914 1974/164

THE DRUG TARIFF 1974

PURSUANT to the SociallSecurity Act 1964, the Minister of Health hereby gives the following direction.

ANALYSIS Title 12. Rounding calculations 1. Title and c.ommencement 13. Minimum charges 2. Interpretation 14. Water 15. Bulk supply orders and practitioners' supply orders PART I 16. Proprietary preparations GENERAL RULES AFFECTING THE TARIFF 17. Rectified spirit 3. Scope of Tariff 4. Rules for standard PART 111 5. Prices for pharmaceutical require- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISiONS ments lB. Claims on the Department 19. Allergy treatment sets PART II 20. Payment for intravenous fluids 2 I. Payment for irrigating solutions RULES FOR PRICING 22. Payment for anaesthetic gases 6. Application of rules for pricing 23. Period and quantity of supply when 7. Prescription pricing prescription written by a medical B. Computation of selling price practitioner • 9. Items not listed in the First Schedule 24. Period and quantity of supply when to the Prescription Pricing Schedules prescription written by a dentist 10. Items dispensed by count 25. Bulk supply orders 11. Official requirements not in the First 26. Practitioners' supply orders Schedule to the Prescription Pricing 27. Revocations and savings Schedules Schedule

THE DRUG TARIFF 1. Title and cOllllnencem.ent-(l) This direction may be cited as the Drug Tariff 1974. (2) This direction shall come into force on the 1st day of August 1974, 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-( I) In this direction, unless the context otherwise 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: "Director-General" means the Director-General of Health within the meaning of section 5 of the Health Act 1956: 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 915

"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: "Material allowance" means the allowance specified in the column headed "Material Allowance" in the Sixth Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules: "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 for prescription pricing issued by the Department from time to time for the purpose of determining the prices to be paid to contractors in respect of pharmaceutical requirements supplied by them; and includes the Revised Prescription Pricing Schedules referred to in subclause (3) of clause 5 of this Tariff; but does not include any suspension of the Prescription Pricing Schedules referred to in subclause (7) of that clause: "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*: "Selling price" means the price specified in the column headed "Prescription 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 1974. (2) Except as provided in this clause, those terms and expressions that are defined in section 88 of the Social Security Act 1964, and any other terms and expressions that are defined in regulation 2 of the regulations, have the meanings so defined. 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- (a) Preparations which have not been manufactured by the contractor claiming payment shall be included in this Tariff and shall be deemed to be pharmaceutical requirements for its purposes only if they have been manufactured by a manufacturer named in Part III of the Schedule to this Tariff; and *1965/41 Amendment No. I: S.R. 1969/240 Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1972/14 916 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

(b) The following classes of material shall be excluded from this Tariff and shall be deemed not to be pharmaceutical requirements : (i) A substance or any combination of substances ordered for any purpose other than the treatment of a patient's medical or dental condition: (ii) A substance or any combination of substances ordered by a dentist for any purpose other than the treatment of a patient's dental condition or which, being so ordered, and being or containing a local anaesthetic as an active ingredient, is intended for injection: (iii) Aerosols and similar articles packed under pressure other than a preparation (if any) that is specified in Part 11 of the Schedule to this Tariff: (iv) Electrode jellies: (v) Eye drops packed in single dose units other than those (if any) that are specified in Part 11 of the Schedule to this Tariff: (vi) Insect repellants and similar preparations: (vii) Long acting preparations for oral use other than those (if any) that are specified in Part 11 of the Schedule to this Tariff: (viii) Lozenges and similar products, other than those (ifany) that are specified in Part 11 of the Schedule to this Tariff: (ix) Plasters, machine spread: (x) Pregnancy tests: (xi) Preparations prescribed as foods: (xii) Preparations prescribed for contraceptive purposes: (xiii) Proprietary medicines or proprietary articles (other than a product that is a pharmaceutical requirement elsewhere specified in this Tariff or a product to which clause 16 of this Tariff applies): (xiv) Shampoos (other than extemporaneously prepared medicated shampoos intended for the treatment of a patient'S medical condition) : (xv) Toilet preparations: (xvi) Tooth paste and powders.

4. Rules for standard-(l) No claim by a contractor for payment in respect of the supply of pharmaceutical requirements by him shall be allowed unless the requirements so supplied comply- (a) With the appropriate standards prescribed by regulations for the time being in force under the Food and Drug Act 1969; or (b) In the absence of any such standards, with the appropriate standards for the time being prescribed by the British Pharmacopoeia; 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 practitioner indicates in a prescription the pharmaceutical requirement to be supplied by reference to a trade mark, trade name, or 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 917 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 and this fact, together with the date of the sanction, is noted on the prescription by the contractor, who shall sign the prescription.

5. Prices tor pharDlaceutical requireDlents-(I) Subject to clause 18 of this Tariff and to subclause (7) of this clause, payment shall be made in respect of claims for pharmaceutical requirements in accor­ dance 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. (2) Subject to clause 18 of this Tariff, where the price of any pharma­ ceutical requirement is not specified as provided in subclause (1) of this clause, payment shall be made in accordance with the rules contained in Part II of this Tariff. (3) Revised Prescription Pricing Schedules shall come into force on the 1st day of April, August, or December, in every year, 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 revision shall be calculated in accordance with the prices specified in that revision. (4) Subject to subclauses (5) and (6) of this clause, if any pharma­ ceutical requirements are supplied to a patient as pharmaceutical 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 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 subclause (4) of this clause, a con­ tractor may charge a customer 5c 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. (7) If the Minister at any time gives notice that any part of the Prescription Pricing Schedules be suspended the amount that would otherwise be payable to the contractor shall be paid as increased or diminished by the appropriate amount specified in the notice of suspen­ sion: Provided that the right of the contractor to be paid any increased amount shall be subject to the following conditions: Con. Regs.-8B 918 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

(a) The pharmaceutical requirement in respect of which the increased amount is claimed shall have been supplied by the contractor on or after the date on which the suspension is expressed to have effect: (b) The claim in respect of the increased amount shall be received by the Medical Officer of Health before the 16th day following the effective date of the next revision of the Prescription Pricing Schedules pursuant to sub clause (3) of this clause: (c) The contractor shall clearly endorse, otherwise than in red, the material prescription, with the abbreviation "STC" and the appropriate figure, indicating dollars or cents as the case may require, of any amount claimed in relation to each particular pharmaceutical requirement referred to in the prescription.

PART II

RULES FOR PRICING 6. Application of rules for pricing-( 1) Subject to the discount provided for in clause 18 of this Tariff, 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 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-(l) Payment for each prescription shall be calculated by adding together the following: (a) The total selling 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: (e) Any temporary part charge. (2) In sub clause (l) of this clause the expression "temporary part charge" means an additional charge, specified in any notice of suspension of the Prescription Pricing Schedules, and claimed by the contractor, in accordance with sub clause (7) of clause 50f this Tariff. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 919

8. CQUlputatiQJ:l Qf selling price--( I) The selling 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 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 selling price of any pharmaceutical requirement shall be I gram or I 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 subclause (2) of this clause, the selling 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 thi.s 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. (7) Where, for special reasons concerned with the protection of the patient, a practitioner directs on the prescription that a pharmaceutical requirement is to be dispensed daily or at such other regular intervals as he considers necessary, payment shall be made by adding together the total selling 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 thereon the strength supplied. Otherwise payment shall be based on the price of the lowest strength available. 9. ItelDs not listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules-Cl) In the case of items not listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the selling price shall be computed by adding together the following: (a) The price charged to the contractor (without sales tax) : (b) 20 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. lO.lteUls dispensed by count-Cl) Where items dispensed by count are listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the selling price of the number dispensed shall be calculated as an exact numerical proportion of the selling price shown in that Schedule. 8. 920 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

(2) Where items dispensed by count are not listed in the First Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the selling price shall be computed by adding together the following: (a) The price charged to the contractor (without sales tax): (b) 20 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. Official requirements not in the First Schedule to the Pre­ scription Pricing Schedules-Where any pharmaceutical require­ ment (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 every other case the prescription shall be priced in accordance with the rules for pricing contained in this Part of this Tariff.

12. 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.

13. Minimum charges-(1) The minimum charge for any ingredient in a mixture shall be 1c. (2) The minimum total charge for all ingredients in a mixture shall be 5c: Provided that where the total selling price of all the ingredients, including any that are not specified in this Tariff, exceeds 5c, payment 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 gredient~) including a vehicle or excipient.

14. Water-Cl) Where the term "aqua" is used in a preparation without 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.

