloride pos Potassium chloride injection, B.N.F. pot Potassium chloride and dextrose in- jection, RN.F. pov Potassium citrate poz Potassium citrate mixture, B.N.F•.. ppa Potassium citrate and belladonna mixture for infants, B.N.F. ppd Potassium citrate and hyoscyamus mixture, B.N.F. ppg Potassium citrate mixture for infants, RN.F. pph Potassium gluconate ppj Potassium glycerophosphate solution, B.P.C. ppm Potassium hydroxide ppp Potassium hydroxyquinoline sulphate pps Potassium hypophosphite ppv Potassium iodide ppz Potassium iodide ammoniated mix- ture, B.N.F. .. pqa Potassium nitrate pqb Potassium para-aminobenzoate Hospital Board---specialist. pqd Potassium perchlorate 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 867

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pqj Potassium permanganate .. pqk Potassium tablets, effervescent, B.N.F. pqm Prednisolone and its salts and esters Hospital Board----specialist. pqo Prednisolone and its acetate as tablets pqp Prednisolone and its salts and esters, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements as proprietary eye preparations approved by the Director-General of Health Ophthalmological specialist. pqq Prednisolone and its salts and esters, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements as proprietary ear, nose, or throat preparations approved by the Director-General of Health pqr Prednisolone with neomycin hydro­ chloride and Surfen eye ointment Ophthalmological specialist. pqs Prednisolone with sodium sulpha­ cetamide and neomycin sulphate eye preparations Ophthalmological specialist. pqn Prednisolone disodium phosphate for use as an enema pqt Prednisolone disodium phosphate injection In an acute emergency or for preoperative use; for refund on Form G.M.S. I, or on a direct claim of a medical practitioner, solely after use in a particular case. pqv Prednisolone hemisuccinate intra­ venous injection In an acute emergency or for preoperative use; for refund on Form G.M.S. I, or on a direct claim of a medical practitioner, solely after use in a particular case. pql Prednisolone phosphate suppositories pqw Prednisolone pivalate for intra- articular injection Hospital Board----specialist. pqz Prednisone and its acetate Hospital Board----specialist. pqy Prednisone and its acetate as tablets pra Primaquine phosphate prd Primidone prq Probenecid prj Procainamide hydrochloride prp Procaine hydrochloride Except as an injection for surgical procedures. prs Procaine penicillin prv Procaine butyl aminobenzoate, with benzyl alcohol for injection For use in analgesic treatment only. prz Prochlorperazine, its salts and esters psd Procyclidine hydrochloride psg Proflavine hemisulphate •. psj Proflavine solution-tablets, B.N.F. psm Progesterone psp Promanide Hospital Board"':;pecialist. psv Promazine hydrochloride pta Promethazine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. 29" 868 Drug T arifJ 1967 1967/143

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ptb Promethazine hydrochloride and pethidine hydrochloride injection ptc Promethazine hydrochloride, pethi­ dine hydrochloride and atropine sulphate injection pte Promethazine hydrochloride, pethi­ dine hydrochloride and hyoscine hydro bromide injection ptd Promethazine theocIate ptg Promulsin ptj Promulsin wax .. ptm Propamidine isethionate ophthalmic solution pto Propanidid Medical practitioner's supply order of a psychiatric specialist. ptn I, 2-Propanediol diacetate with acetic acid and benzethonium chloride ear drops Otolaryngological specialist. ptp Propantheline bromide ptr Propranolol Hospital Board--specialist. ptv Propyl gallate ptz Propyl hydroxybenzoate pua Propylene glycol puj Propylthiouracil pum Protamine sulphate injection puq Protoveratrine A long acting tablets pur Protoveratrine A and panthesine injection put Protriptyline hydrochloride tablets pus Psyllium puv Pumilio pine oil pva Pyrazinamide Hospital Board-specialist. pvd Pyridostigmine bromide pvg Pyridoxine hydrochloride pvj Pyrimethamine pvm Pyroxylin qaa Quassia qag Quillaia qaj Quillaia extract, liquid, B.P.C. qam Quillaia tincture, B.P.C. qap Quinalbarbitone sodium qas Quinidine sulphate qav Quinine qba Quinine bisulphate qbd Quinine dihydrochloride qbg Quinine hydrochloride qbj Quinine solution, ammoniated, B.P.C. qbm Quinine sulphate raa Radiographic preparatory substances Bulk supply order of a private hos­ pital, or medical practitioner's supply order of a radiological specialist, or other practitioner's prescription when necessary. rad Rapeseed oil rag Raspberry juice concentrated, B.P.C. In combination. raf Raspberry syrup. B.P.C. .. In combination. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 869