15. Bulk supply orders and practitioners' supply orders­ Payment for bulk supply orders and practitioners' supply orders shall be computed as follows: (a) Except in the case of any item to which paragraph (d) of this clause applies, the selling price in the First Schedule to the 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 921

Prescription Pricing Schedules shall be increased by 12-!­ percent: (b) In the case of any item listed in the Sixth Schedule to the Prescrip­ tion Pricing Schedules the material allowances shall be subject to a discount of 10 percent: (c) In the case of any item not listed in the Prescription Pricing Schedules, the price charged to the contractor shall be increased by 35 percent, unless the item is an item to which paragraph (d) of this clause applies, in which case the price charged to the contractor shall be increased by no more than 20 percent: (d) In the case of allergy treatment sets, insulin preparations, or radiographic preparatory substances, 20 percent shall be added to the price charged to the contractor: (e) No payment shall be made for containers supplied with materials ordered on a bulk supply order for a hospital or other approved institution unless the order specifies that a pharmaceutical requirement is to be dispensed in metal tubes, dropper bottles, or other approved containers, in which case the appropriate sum specified in the Second Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, together with the average container allow­ ance specified in that Schedule, shall be paid for those containers: (f) No payment shall be made for containers supplied with materials ordered on a practitioner's supply order unless the pharma­ ceutical requirement ordered is supplied in a dropper bottle, metal tube, or other approved container, in which case, the appropriate sum specified in the Second Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules, together with the average container allowance specified in that Schedule, shall be paid for those containers: (g) No payment shall be made for a dispensing fee, except in the case of a pharmaceutical requirement compounded by the con­ tractor. The fee payable shall be that specified in the Third Schedule to the Prescription Pricing Schedules and shall be subject to a discount of 10 percent.

16. Proprietary preparations-(I) If any prescnptiOn orders a proprietary preparation that is identical in composition to a pharmaceuti­ cal 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 Sixth Schedule to 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. 17. 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 practitioner has specified that rectified spirit is to be used. 922 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

PART III

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 18. Claims on the Department-(l) Pursuant to regulations 14 and 15 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) Where the claim relates to or includes any prescription or order which was last dispensed more than 3 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 submitting the claim, and subject to any general or special directions given by the Director-General, be reduced by a discount of 10 percent: Provided that the amount due shall not be reduced by the said 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 6 months of the date of initial dispensing. (3) For the purposes of this clause,- "Half-monthly period" means any period beginning with the 1st day and ending with the 15th day, or beginning with the 16th day and ending with the last day, of any month: "Monthly period" means a period beginning with the 1st day and ending with the last day of any month. 19. Allergy treatment sets-(l) 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. 20. Payment for intravenous fluids-Payment to a licensed hospital, practitioner, or contractor, 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. 21. Payment for irrigating solutions-Payment to a licensed hospital or to a practitioner in respect of the types of irrigating solutions 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. 22. Payment for anaesthetic gases-Payment to a practitioner in respect of a gas specified in the Schedule to this Tariff shall be at the 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 923 rate of60 cents for each occasion when an anaesthetic is administered con­ taining that gas: Provided that if an anaesthetic contains more than one gas specified in the Schedule to this Tariff payment shall be made in respect only of one gas contained. in that anaesthetic as if that one gas and no other gas were used on that occasion.

23. PaYlDents for anaesthetic agents-Payment to a practitioner in respect of the types of anaesthetic agents specified in the Schedule to this Tariff shall be the amount approved from time to time by the Director-General.

24. Period and quantity of supply when prescription written by a lDedical practitioner-Cl) In the case of a prescription written by a medical practitioner payment may be made pursuant to anyone prescription for a quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement so prescribed sufficient to provide treatment for a period not exceeding 7 days in respect of the original supply and a further 7 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, payment shall be made to him in respect of the amount so supplied 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 practicable to dispense the exact quantity. (2) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) of this clause, in any case where the liquid oral form of a pharmaceutical requirement that is an antibiotic is prescribed but requires the addition of a solvent at the time of dispensing, payment shall be made for- (a) The amount of the pharmaceutical requirement prescribed if that coincides with a standard pack or a number of standard packs; or (b) The next larger pack or the largest pack, as the case may require, and, if this is not sufficient to satisfy the prescription, such additional pack or packs, containing in the aggregate the smallest quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement necessary to satisfy the prescription, if the amount prescribed does not coincide with a standard pack or a number of standard packs. (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. (4) Notwithstanding anything in subclauses (1) to (3) of this clause, where, in the opinion of the prescribing medical practitioner, extended treatment is necessary for a period of not less than 1 month and no danger is involved in the use of a pharmaceutical requirement without medical supervision, a supply of that pharmaceutical requirement not exceeding a quantity sufficient to provide that person with treatment for a specified period of 1 month in the case of a narcotic or from 1 to 3 months in any other case may be made on anyone prescription; and, if the medical practitioner has endorsed the prescription with the words 924 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

"extended supply" and has specified on it the period for which that pharmaceutical requirement is to be supplied, payment shall 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 shall be dispensed in monthly lots, unless- (a) The prescribing medical practitioner endorses the prescription with a statement of the period for which each lot is to be dispensed; or (b) The contractor or the patient endorses the back of the prescription with a statement of the special reasons why a quantity greater or less than a monthly lot is required to be dispensed. (5) Notwithstanding anything in subclauses (1) to (4) of this clause, if a quantity greater than that sufficient for 7 days' treatment but less than 1 month's treatment is required, payment may be made for the actual quantity prescribed if the quantity required and not the period for which treatment is required, is stated by the medical practitioner, and if the medical practitioner has endorsed the prescription with the words "extended supply". (6) Any prescription that is not presented to a contractor for dispensing within 4 days of its being written in the case of a narcotic, or within 3 months of its being written in any other case, shall cease to be a charge to the Department. (7) A repeat on a prescription that remains unfulfilled after 1 month from the date of the 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 part fulfilment of the total quantity ordered in respect of the part that is due for payment. (8) A repeat on a prescription endorsed "extended supply" that remains unfulfilled after 3 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, and payment shall be made accordingly.

25. Period and quantity of supply when prescription written by a dentist-( I) In the case of a prescription written by a dentist payment may be made pursuant to anyone prescription for a quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement so prescribed sufficient to provide treatment for a period not exceeding 7 days, or, if the prescription provides for a repeat, for consecutive periods not exceeding 7 days in the aggregate: Provided that, on the contractor supplying a lesser or greater quantity than that prescribed and endorsing the prescription accordingly, pay­ ment shall be made to him in respect of the amount so supplied 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 practicable to dispense the exact quantity. (2) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) of this clause, in any case where the liquid oral form of a pharmaceutical requirement that is an antiobiotic is prescribed but requires the addition of solvent at the time of dispensing payment shall be made for~ 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 925

(a) The amount of the pharmaceutical requirement prescribed if that coincides with a standard pack or a number of standard packs; or (b) The next larger pack or the largest pack, as the case may require, and, if this is not sufficient to satisfy the prescription, such additional pack or packs, containing in the aggregate the smallest quantity of the pharmaceutical requirement necessary to satisfy the prescription, if the amount prescribed does not coincide with a standard pack or a number of standard packs. (3) Notwithstanding anything in subc1ause (1) or subc1ause (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. (4) Any prescription that is not presented to a contractor for dis­ pensing within 4 days of its being written in the case of a narcotic, or within 3 months of its being written in any other case, shall cease to be a charge to the Department.

26. Bulk supply orders-(l) 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 or dental supervision in that hospital or approved institution: Provided that- (a) Payment shall not be made for any requirement that is specifically restricted in the Schedule to this Tariff: (b) The licensee or manager or, as the case may be, the matron or other person may be called upon to justify the amount ordered: (c) No narcotic shall be obtained on a bulk supply order by any institution which is not a licensed hospital or which is not an institution or place recognised and approved as a hospital for the purposes of Part II of the Social Security Act 1964: (d) No item listed in the Seventh Schedule to the Poisons Regulations 1964* shall be obtained on a bulk supply order by any institution which is not a licensed hospital or which is not an institution or place recognised and approved as a hospital for the purposes of Part II of the Social Security Act 1964, unless- (i) A registered general nurse, within the meaning of the Nurses Act 1971, is employed by the institution; and (ii) The order is supported by a written requisition signed by a practitioner. (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: .S.lt. 1964/64 926 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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 1 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 institution shall not be entitled to obtain supplies of pharmaceutical requirements 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.