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raj Rauwolfia (total alkaloids) ram Rauwolfia (alkaloids fraction) ran Rauwolfia (whole root), standardised tablets rao Rauwolfia (whole root), standardised and hydroflumethiazide with po­ tassium chloride tablets rap Reserpine ras Resorcinol rav Resorcinol ointment, compound, B.P.C. raz Resorcinol and sulphur, paste, B.P.C. rba Rhubarb rbd Rhubarb and soda ammoniated, mix­ ture, B.N.F. .. rbj Rhubarb mixture, compound, B.N.F. rbm Rhubarb mixture, compound, for infants, B.N.F. rbp Rhubarb pills, compound, B.P.C... rbs Rhubarb powder, compound, B.P.C. rbz Rhubarb tincture, compound, B.P. " rca Riboflavine rcc Rolitetracyc1ine with or without vi- tamins for injection Antibiotic restriction. rce Rose water In combination. rcd Rosemary oil In combination. rcg Rothera's reagent (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. saa Saccharin and saccharin elixir In combination. sad Salicylic acid saf Salicylic acid and sulphur ointment, B.P.C saj Salicylic acid collodion, B.P.C. sam Salicylic acid dusting powder com- pound, B.P.C. sar Salicylic acid lotion, B.P.C. sas Salicylic acid ointment, B.P. sat Salicylic acid and dithranol paste, strong, B.N.F. sau Salicylic acid and dithranol paste, weak, B.N.F. sav Salicylic acid and mercuric chloride lotion, B.P.C. saz Salicylic acid and sulphur application, B.P.C. sba Saline mixture, B.P.C. sbd Santonin sbj Scarlet red sbm Senega infusion .. sbp Senega extract, liquid, B.P.C. sbs Senega tincture, B.P.C. sbv Senna fruit sea Senna leaf scg Senna extract, liquid, B.P.C. sch Senna extract, standardised 870 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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sem Sesame oil sep Shellac In combination. ses Silver nitrate scv Silver nitrate, mitigated, B.P.C. scz Silver nitrate, toughened, B.P. sda Silver protein, B.P.C. sdd Silver protein, mild, B.P.C. sdg Silver picrate sdj Silver picrate compound insufflation powder sdm Soap, curd In combination. sdn Soap, soft In combination. sdp Soap, solution, ethereal sds Soap, hard In combination. sdv Soap liniment, B.P.C. sdw Soap solution, compound, N.Z.F. 1953 .. sdz Soap spirit, industrial In combination. sed Sodium acid citrate seg Sodium acid phosphate sej Sodium alginate. sep Sodium arninosalicylate and isoniazid cachets, RN.F. ses Sodium antimonylgluconate sev Sodium aurothiomalate sez Sodium benzoate sfd Sodium bicarbonate sfe Sodium bicarbonate ear drops, B.N.F. sfg Sodium bicarbonate mixture for in- fants, RN.F •.. sfj Sodium bicarbonate tablets, com- pound, B.P. sfm Sodium bromide sfp Sodium calciumedetate sfs Sodium carbonate sfv Sodium carbonate, anhydrous sfw Sodium carboxymethycellulose In combination. sfx Sodium carboxymethycellulose with pectin and gelatin paste and powder sfz Sodium chloride sgd Sodium chloride and dextrose injec­ tion, B.P. Intravenous fluids. sgg Sodium chloride mixture, compound, B.N.F. sgh Sodium chloride mouth wash, com- pound, B.N.F. sgj Sodium citrate .. sgm Sodium citrate mixture, B.N.F. sgl Sodium citrate with sodium lauryl sulphoacetate and sorbitol enema sgo Sodium cyclamate In combination. sgp Sodium edetate •• In combination. sgn Sodium fluoride tablets Not for prophylaxis. sgr Sodium fusidate Hospital Board-specialist. sgs Sodium glycerophosphate solution, B.P.C. sgv Sodium hydroxide sgz Sodium hypophosphite 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 871

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sha Sodium iodide .. shd Sodium lactate injection, compound, B.P. Intravenous fluids. shg Sodium lactate injection, B.N.F. Intravenous fluids. sbj Sodium lauryl sulphate shm Sodium metabisulphite shp Sodium nitrate •. shs Sodium nitroprusside (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. shv Sodium perborate shz Sodium phosphate sic Sodium polyhydroxyaluminium monocarbonate hexitol complex tablets sid Sodium polymetaphosphate sig Sodium potassium tartrate sij Sodium salicylate sim Sodium salicylate mixture, B.N.F. sip Sodium salicylate mixture, strong, B.N.F. •. •. sis Sodium stibogluconate siv Sodium sulphate siz Sodium sulphate, anhydrous sja Sodium sulphite sjd Sodium tauroglycocholate sjg Sodium thiosulphate sji Sodium versenate sjj Solapsone sjl Solution for eye drops, B.P.C. sjm Sorbitan derivatives sjn Sorbitol solution, B.P.C. In combination. sjp Soyabean oil (a) On the prescription of a medical practitioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 m!.). sjv Spearmint oil In combination. sjz Spermaceti skv Spiramycin Antibiotic restriction. ska Spirit ear drops, B.N.F. skd Spirit, methylated, industrial (Methy­ lated spirit W.P.) (M.S.W.P.) (a) In combination with other drugs when prescribed by a doctor for an individual patient. (b) In small quantities, e.g. 100 to 300 ml., when prescribed by a doctor for an individual patient. (c) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (d) Not available on a bulk supply order for a licensed hospital with the exception of an order representing a collation of doctors' prescriptions for individual patients. skj Spirit methylated, denatured (S.V.M. coloured) Available only on a bulk supply order for a private hospital. 872 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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skm Spirit, surgical, B.P.C. (a) In small quantities, e.g. 100 to 300 ml., when prescribed by a doctor for an individual patient. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order for a licensed hospital. (c) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (d) Not available in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements. skp Spirit, cologne, industrial In combination. sks Spirit, bay, compound, industrial In combination. skw Spironolactone •• Hospital Board-specialist. skz Squill extract, liquid, B.P.C. sky Squill opiate linctus, pediatric, B.N.F. sIb Squill syrup, B.P.C. sIa Squill tincture, B.P.C. sId Squill, vinegar of, B.P.C. slf Stanolone Hospital Board-specialist. sIg Starch slj Starch glycerin, B.P.C. slm Stearic acid sIp Sterculia sls Stibophen slv Stilboestrol slz Stilboestrol diphosphate Hospital Board-specialist. sma Stilboestrol dipropionate smd Stilboestrol pessaries, B.P.C. s~ Stomach tissue, desiccated smJ Storax, prepared, B.P.C. smm Stramonium and potassium iodide mixture, B.N.F. smp Stramonium extract, dry, B.P.C. sms .Stramonium extract, liquid, B.P. smv Stramonium tincture, B.P. smz Stramonium tablets, B.P.C. sng Streptokinase and streptodornase .. Except oral tablets. snh Streptomycin mixture for infants, B.P. snm Streptomycin sulphate Except in any skin preparation. snd Streptonicozid . • • • • • Hospital Board-specialist. sns Strychnine and iron mixture, B.N.F. snv Strychnine hydrochloride .• snw Strychnine hydrochloride solution, B.P.C. snz Strychnine mixture, B.N.F. soe Succinylsulphathiazole .. sof Succinylsulphathiazole mixture for infants, B.P.C. soj Sugar, simple syrup, flavouring syrups In combination. som Sulfoxone sodium Hospital Board-specialist. sop SuIkovrich'sreagent (a) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. sov Sulphacetamide sodium soz Sulphadiazine •• spa Sulphadiazine sodium spd Sulphadimethoxine spg Sulphadimidine 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 873