27. Practitioners' supply orders-Cl) Notwithstanding anything in this Tariff, a practitioner may obtain, pursuant to a 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 1 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 practitioner may be called upon to justify the amounts ordered. (2) Payment shall be made to the contractor on the presentation of the practitioner's supply order if at the time of supply it­ (a) Is signed personally by the practitioner: (b) Is dated in the practitioner's own handwriting: (c) Sets out the address of the practitioner: (d) Sets out the pharmaceutical requirements (not being requirements that may only be supplied by a Hospital Board) that the practitioner requires at the time: (e) Has endorsed on it a receipt signed and dated by the 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 practitioner may, except in exceptional circumstances, order only those pharmaceutical requirements that he requires to administer 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 practitioner whose name is specified in the notice 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 practitioner. Any such notice may in like manner be revoked.

28. Revocations and savings-( 1) The following directions are hereby revoked: Title Serial Number The Drug Tariff 1970 .. 1970/18 The Drug Tariff 1970 Amendment No. 12 .. 1974/42 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 927

(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. 928 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

SCHEDULE

LIST OF PHARMACEUTICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WHICH PAYMENT IS ALLOWED OR CONDITIONALLY ALLOWED

PART I-DEFINITIONS l. "Anaesthetic gases" means that payment will be made to a practi­ tioner who has administered the gas to a person who is neither an in­ patient ofa public hospital nor a person for whom the anaesthetic service has been provided as part of a maternity benefit, if the amount specified in clause 21 has been credited to that person's account. 2. "Anaesthetic agent" means that payment will be made to a practi­ tioner who has purchased the pharmaceutical requirement for the pur­ poses of administering an anaesthetic to a patient. 3. "Approved condition" means a pharmaceutical requirement sup­ plied pursuant to a prescription endorsed with the words "Approved condition" 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. 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 practitioner. 5. "Hospital Board-specialist" means that the pharmaceutical requirement concerned may be supplied free of charge only by a Hospital Board to any person who is not an inpatient of a public hospital, on the prescription of a specialist, or, if the treatment of any such person with the requirement has been recommended by a specialist, on the prescrip­ tion ofa practitioner endorsed with the words "recommended by [name of specialist] " . For the purposes of this definition it shall not make any difference whether the specialist is employed by the Board or not. 6. "In combination" means that the pharmaceutical requirement con­ cerned 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 practitioner), or if the requirement has been supplied by the hospital to a practitioner for the treatment of a patient in his own home; or (b) To a practitioner who has used this requirement for the treat­ ment of a patient either when treating him at a licensed hospital or at his home; or (c) To a contractor in respect of the dispensing fee if the require­ ment is prescribed by a practitioner for the use of a patient on a renal dialysis unit at his own home. 8. "Irrigating solutions" means that payment may be made only­ Ca) To a licensed hospital for the treatment of any patient in the hospital (being treatment that has been recommended by a 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 929

practitioner), or if the requirement has been supplied by the hospital to a practitioner for the treatment of a patient in his own home; or (b) To a practitioner who has used the requirement for the treatment of a patient either when treating him at a licensed hospital or at his home. 9. "Maternity hospital" means that payment shall be made only when the pharmaceutical repuirement concerned is supplied pursuant to a bulk supply order to a maternity hospital licensed under the Hospitals Act 1957 and within the meaning of clause 2 of this Tariff. 10. "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 of the Hospitals Act 1957, or by a midwife or maternity nurse registered under the Nurses Act 1971, as the case may be. 11. "Retail pharmacy-specialist" means that the pharmaceutical requirement concerned may be supplied free of charge by a retail phar­ macy on the prescription of a specialist, or, in the case of treatment recommended by a specialist, the prescription of a practitioner endorsed with the words "recommended by [name ofsvecialist]". 12. Only those medical practitioners who are "specialists" within the meaning of section 88 of the Social Security Act 1964 (as amended by section 20 of the Social Security Amendment Act 1973), or who are specialists for the purposes of any determination issued under section 52 of the Hospitals Act 1957, shall be specialists for the purposes of this Schedule, and then only to the extent of the specialty in respect of which they are registered or recognised, as the case may require;

PART II Availability

Code Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability Reference I

aaa Acacia .. In combination. aag Acetarsol pessaries, compound aaj Acetazolamide and its salts aam Acetic acid aal Acetohexamide .. aap Acetomenaphthone aas Acetone Ca) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. Cb) Not available on a bulk supply order. aau Acetylcholine chloride eye drops .. aby Aconite, belladonna, and chloroform liniment, B.P.C. 1968 .. abz Aconite liniment, B.P.C. 1968 aca Acriflavine acd Adrenaline acg Adrenaline acid tartrate .. ach Adrenaline acid tartrate aerosol in- haler 930 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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acj Adrenaline and atropine 5pray, com­ pound, B.P.C. I acf Adrenaline acid tartrate eye drops .. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. add Adrenaline acid tartrate with borax and boric acid eye drops aci Adrenaline eye drops neutral, RP.C. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. aco Adrenaline hydrochloride .. acr Adrenaline hydrochloride aerosol in- haler acs Agar .. acv Alcohol In combination, not exceeding 50 ml. acw Alcohol, dehydrated, for injection acx Alcuronium chloride injection ad Alginic acid acm Alginic acid with magnesium trisili­ cate, aluminium hydroxide gel, dried, and sodium bicarbonate infant powder .. acn Alginic acid with sodium alginate, magnesium trisilicate, aluminium hydroxide gel, dried, and sodium bicarbonate tablets acz Alkaline compound tablets (milk­ As approved by the Director­ dextrin type) .. General ada Allergy treatment sets As approved by the Director­ General. adb Allopurinol t a bl ets ade Allyloestrenol adg Almond oil adm Aloes adv Aloin .. adw Aloxiprin tablets adx Alprenolol hydrochloride ady Alprenolol hydrochloride long acting tablets aea Alseroxylon aed Alseroxylon with pentaerthritol tetra­ nitrate tablets Alum .. Alum and zinc dusting powder for in- fant., B.P.C. 1968 aem Aluminium acetate solution, B.P.C. aen Aluminium chloride aep Aluminium powder aeq Aluminium hydroxide and bella- donna mixture, B.P.C... aes Aluminium hydroxide gel aev Aluminium hydroxide gel, dried aez Aluminium hydroxide gel with kaolin mixture afb Aluminium hydroxide gel with mag­ nesium hydroxide mixture afa Aluminium hydroxide gel, dried, with magnesium hydroxide tablets 1974/164 Drug Tariff ·1974 931

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afc Aluminium hydroxide gel dried, with magnesium trisilicate, magnesium hydroxide and dimethicone tablets afn Aluminium magnesium silicate afd Aluminium paste, compound. B.P.C. afg Aluminium sodium silicate with bel- ladonna afj Aluminium sulphate afk Amantadine hydrochloride Hospital Board-specialist. afm Amaranth solution afp Amethocaine hydrochloride afs Amethocaine eye drops, B.P.C. aft Amethocaine hydrochloride single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. afu Amiloride with hydrochlorothiazide afv Aminacrine hydrochloride afw 9-Aminoacridine undecylenate with N-myristvl -3- hydroxybutylamine , hydrochloride, methylbenzetho- nium chloride and succinic acid I vaginal ta blet.~ afy Aminobenzoic acid aJX Aminocaproic acid Hospital Board-specialist. aga Aminophylline •• . . . . agd Aminophylline wi th 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 .. ags Aminosalicylic acid and its salts Retail Pharmacy-specialist: agt Amitriptyline hydrochloride agu Amitriptyline pamoate syrup agz Ammonia and ipecacuanha mixture, B.N.F. ahg Ammonia solution, aromatic, B.P.C. ahs Ammonia solution, dilute, B.P.C. •. ahd Ammonia solution, strong, B.P. ahj Ammonia spirit, aromatic, B.P.C. .. ahm Ammonium acetate solution, strong, B.P.C• ahp . . Ammonium bicarbonate .• ahv Ammonium chloride ahz Ammonium chloride mixture, B.N.F. aia Ammonium chloride and morphine miXture, B.N.F. aid Amodiaquine hydrochloride aty Amoxycillin trihydrate Except in any topical application. aij Amphetamine sulphate Hospital Board. aii Amphotericin ain Amphotericin lozenges ail Amphotericin vials Hospital Board-specialist. 932 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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aik Ampicillin and its salts Except in any topical application. aiw Amyl dimethylaminobenzoate lotion Retail Pharmacy-specialist. aim Amyl nitrite aip Amylobarbitone .. ais Amylobarbitone sodium aiv Amylobarbitone sodium with quinal- barbitone sodium capsules aix Amylocaine hydrochloride ajn Angiotensin amide ajs Anise water In combination. ajt Antazoline eye drops, compound, B.N.F. 1963 .. ajv Antazoline hydrochloride Except in any topical application. ajz Antazoline mesylate Except in any topical application. ajw Antazoline sulphate and naphazoline nitrate akg Apomorphine hydrochloride akz Ascorbic acid and its sodium salt Except tablets exceeding 100 mg each. aks Aprotinin Hospital Board-specialist. akv Aqueous cream, B.P. aav Aspirin aaz Aspirin, soluble, tablets, B.P. aax Aspirin with caffeine tablets aay Aspirin with codeine phosphate tab­ lets .. aba Aspirin and opium tablets, com­ pound, B.P.C. 1968 abb Aspirin with paracetamol and codeine phosphate tablets abd Aspirin and phenacetin tablets, B.P.C.1963 akn Aspirin, phenacetin and codeine tab­ lets, B.P. abp Aspirin tablets, compound, B.P.C.•. akw Aspirin, soluble, with phenacetin and codeine tablets as approved by the Director-General afe Aspirin, soluble with codeine phos­ phate tablets as approved by the Director-General ala Atropine aId Atropine and cocaine eye ointment, B.P.C. J 968 .. aIj Atropine methonitrate aIm Atropine sulphate alo Atropine sulphate single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. aln Attapulgite with neomycin sulphate Hospital Board. alp Azapetine phosphate aIr Azathioprine Retail Pharmacy-speciaIist. baa Bacitracin zinc .. For injection only. bac Bacitracin and its salts and neomycin sulphate in proprietary prepara­ tions bad Bacitracin and neomycin proprietary eye ointment 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 933

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baf Bacitracin with neomycin sulphate and polymyxin B sulphate proprie­ tary preparations .. bab Bac10fen tablets .. Hospital Board-specialist. bav Barbitone sodium baz Barium sulphate bbc Bec1amide Hospital Board. bas Beclomethasone dipropionate cream exceeding 0.025% strength Retail Pharmacy-specialist. baw Beclomethasone dipropionate inhaler bbb Beclomethasone dipropionate proprie­ tary cream, lotion or ointment, with or without chlortetracyline, clioquinol or neomycin sulphate bay Beclomethasone dipropionate with lignocaine rectal ointment and sup­ positories 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. 1968 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. bct Bendrofluazide .. bes Bendrofluazide with reserpine tablets bcr Bendrofluazide with reserpine and po- tassium chloride tablets bcu Bendrofluazide with potassium chlor­ ide tablets bcv Benedict's solution (qualitative) (a) Not available on a practitioner', supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. bd~ Bentonite bdJ Benzalkonium bromide solution, B.P.C. bdm Benzalkonium chloride solution, B.P.C. bdn Benzalkonium chloride tincture bds Benzathine penicillin injection bdv Benzathine penicillin and its salts for oral use bdz Benzhexol hydrochloride .. bea Benzocaine bec Benzocaine injection, compound bef Benzocaine ointment, compound, B.P.C. beg Benzocaine suppositories, compound, N.Z.F. 1953 .. 934 Drug Tariff ]974 1974/164

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bej Benzoic acid bek Benzoic acid solution, B.P.C, 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. bfh Benztropine mesylate injection Only on a practitioner's supply order. bfg Benztropine mesylate tablets bf' Benzyl alcohol " bt1n Benzyl benzoate .. bfp Benzyl benzo'lte application, B.P. bfs Benzylpenicillin and its salts Except in any topical application unless such an application is elsewhere listed in this Tariff. btv 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 bfd Benzylpenicillin solution-tablets, buf­ fered, B.P.C. 1968 bfy Bephenium hydroxynaphthoate bgc Betamethasone and its salts and esters as injections or tablets •• 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 .• Retail Pharmacy-specialist. bgk Betamethasone and its salts and esters, with or without neomycin sulphate when supplied in the fonn of pro­ prietary ear or throat preparations, as approved by the Director­ General bgl Betamethasone sodium phosphate with. or without naphazoline nitrate nasal preparations .• bgh BetaJll.ethasone valerate with or without chlorotetracycline hydro­ chloride or clioquinol or neo­ mycin sulphate or gentamicin sulphate as skin preparations bgt Betamethasone valerate scalp lotion bgu Betamethasone valerate with phenyl­ ephrine hydrochloride and ligno­ caine hydrochloride rectal ointment bfz Betamethasone with betamethasone sodium phosphate, intra-articular injection 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 935

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bgi Bethanidine sulphate bgd Bisacodyl bgg Bismuth carbonate bgs Bismuth powder, compound, RP.C. bgx Bismuth salicvlate bha Bismuth subgallate bhf Bismuth subgallate, compound sup­ positories with hydrocortisone as approved by the Director-General bhd Bismuth subgallate suppositories, compound, B.P.C. bhb Bismuth subgallate, compound, oint­ ment, and suppositories, as ap­ proved by the Director-General .. 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 bif Brilliant green .. big Brilliant green and crystal violet paint, RP.C. bim Bromodiphenhydramine hydrochlo­ ride .. Except in any topical application. bin Brompheniramine maleate elixir, tablets and long-acting tablets " biq Broxyquinoline with brobenzoxaldine capsules and tablets bis Buchu infusion .. biv Buffered cream, B.P.C. bit Bupivacaine with adrenaline injection Only on a practitioner's supply order. bja Busulphan Retail Pharmacy-specialist. bjd Butacaine sulphate bjg Butobarbitone bjj Butobarbitone with pentobarbitone tablets caa Cade oil cac Caffeine cag Caffeine iodide elixir, RP.C. caj Caffeine with sodium iodide cao Cajuput oil cas Calamine cav Calamine colloidal caz Calamine application, compound, RP.C. cba Calamine cream, RN.F. cbd Calamine lotion, B.P. cbg Calamine lotion, oily, RP.C. cbj Calamine ointment, B.P.C. cbm Calamine and coal tar ointment, RP.C. cbp Calciferol cbs Calcium with vitamin D tablets, B.P.C. 936 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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cbz Calcium aurothiomalate injection ccb Calcium carbimide tablets cca Calcium carbonate ccd Calcium carbonate mixture for in­ fants, compound, B.P.C. cce Calcium carbonate powder, com­ pound, B.N.F. ccf Calcium carbonate with aminoacetic acid ccg Calcium chloride ccj Calcium gluconate ccm Calcium gluconate injection, B.P. ccp Calcium gluconate with calciferol tablets ccq Calcium glucono-galacto-gluconate ccv Calcium hydroxide cda Calcium lactate cdb Calcium lactate-gluconate tablets Hospital Board. cdg Calcium phosphate cdj Calcium sodium lactate .. cdp Camphor cds Camphor liniment, B.P. •. cdv Camphor liniment, ammoniated, B.P.C. 196B •. cea Camphor spirit, B.P.C. 1959 ced Camphor water, B.P.C. 196B cee Capreomycin injection Retail Pharmacy-specialist. 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 materiall within this Tariff. ces Caramel cev Caraway oil cex Caraway water In combination. cez Carbachol cey Carbachol eye drops Retail Pharmacy-specialist. efa Carbenicillin and its salts for injection Hospital Board. cfb Carbamazepine tablets efc Carbenoxolone sodium tablets Hospital Board-specialist. efd Carbimazole Carbromal ~ 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. 196B .• egg Cascara extract, liquid, B.P. cjg Cascara and belladonna mixture, B.P.C. cjp Castor oil cjv Catechu tincture, B.P.C. cjo Cephalexin monohydrate Hospital Board. cjw Cephaloridine Hospital Board. cjx Cephalothin sodium injection Hospital Board. cjy Cephradine Hospital Board. cjz Cetomacrogol 1000 1974/1M- Drug Tariff 1974 937