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spk Sulphadimidine and sulphamoprine spm Sulphadimidine mixture for infants, B.N.F. spp Sulphadimidine sodium .. sps Sulphafurazole and derivatives spv Sulphaguanidine sqd Sulphamethizole sqe Sulphamethoxizole sqf Sulphamethoxydiazine syrup and tablets sqg Sulphamethoxypyridazine and de­ rivatives sqj Sulphan blue solution, B.P.C. sqm Sulphan blue solution with tartrazine, B.P.C. sqp Sulphanilamide .. sqs Sulphaphenazole sqv Sulphapyridine sqz Sulphapyridine sodium srb Sulphasalazine .. sra Sulphasomidine srd Sulphathiazole .. sre Sulphinpyrazone srg Sulphonamides, dual, mixture ~ srj Sulphonamides, dual, tablets As approved by the Director­ srm Sulphonamides, triple, mixture General of Health. srp Sulphonamides, triple, tablets ) srs Sulphur lotion, compound, B.N.F. srv Sulphur, precipitated srz Sulphur, sublimed ssa Sulphurated potash ssd Sulphurated potash and zinc lotion, B.N.F. ssg Sulphuric acid, dilute, B.P.C. ssh SuIthiame ssj Suppositories, extemporaneously pre­ pared Limited to pharmaceutical require­ ments within this Tariff. ssp Suramin sss Suxamethonium bromide ssv Suxamethonium chloride ssz Suxethonium bromide taa Talc, purified tad Tannic acid tag Tannic acid glycerin, B.P.C. taj Tar tarn Tar, coal tap Tar, coal, prepared, B.P.C tav Tar, coal, solution taz Tartaric acid tba Tartrazine solution, compound, B.P.C. tbg Terpin hydrate tbj Terpineol tbm Testosterone and its esters Except in any topical application. tbs Testosterone, mixed esters, for in- jection tbv Testosterone propionate Except in any topical application. tbz Tetanus antitoxin 874 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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tby Tetrabenazine .. tea Tetrachloroethylene tcg Tetrachloroethylene draught, B.N.F. tcf Tetracosactide .. Hospital Board-specialist. tch Tetracycline and its salts and esters Antibiotic restriction. tcj Tetracycline ear drops tcl Tetracycline eye drops tcn Tetracycline eye ointment One tube. tcp Tetracycline suppositories, extem- poraneously prepared tco Tetracycline hydrochloride topical preparations with or without other pharmaceutical requirements when extemporaneously prepared tcr Tetracycline and glucosamine Antibiotic restriction. tct Tetracycline and nystatin capsules Antibiotic restriction. tcv Tetracycline and procaine injection Antibiotic restriction. tcq Tetracycline hydrochloride and am- photericin-B Antibiotic restriction. tdj Thenalidine tartrate Except in any topical application. tdm Thenyldiamine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. tdp Theobroma oil tds Theobromine tdv Theophylline tdw Thiambutosine Hospital Board. tdx Tbiethylperazine dimaleate tdy Tbiocarlide Hospital Board-specialist. tea Tbiomersal teg Tbiopentone sodium injection Medical practitioner's supply order of a psychiatric specialist. teh Thiopropazate hydrochloride tablet. tei Thioproperazine methanesulphonate Hospital Board-specialist. tek Thioridazine hydrochloride tej Thonzylamine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. tern Thymol tep Thymol glycerin, compound, B.P.C. tes Thymol solution-tablets, compound, B.P.C. tev Thyroid tez Thyroid (fresh gland) tablets tfa Thyroxine sodium tfd Titanium dioxide tfg Titanium dioxide paste, B.N.F. tfj Tolazoline hydrochloride .. tfm Tolbutamide tfn Tolnaftate solution tfp Tolu balsam tfs Tolu linctus for infants, compound, B.N.F. tfv Tolu solution, B.P.C. tfw Tolu syrup, B.P. tga Tragacanth In combination. tdg Tragacanth, powder, compound, B.P. tgg Tragacanth mucilage, B.P. tgh Tranylcypromine sulphate Hospital Board-specialist. tge Trasylol Hospital Board-specialist. tgf Tretamine Hospital Board-specialist. tgc Triacetyloleandomycin Antibiotic restriction. tgj Triamcinolone and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 875

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tgi Triamcinolone acetonide eye oint­ ment Ophthalmological specialist. tgs Triamcinolone acetonide injection .. tgo Triamcinolone acetonide with neo­ mycin sulphate and gramicidin eye ointment Ophthalmological specialist. tgt Triamcinolone acetonide with neo­ mycin sulphate and gramicidin skin cream, skin lotion and skin ointment tgk Triamcinolone acetonide with or without neomycin sulphate or halquinol as skin preparations tgu Triamterene Hospital Board. tgq Triaziquone Hospital Board-specialist. tgl Trichlormethiazide tgn Trichlormethiazide and reserpine with potassium chloride tablets tgm Trichloroacetic acid tgp Trichloroethylene (a) Not exceeding 25 m!. (b) Not available on a medical practitioner's supply order. (c) Not available on a bulk supply order. tgw Trichloroethylene vitrellae thb Trichomycin tgr Triclofos sodium syrup and tablets tgv Tricyclamol and salts tgz Tridihexethyl iodide tha Triethanolamine thj Triethylene thiophosphoramide Hospital Board-specialist. thl Trifluoperazine hydrochloride injec- tion, tablets, concentrate, long act­ ing capsules and syrup forte thm Trifluoperazine hydrochloride long acting capsules thn Trimeprazine and its salts and esters thp Trimetaphan camsylate .. thq Trimipramine injection and tablets ths Trimustine Hospital Board-specialist. thz Tripelennamine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. thx Triple syrup, B.P.C. 1949 tia Triprolidine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. tib Triprolidine hydrochloride long act- ing tablets tid Trisulphonamide mixture for infants, B.N.F.1960 tig Troxidone tij Trypan blue tim Tryparsamide tir Trypsin Except oral tablets. tis Tuaminoheptane sulphate tip Tubocurarine chloride tiv Turpentine enema, B.P.C. tiz Turpentine liniment, B.P. tja Turpentine oil, B.P.C. uaa Undecenoic acid uad Urea uag Urethane vaa Valerian infusion 876 Drug Tariff 1967 1967/143