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ckb Cetomacrogol cream, B.P.C. cka Cetomacrogol emulsifying ointment, B.P.C. ckd Cetomacrogol emulsifYing wax, B.P.C. c~ 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 ckw Cetrimil;le.with chlorhexidine hydro­ chloride cream (a) On the prescription of a practitioner. (b) Maternity hospital. (c) On a bulk supply order. ckz Cetyl alcohol cla Chalk cld Chalk mixture for infants, B.N.F. clg Chalk and opium mixture, B.N.F••. clj Chalk powder, aromatic, B.P.C. elm Chalk powder, aromatic, with opium, B.P.C. clp Charcoal Gmg Chloral elixir for infants, B.N.F. clz Chloral hydrate Except in any proprietary liquid oral . form, uruess such a pre­ paration is elsewhere .listed in this Tariff. clx Chloral hydrate capsules .. cmj Chloral mixture, B.N.F. . . cmm .. Chloral mixture for infants, B.N.F. cmn Chloral syrup, B.P.C. 1968 cmp Chlorambucil ' Retail Pharmacy-specialist. ·cmv Chloramphenicol. its salts and esters Hospital. Board-specialist, or as an ingredient of a chloramphenicol topical preparation listed in this Tariff. cna Chloramphenicol ear drops cnd Chloramphenicol ear insufBation Chloramphenicol eye drops :r Chloramphenicol eye ointment cnr" Cllloramphenicol· and polymyxin B . sulphate· proprietaliy eye ointment cnp Chloramphenicol, palmitate Hospital Board-specialisL cnq ChlorlWlphenicol pessaric;s, and sup- positories • " • cno Chloramphenicol with •hydrocorti­ sone. jUld its salts as eye preparations. . Retail Pharmacy-ilpeciaHst. cup Chloramphenicol with myralact· and cloponone pessaries. • • . cnr Chloramphenicol with polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye. ointment ens Chlorbutol • • • • cnv Chlorcyclizine hydrochloride Except .in· any t~pica1 application. coa Chlon;liazepoxide •• 938 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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coc Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride cnz Chlorhexidine, its salts and esters cod Chlorhexidine cream, B.P.C. coe Chlorhexidine gluconate obstetric cream (a) On the prescription of a prac­ titioner. (b) Maternity hospital. (c) Midwifery order (210 ml). cog Chlorhexidine gluconate solution 5 percent (a) On the prescription of a prac- titioner. (b) Maternity hospital. (c) Midwifery order (100 ml). (d) On the bulk supply order of a private hospital. cof Chlorinated lime coj Chlorinated lime and boric acid solu­ tion, B.P.C. corn Chlorinated soda solution, surgical, B.P.C. cqp Chlormethiazole and its esters cov Chlorocresol coz Chloroform In combination for topical appli­ cation or as an ingredient in a pre­ paration for oral administration. cpd Chloroform and morphine tincture, B.P.C. cpg Chloroform spirit, B.P. cnx Chloroform water In combination. cpj Chloroquine phosphate cpm Chloroquine sulphate cpp Chlorothiazide .. cps Chlorotrianisene Retail Pharmacy-specialist. cpv Chloroxylenol cpz Chloroxylenol solution, B.P.C. cqa Chlorpheniramine maleate Except in any topical application. cqc Chlorpheniramine maleate long act- ing capsules and long acting tablets cqd Chlorpromazine and its salts and esters cqe Chlorpropamide cqf Chlorprothixene .. cqg Chlorquinaldol ...... cqj Chlortetracycline, its salts and esters Except in any ~~pical application unless such an application is else­ where listed in this Tariff. cq:z Chlortetracyline eye ointment cqx Chlortetracycline suppositories, ex­ temporaneously prepared cqr Chlortetracycline hydrochloride topi­ cal preparations without other pharmaceutical require­ ments, when extemporaneously prepared cqy Chlorthalidone •. cqs Chlorthalidone with reserpine tablets 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 939

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cqw Cholestyramine resin Retail Pharmacy-specialist. crb Choline salicylate with cetalkonium chloride adhesive gel era Choline theophyIIinate crc Choline theophyIlinate with guaia- phenesin tablets and elixir erg Chorionic gonadotrophin crj Chromium trioxide crk Chymotrypsin vials Hospital Board-specialist. crm Cinchocaine .. crp Cinchocaine hydrochloride ern Cineole .. .. err Cinnamic acid ers Cinnamon oil .. In combination. crt Cinnamon water In combination. erv Citric acid csa Citronella oil .. In combination. csg Clemizole hydrochloride Except in any topical application. CSo Clindamycin .. .. Hospital Board--specialist. csb Clioquinol cream, ointment and powder ...... cse Clioquinol with attapulgite tablets .. c:sf CIioquinol with polysorbate tablets csc Clioquinol with sapamine tablets .. csp Clobetasol propionate cream and ointment csy Clofazimine Hospital Board. csh Clofibrate Retail Pharmacy-specialist. esk Clomiphene citrate . . . . Retail Pharmacy-specialist. csn Clonidine hydrochloride tablets and injections csj CIorexolone csd Clove oil .. csI Cloxacillin sodium .. csm Coal tar, prepared, B.P.C. est Coal tar paint, RN.F. . . esv Coal tar paste, B.P.C. esw Coal tar and salicylic acid ointment, B.P.C...... csx Coal tar and zinc ointment, B.P.C••• csz Cocaine eta Cocaine and homatropine eye-drops, B.P.C. ctg Cocaine eye-drops, B.P.C. ctj Cocaine hydrochloride ctp Cocillana extract, liquid, B.P.C. cts Cocoa .. In combination. ctv Coconut oil In combination. ctw Coconut oil, fractionated, B.P.C. ctz Codeine phosphate cua Codeine linctus, RP.C. csi Codeine linctus, diabetic, RP.C. cuk Codeine linctus for infants. B.P.C••. cub Codeme mixture paediatric, B.P.C.•. cug Codeine phosphate syruP. B.P.C. CUll Cod-liver oil .• CUll Cod-liver oil emulsion, B.N.F. 940 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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cuv Coffee, prepared In combination. cuz Colchicme •. 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-spccialiat. cvi Colistin sulphate with neomycin sul- phate and hydrocortisone acetate ear drops cvj Collodion cvm Collodion, flexible cwg Colophony cwm Congo red cwn Copper diagonostic tablets (a) 36 tablet pack, or packs to be supplied. (b) Not available on a practitioner'. supply order. (c) Not available on a bulk supply order. cwp Copper sulphate cws Copper and zinc sulphates lotion, B.P.C. cwz Corticotrophin .. Hospital Board. cxb Corticotrophin gelatin injection, B.P. Hospital Board. cxc Cortkotrophin zinc injection, B.P. .• Hospital Board. cxd Cortisone and cortisone acetate tab- -lets .. cxq Co-trimoxazole cxs Cottonseed oil (a) On the prescription of a prac­ titioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 ml). cxz Cresol .. cya Cresol and soap solution, B.P. 1968 •• cyd Crotamiton cyg Crotamiton cream cyj Crotamiton lotion cym Crystal violet cyp Crystal violet pessaries, B.P.C. cys Cyanocobalamin injection For parenteral use not exc:ccdiDg 500 mcg per mI. cyy Cyclamic acid .. - •• In combination. cyz Cyclandelate cza Cyclizine, its salts and esters czb Cyclizine tartrate with morphine tar- tra te injection .. czd Cyclobarbitone calcium •• czh Cyclopenthiazide ' czn Cyclopenthiazide with guanethidine sulphate and potassium chloride tablets czk Cyclopenthiazide with potassium chloride tablets czi Cyclopenthiazide with reserpine and potassium chloride tablets •• czp Cyclopentolate hydrochloride eye drops not exceeding 1 percent strength 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 941

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czr Cyclopentolate hydrochloride single dose eye drops not exceeding I percent strength Only on a practitioner's supply order. czl Cyclophospharrlide Retail Pharmacy-specialist. czj Cycloserine Retail Pharmacy-specialist. czm Cycrimine hydrochloride .. czu Cyproheptadine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. czw Cytarabine Retail Pharmacy-specialist. daa Dapsone dad Debrisoquine sulphate tablets dac Demecarium brorrlide Retail Pharmacy-specialist. dab Demeclocycline hydrochloride Except in any topical application. dan Deoxycortone and its esters das Dequalinium chloride cream and pessaries dat Desferrioxarrline mesylate .. Hospital Board. dau Desipramine hydrochloride dab Deslanoside injection dav Dettol .. (a) On the prescription of a prac- titioner. (b) Maternity hospital. (c) Midwifery order (100 ml). daz Dettol cream Maternity hospital: Midwifery order (1 tube). dba Dexamethasone and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. dbb Dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection In cases of acute emergency or for preoperative use; for refund on Form H. 532 or on a direct claim of a practitioner solely after use in a particular case. dbc Dexamethasone wjth framycetin and gramicidin proprietary eye pre­ parations Retail Pharmacy-specialist. dbe Dexamethasone wjth framycetin and grarrlicidin proprietary ear prepar­ ations daw Dexamethasone with neomycin sul­ phate and polymyxin B sulphate as proprietary eye drops Hospital Board-specialist. dbd Dexamphetarrline sulphate Hospital Board. dbg Dextran injection Intravenous fluids. dbj Dextran sulphate Intravenous fluids. dbm Dextrochlorpheniramine maleate Except in any topical application. dbn Dextrochlorphenirarrline m ale ate long acting tablets dbl Dextromoramide acid tartrate dbo Dextropropoxyphene and its salts and esters as capsules and tablets dbp Dextrose anhydrous B.P••• In combination. dbs Dextrose intravenous solutions (sterile) Intravenous fluids. dbv Dextrose injection Available, all strengths, in containers not exceeding 50 ml capacity, in cases of hypoglycaerrlia. 942 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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dpq Dextrose dca Diamorphine hydrochloride 1 dcd Diamorphine linctus, B.P.C. Maximum quantity for oral Ulie, dcg Diamorphine and terpin elixir, 16 doses. B.P.C. 1968 .. J dch Diazepam dcj Dibromopropamidine cream, B.N.F. dcm Dibromopropamidine isethionate .. dcp Dibromopropamidine isethionate with diamidino-diphenylamine dihydro­ chloride otic solution dcq DichloraIphenazone tablets dcw Dichlorphenamide dcz Dicophane dda Dicophane application, B.P.C. ddd Dicophane dusting-powder, B.N.F... ddj Dicyclomine hydrochloride long act- ing tablets, tablets and syrup ddk Dicyclomine hydrochloride with doxylamine succinate and pyridox­ ine hydrochloride long acting tablets ddm Dienoestrol ddn Dienoestrol cream, together with applicator when specified ddv Diethylcarbamazine citrate ddw Diethylpropion hydrochloride long acting tablets .. ded Digitalis, prepared, B.P. dem Digitalis tincture, B.P.C. 1959 dep Digitoxin des Digoxin dev Dihydroergotamine and its salts dfa Dihydrotachysterol dfb Dihydroxyaluminium sodium carbon- ate tablets dfd Di-iodohydroxyquinoline .. dfg Di-iodohydroxyquinoline compound, powder and vaginal tablets dfk Dill water dfm Dimenhydrinate .. dfp Dimercaprol dfs Dimethicone dIV Dimethicone cream, B.P.C. dfw Dimethicone creams as approved by the Director-General dgd Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate enema concentrate and tablets .. dgl Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate with bisacodyl suppositories dgg Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate with dihydroxyanthraquinone dgs DiphemaniI methylsulphate long act­ ing tablets dgf Diphemanil methylsulphate powder, when prescribed for amputees with artificial limbs, if the prescription is endorsed accordingly 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 943

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dgj Diphenadione dgp Diphenhydramine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. dgq Diphenoxylate hydrochloride with atropine sulphate tablets dgr Diphenylpyraline hydrochloride long acting capsules 5 mg, long acting tablets 5 mg, and syrup dgz Diphtheria antitoxin dha Dipipanone hydrochloride dhc DiprophylJin tablets dhd Dipropyline citrate dhi Dipyridamole injection and tablets .. Hospital Board-specialist. dhe Disodium edetate Dispersa wax ~ Disulfiram dhm Dithranol dhn Dithranol paste, strong, B.N.F. dho Dithranol paste, weak, B.N.F. dhv Domiphen bromide Except lozenges. dhw Doxepin hydrochloride capsules and tablets dhz Doxycycline hydrochloride dhx Droperidol Only on a practitioner's supply order. dhy Drostanolone propionate Retail Pharmacy-specialist. dib Dybenal ear drops die Dydrogesterone tablets Hospital Board-specialist. eab Ecothiophate iodide Retail Pharmacy-specialist. eaa Edrophonium chloride eac Electrolyte powder, for solution for oral use as approved by the Director-General cap Electrolyte solution for oral use (e.g. Darrow's solution non-sterile; Hartmann's solution, non-sterile) .. According to a prescribed formula, or by title. eas Emetine and bismuth iodide eav Emetine hydrochloride eaz Emulsifying wax, B.P. eba Emulsifying ointment, B.P. ebj Ephedrine ebm Ephedrine elixir, B.P.C. .. ebp Ephedrine hydrochloride .. ebq Ephedrine hydrochloride single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. ebr Ephedrine with phenobarbitone tablets cbs Ephedrine nasal drops, B.P.C. ebt Epicillin ebv Ergometrine and its salts .. 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 944 Drug Tariff J974 1974/164

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eck Ergotamine tartrate with belladonna, caffeine and allvlbarbituric acid suppositories .. . 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 hydrochloride ec! Erythromycin and its salts and esters Except in any topical application unless such an application is elsewhere listed in this Tariff. ecv Erythromycin eye ointment ecz Erythromycin eye drops .. ecy Erythromycin pessaries and supposi- tories extemporaneously prepared eda Esbach's reagent (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. edb Ethacrynic acid ede Ethambutol Retail Pharmacy-specialist. edc Ethamivan edd Ethanolamine edm Ethanolamine oleate injection edf Ether for anaesthetic purposes Only on a practitioner's supply order. edh Ether, solvent, B.P.C. edj Ethinyloestradiol edl Ethinyloestradiol tablets with ethinyl­ oestradiol and megestrol acetate tablets for cyclic treatment Approved condition. edk Ethinyloestradiol with megestrol ace- tate Approved condition. edz Ethinyloestradiol with methyltestos- terone tablets edn Ethionamide Retail Pharmacy-specialist. edo Ethionamide with isoniazid Retail Pharmacy-specialist. edp Ethisterone eds Ethopropazine hydrochloride edt Ethosuximide edu Ethotoin edw Ethyl chloride .. Only on a practitioner'. supply order. eee Ethylestrenol Retail Pharma~'-sJ)ecialiat. eeg Ethylmorphine hydrochloride eek Ethynodiol diacetate with ethinyl- oestradiol Approved condition. eeh Ethynodiol diacetate with mestranol Approved condition. eei Ethylnoradrenaline hydrochloride in­ jection 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 945

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eem Eucalyptus oil faa Fehlings solution No. 1 (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. fad Fehlings solution No. 2 (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. fac Fenfluramine hydrochloride tablets fab Fentanyl Only on a practitioners's- 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. fab Ferric chloride solution, B.P.C. fas Ferric chloride solution, strong, B.P.C. faz Ferric hydroxide (colloidal iron) mix· tures and tablets fba Ferric hypophosphite fbv Ferrous fumarate fbw Ferrous fumarate with folic acid tablets fbz Ferrous gluconate fca Ferrous gluconate with folic acid tablets fcg Ferrous phosphate with quinine and strychnine syrup, B.P.C. 1968 fcj Ferrous phosphate, quinine and strychnine tablets, B.P.C. fern Ferrous phosphate syrup, compound, B.P.C.1968 fcn Ferrous succinate fco Ferrous succinate with succinic acid and folic acid tablets fcp Ferrous sulphate fes Ferrous sulphate, dried fck Ferrous sulphate long acting tablets fct Ferrous sulphate mixture, B.P.C. .. feu Ferrous sulphate mixture for infants, B.N.F. fcv Ferrous sulphate tablets, compound, B.P.C. fey Fibrinolysin with desoxyribonuclease powder and ointment. Applicator to be supplied with ointment when specified fez Figs, syrup, compound, B.P.C. few Fish liver oil ointment fcf Flucinolone acetonide cream exceed· ing 0.025 percent strength Retail Pharmacy-specialist. fcl Flucinolone. acetonide scalp lotion fci Fluclorolone acetonide cream and ointment 946 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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fda Fludrocortisone and its esters as tablets fdf Flumethasone pivalate with or with­ out neomycin sulphate or clioqui­ nol, as skin preparations fell. Flumethasone pivalate with cIioqui­ nol ear drops .. fdc Fluocinolone acetonide with or with­ out neomycin sulphate or cIioqui­ nol, as skin preparations fch Fluocinonide cream Retail Pharmacy-specialist. ffd Fluocortolone hexanoate with fluo­ cortolone pivalate and cIemizole hexachlorophenate cream and ointment fer Fluocortolone hexanoate with ftuo­ cortolone pivalate cream and oint­ ment fcq Fluocortolone hexanoate with fluocortolone pivaiate, cinchocaine hydrochloride, hexachlorophane, and cIemizole undecylate ointment and suppositories fd! Fluocortolone with fluocortolone hexanoate ointment fdq Fluocortolone with ftuocortolone hexanoate and c1emizole hexa­ chlorophenate ointment fdb Fluopromazine hydrochloride fdd Fluorescein sodium ffe Fluorescein sodium single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. ffg Fluorometholone eye drops Retail PharmaCY--5pecialist. ffh Fluorometholone with neomycin sulphate eye drops Retail Pharmacy-specialist. fde Fluorouracil injection Retail Pharmacy-specialist. £rh Fluorouracil topical solution and topical cream Retail Pharmacy-specialist. fdg Fluoxymesterone Retail PharmacY--5pecialist. ffc Fluphenazine decanoate injection .. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. ffa Fluphenazine enanthate injection •. Retail PharmacY--5pecialist. fdb Fluphenazine hydrochloride fdk Fluphenazine hydrochloride long act- ting tablets fdi Flurandrenolone cream and oint­ ment, with or without neomycin sulphate fdj Folic acid and its sodium salt fdm Folinic acid Hospital Board-specialist. fdp Formaldehyde solution (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. fels Framycetin sulphate tablets Hospital Board. fdo Framycetin sulphate for injection only Hospital Board. fdx Framycetin and its salts in proprietary eye ointments 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 947