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vad Valerian extract, liquid, B.P .C. vag Valerian tincture, ammoniated, B.P.C. vaj Vancomycin and its salts .. Hospital Board. yam Vanillin In combination. yap Vasopressin and its salts and esters as an injection and as a nasal spray vau Vinblastine sulphate . . . . Hospital Board-specialist. vat Vincristine sulphate Hospital Board-specialist. vav Viomycin and its salts Hospital Board-specialist. vaw Viprynium embonate suspension and tablets vaz Vitamin A vba Vitamin A solution, concentrated, B.P.C. vbd Vitamin A acetate tablets vbg Vitamin D solution concentrated, B.P.C. vbj Vitamin A (4,500 i.u.) and vitamin D (450 i. u.) capsules vbm Vitamin A and D solution containing 25,000 i.u. A and 2,500 i.u. D in I gram vbp Vitamin A and D solution, concen­ trated, B.P.C. vbr Vitamin A and D with ascorbic acid powder vbt Vitamin B complex injection as approved by the Director-General of Health Only on the bulk supply order of a licensed hospital. vbs Vitamin K water-soluble analogues vbv Vitaminorum capsules, B.N.F. .. vbz Vitaminorum tablets (B.N.F. capsule strength) waa Warfarin sodium wad Water, purified waf Water for injection warn Wild cherry bark wap Wild cherry syrup, B.P.C. was Wool alcohols, B.P.C. wat \Vool alcohols ointment, B.P. way Wool fat, B.P.C. waz Wool fat, hydrous, B.P. wba Wool fat ointment, hydrous, B.N.F. xfg Xylometazoline hydrochloride nasal preparations .. zaa Zinc chloride zad Zinc oxide zag Zinc oxide, colloidal zaj Zinc and castor oil ointment, B.N.F. zam Zinc and coal tar paste, B.N.F. zap Zinc and ichthammol cream, B.N.F. zav Zinc and salicylic acid dusting powder, B.P.C. zaz Zinc and salicylic acid paste, B.P... zba Zinc dusting powder, compound, B.P.C. zbd Zinc cream, B.P. zbg Zinc gelatin, B.P. 1967/143 Drug Tariff 1967 877

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Code Reference I Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability ! zbm Zinc ointment, RP. zbp Zinc paste, compound, B.P. zbs Zinc, starch, and talc dusting powder, B.P.C. zbv Zinc stearate zbz Zinc stearate dusting powder, RN.F. zca Zinc sulphate zcd Zinc sulphate eye drops, RN.F. zcg Zinc sulphate and adrenaline eye drops, B.P.C... zcm Zinc sulphate lotion, B.P.C. zcp Zinc sulphate and zinc chloride mouthwash, RP.C. zcs Zinc undecenoate zcv Zinc undecenoate dusting powder, B.N.F. zcz Zinc undecenoate ointment, B.N.F. zda Zinc undeconoate and undeccnoic acid dusting powder

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 1967. D. N. McKAY, Minister of Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE This note is not part rif the Drug Tariff, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This Drug Tariff sets out the drugs, medicines, and materials that may be supplied at the cost of the Department of Health by chemists and others who have contracted to supply them under the Social Security (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1965. It also sets out the terms and conditions of supply, the procedure for the lodging and payment of claims by contractors, and the rules for fixing the prices payable to contractors. The Schedule to the new Tariff specifies the materials and classes of materials that are allowed or conditionally allowed at the cost of the Department of Health. Some trade names of the drugs that were not included in any previous Drug Tariff are- Trade Name Official Name Agarolets Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate with oxypheni­ satin. Codcomol Acetylsalicylic acid with paracetamol and codeine phosphate. Concordin Protriptyline hydrochloride. Conjunctin . . . . Polymyxin B ~ulphate with neomycin sulphate. Duphaston (Hospital Board-specialist) Dydrogesterone. Epontol (Psychiatric specialist's order) Propanidid. Gelusil-Lac Magnesium trisilicate with aluminium hydrox­ ide, gel and dried skim milk. Gondafon Glymidine. Lycanol Glymidine. Nephril (Hospital Board-specialist) Polythiazide. Ponstan (Hospital Board-specialist) Mefenamic acid. Randolectil (Hospital Board- specialist) Butaperazine.

Issued under the authority 0{ the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 6 July 1967. These regulations are administered in the Department of Health.