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fdt Framycetin sulphate and gramicidin ointment and cream fdu Framycetin and its salts in proprietary topical ointments 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 fdr Framycetin sulphate with hydro­ cortisone proprietary eye prepara­ tions .. Retail Pharmacy-specialis fec Framycetin sulphate with hydro­ cortisone acetate proprietary ear preparations .. fdn Framycetin sulphate with kaolin sus- pension Hospital Board. fea Frusemide fed Frusemide with reserpine tablets fdv Fuchsine (acid) with borax fdz Furazolidone tablets feb Fusidic acid and its salts and esters .. Hospital Board-specialist. fee Fusidic acid, sodium salt ointment .. gad Gallamine triethiodide gag Gamma benzene hexachloride gaj Gamma benzene hexachloride appli- cation, RN.F. gam Gelatin gap Gelsemium tincture, B.P.C. gas Gelsemium and hyoscyamus mixture compound, B.P.C. gat Gentamicin sulphate cream and ointment gay Gentamicin sulphate eye drops Hospital Board. gaw Gentamicin sulphate injection Hospital Board. gay 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. 1968 gbz Ginger syrup, B.P.C. gca Ginger tincture, weak, B.P. 1968 gcd Ginger tincture, strong, B.P. 1968 gcb Glibenclamide .. gce Glucagon hydrochloride injection 948 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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gck Glucose-oxidase diagnostic strips and sticks as approved by the Director­ General (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. gel Glucose-oxidase diagnostic sticks with sodium nitroprusside and amino­ acetic acid diagnostic sticks (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. gcm Glutethimide gcp Glycerol gcs Glycerol suppositories gcz Glycerophosphates syrup, com- pound, B.P.C. 1963 gda Glyceryl trinitrate solution gdd Glyceryl trinitrate tablets .. gdf Glycopyrronium bromide tablets gde Glymidine gdg Gramicidin gdh Green Sand tartrazine solution, B.P.C. In combination. gdi Griseofulvin gfb Guaiaphenesin with theophylline cap- sules and elixir gfa Guanethidine sulphate hem Hachimycin had Halibut-liver oil .. hae Haloperidol hai Halothane Anaesthetic agent. hab Halquinol ointment and tablets 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 Hamamelis 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 hbs Hexylresorcinol .. hbv Histamine acid phosphate hbz Homatropine hydrobromide hbw Homatropine hydrobromide single dose eye drops .. Only on a practitioner's supply order. hca Honey In combination. hcd Hyaluronidase .. hcg Hydergine hcp Hydrallazine hydrochloride 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 949

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hcq Hydrargaphen hcr Hydrargaphen with prednisolone ear paint hcs Hydrochloric acid hcv Hydrochlorothiazide hex Hydrochlorothiazide with potassium chloride tablets hey Hydrochlorothiazide with reserpine and potassium chloride hcz Hydrocortisone and hydrocortisone acetate including injections and products that are not elsewhere listed in this Tariff Hospital Board-specialist. hdr Hydrocortisone and hydrocortisone acetate tablets 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 extemporaneoUfly prepared as a suppository hdw Hydrocortisone and its acetate for intra-articular injection 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, or as extem­ poraneously prepared eye pre­ parations Retail Pharmacy-specialist. 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, or as extemporaneously prepared ear, nose, or throat preparations .. hdj Hydrocortisone sodium succinate intravenous injection Only on a practitioner's supply order. bdx Hydrocortisone sodium succinate tablets 2.5 mg hdp Hydrocortisone with framycetin sul­ phate and cinchocaine hydrochlor­ ide hdy Hydrocortisone with lignocaine hy­ drochloride, aluminium subacetate and zinc oxide ointment and sup­ positories

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hej Hydrocortisone with natamycin and neomycin skin preparations hdx Hydrocortisone sodium succinate tablets 2.5 mg hdz Hydroflumethiazide hea Hydroflumethiazide and potassium chloride tablets hed Hydrogen peroxide solution hee Hydroxocobalamin injection For parenteral use not exceeding 500 mcg per ml. heg H ydroxychloroquine sulphate hem Hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate hev Hyoscine hydro bromide hew Hyoscine hydrobromide single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. hez Hyoscine methobromide hex Hyoscine N-butylbromide lllJection hey Hyoscine N-butylbromide tablets hfa Hyoscyamus extract, dry, B.P. 1968 hfg Hyoscyamus tincture, B.P. hfh Hypromellose eye drops iab Ibuprofen tablets iaa Ichthammol iad Ichthammol glycerin, B.P.C. iag Ichthammol ointment, B.P.C. iam Ichthammol pessaries, B.P.C. 1968 .. iao Idoxuridine eye preparations Retail Pharmacy--specialist. iac Idoxuridine topical solution ian Imipramine hydrochloride iap Indigo carmine iar Indomethacin 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 pharmaceutical require­ ments within this Tariff. ibb Insulin, biphasic iaz Insulin injection .. iba Insulin injection, globin zinc iay Insulin injection, neutral .. ibd Insulin injection, protamine zinc ihe 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. ibp Iodine Except in any proprietary pre­ paration. ibs Iodine ointment, non-staining, B.P.C. 1968 .. ibv Iodine ointment with methyl sali­ cylate, non-staining, B.P.C.1968 .. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 951

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ibz Iodine paint, compound, B.P.C. 1968 ica Iodine solution, aqueous, B.P. icj Iodine solution, weak, B.P. (a) On the prescription of practi- tioner. (b) Midwifery order (50 ml). (c) On a practitioner's supply order. (d) On a bulk supply order. icp Ipecacuanha, prepared, B.P. ics Ipecacuanha extract, liquid, B.P. icv Ipecacuanha tincture, B.P. icu Ipecacuanha opiate mixture, paedia- tric, B.P.C. ida Ipecacuanha mixture for infants, B.P.C. idd Ipecacuanha and ammonia mixture for infants, B.P.C. idg Ipecacuanha and morphine mixture, B.N.F. idj Ipecacuanha and squill linctus lor infants, B.N.F. idm Ipecacuanha and opium powder, B.P.C. idn Ipecacuanha and opium tablets, B.P.C. idt Iron carbohydrate complex intra­ muscular injection as approved by the Director-General idu Iron polymaltose injection ich Irrigating solutions, sterile, pro- prietary Irrigating solutions. idz Isinglass In combination. idy Isocarboxazid idw Isoetharine hydrochloride .. iea Isoniazid Retail Pharmacy-specialist. ieb Isoniazid with aminosalicylic acid and its salts Retail Pharmacy-specialist. ied Isoprenaline spray, B.P.C. 1968 ieg Isoprenaline spray, compound, B.P.C. 1968 .. iej Isoprenaline hydrochloride iei Isoprenaline hydrochloride aerosol inhaler iek Isoprenaline hydrochloride long act­ ing tablets iel Isoprenaline hydrochloride with atro­ pine methonitrate aerosol inhaler iec Isoprenaline hydrochloride with phenylephrine bitartrate aerosol inhaler iem Isoprenaline sulphate ieq Isoprenaline sulphate aerosol inhaler ier Isoprenaline sulphate with atropine methonitrate aerosol inhaler ieo Isopropamide iodide liquid and tab­ lets .. iep Isopropyl alcohol iet Isosorbide dinitrate

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iev Isothipendyl hydrochloride Except in any topical application. iew Isothipendyl hydrochloride long act- ing tablets iez Ispaghula 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... kav Kaolin, poultice, B.P. 1968 kaw Kaolin with neomycin sulphate and pectin suspension Hospital Board. laa Lachesine chloride lac Lachesine eye-drops, B.P.Co' laf Lactic acid, B.P. lam Lactic acid pessaries, B.P.C. lap Lactose In combination. lay Lactulose .. ' Hospital Board. law Laevo-adrenaline hydrochloride buf- fered eye solution Retail Pharmacy-specialist. lax Laevulose, B.P... In combination. laz Lanatoside C Ibe Lard, benzoinated lbg Lavender oil In combination. lbj Lavender oil, spike In combination. Ibm Lead acetate lbp Lead lotion, B.P.C. Ibs Lead lotion, evaporating, B.P.C. Ibz Lead lotion, compound, B.N.F. lea Lead monoxide .. led Lead subacetate solution, dilute, B.P.C. leg Lead subacetate solution, strop-g, B.P.C. !cm Lemon oil In combination. !cn Lemon spirit !cp Lemon syrup, B.P.C. lez Levallorphan tartrate Ibk Levodopa Hospital Board-specialist. Idd Levorphanol tartrate lde Lignocaine ldh Lignocaine hydrochloride with chlor­ hexidine gluconate jelly .. ldg Lignocaine hydrochloride with or without adrenaline or nor- adrenaline Except Juvacaine Viscous brand. Idi Lincomycin hydrochloride Except in any topical application. Idj Linctus, simple, B.N.F. Idm Linctus, simple, for infants, B.N.F... Idv Liothyronine sodium lea Liquorice extract, B.P.C... lee Liquorice extract, dry, deglycyrrhizin- ised, compound tablets, as approved by the Director-General Hospital Board--speciali~t. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 953

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.led Liquorice extract, liquid, B.P. lef Liquorice powder, compound, B.P.C. leg Lithium carbonate tablets .. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. 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 al).d stramonium mixture, compound, B.N.F. lev Lobeline hydrochloride lfb Lymecycline Except in any topical application. Ife Lynoestrenol with mestranol Approved condition. lez Lypressin spray, RN.F. mac Macrogol derivatives maa Macrogol, 4000 .. mab Macrogol, 300 .. maf Macrogol ointment, B.P.C. maj Magenta mam Magenta paint, RP.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.l'.C. mbe Magnesium chloride mbj Magnesium hydroxide mbk Magnesium hydroxide mixture, B.P. mbp Magnesium oxide, light •. mbs Magnesium sulphate mbv Magnesium sulphate, dried 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 alumi- nium hydroxide gel, dried tablets .. mcn Magnesium trisilicate with alumi-, nium 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 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 mdm Malt extract with halibut-liver oil mdp Malt extract with vitamins mdv, Manddic acid •. meg Mannitol " mes Mastic paint, compound, B.P.C. 954 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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met Mebhydrolin napadisylate Except in any topical application. men Mebhydrolin napadisylate long acting tablets mev Mecamylamine hydrochloride mez Meclozme hydrochloride •• Except in any topical application. mey Meclozine hydrochloride and pyri- doxine hydrochloride tablets men Medolliquid disinfectant Ca) On a bulk supply order. (b) Maternity Hospital. mew Medroxyprogesterone acetate injec­ tion .. Ca) Approved condition. (b) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. mex Medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets Approved condition. mer Medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets exceeding 5 mg strength Retail Phannacy--specialist. mfd Medrysone eye drops Retail Phannacy--specialist. mfh Mefenamic acid capsules .. Hospital Board. mfa Mefruside tablets mfb Melphalan Retail Pharmacy--specialist. mfg Menaphthone sodium bisulphite mfi Menaphthone sodium diphosphate .. Menthol ~ Menthol and benzoin inhalation, B.P.C. mfp Menthol and eucalyptus inhalation, B.P.C. mfv Menthol inhalation, B.N.F. mge Mepivacaine hydrochloride injection Only on a practitioner's supply order. mgj Meprobamate .. mgh Meprobamate long acting capsules mgm Mepyramine maleate Except in any topical application. mgt Mercaptomerin sodium •. mgv Mercaptopurine Retail Pharmacy--specialist. mgz Mercuramide with theophylline mha Mercuric chloride mhd Mercuric iodide .. mia Mercuric nitrate ointment, dilute, B.P.C. 1959 .. 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 .. 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 mjb Mersalyl injection mjh Mestanolone Retail Pharmacy--specialist. mju Mesterolone tablets Retail Pharmacy--specialist. mjl Metaraminol tartrate I 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 955

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mjn Metfonnin hydrochloride •. mjp Methadone hydrochloride mjs Methadone linctus, B.P.C. mjr Methallenoestril .. mjt Methandienone .• Retail PharmacY---1lpecialist. mlv Methandriol Hospital Board---1lpecialist. mpa Methaqualone with diphenhydramine tablets Hospital Board. mjy Methaqualone hydrochloride tablets Hospital Board. mkb Metharbital mkc Methdilazine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. mkd Methenamine mandelate .. mke Methicillin sodium Hospital Board. mpb Methionine tablets mkh Methohexitone sodium injection Only a on practitioner's supply order. mkg Methoin mkm Methotrexate Hospital Board-specialist. mkn Methotrimeprazine and its salts and esters mkp Methoxamine hydrochloride mko Methoxyflurane .• Anaesthetic agent. mks Methsuximide .• mkt Methyclothiazide mkv Methyl hydroxybenzoate .. mkz Methyl salicylate mla Methyl salicylate liniment, B.P.C. mid Methyl salicylate ointment, B.P.C. mlg Methyl salicylate ointment, com- pound, B.P.C. mlj Methyl salicylate ointment, dilute, B.N.F. mma Methylcellulose .. In combination. mmb Methylcellulose sterile eye drops mmc Methyldopa mme Methyldopa with hydrochlorothia­ zide tablets mmf Methyldopa with hydrochlorothia- zide and potassium chloride tablets mmd Methylergometrine maleate mmg Methylene blue . . . . mmp Methylphenidate hydrochloride Hospital Board. mmv Methylprednisolone and its salts and esters Hospital Board-specialist. mmz Methyltestosterone mna Methylthiouracil mrnx Methyprylone .. mmy Methysergide dimaleate Hospital Board--specialist. mn! Metoclopramide hydrochloride mnc Metronidazole .. mnf Metronidazole tablets and nystatin pessaries mne Metyrapone capsules Hospital Board--specialist. mmu Mexenone cream Retail Pharmacy--specialist. mnh Minocycline hydrochloride capsules mbn Mitomycins . . • . . . Hospital Board--specialist. mnd Monostearin, self-emulsifying, B.P.C. ______-L ______956 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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mng Morphine with atropine (hypoder- mic) mnj Morphine and atropine injection •. mnp Morphine hydrochloride .. . . mnv Morphine sulphate moa Mouth-wash solution tablets, B.P.C. moc Mucilaginous laxatives dry As approved by the Director­ General. mod Mustine, its salts and derivatives Retail Pharmacy-specialist. moj Myrrh tincture, B.P.C. nab Nalidixic acid naa Nalorphine hydrobromide nac Nandrolone decanoate injection Retail Pharmacy-specialist. nad Nandrolone phenylpropionate in- jection Retail Pharmacy-specialist. nag Naphazoline hydrochloride naj Naphazoline nitrate .. nap Naphazoline nasal-drops, B.P.C. 1954 nar Natamycin Except suspension exceeding I per­ cent strength. nas Natamycin with hydrocortisone and its salts for oral use nba Neomycin and its salts for topical use nbe Neomycin and its salts as eye drops nbd Neomycin and its salts as eye ointment naz Neomycin and its salts for oral or parenteral use .. Hospital Board. nbj Neomycin and gramicidin topical ointment ..•. nbk Neomycin and gramicidin eye oint­ ment nck Neomycin sulphate with polymyxin B sulphate and bacitracin zinc aerosol, sterile Only on a practitioner's supply order. nbe Neomycin sulphate single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. nbm Neostigmine bromide nbp Neostigmine methylsulphate nbr Niclosarnide tablets nbs Nicotinamide nbv Nicotinic acid nbz Nicotinyl alcohol, and its esters nby Nicotinyl alcohol long acting tablets nca Nikethamide neb Nimorazole tablets nea Nitrazepam capsules and tablets ncd Nitric acid nce Nitrofurantoin .. ncg Nitrofurazone nei Nitrous oxide .. Anaesthetic gases. ncm Noradrenaline acid tartrate nes Norethisterone .. Approved condition. ncq Norethisterone with mestranol tablets Approved condition. neo Norethisterone acetate Approved condition. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 957

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nct Norethisterone acetate with ethinyl- oestradiol I Approved condition. ncu Norethynodrel with mestranol Approved condition. nen Norgestrel with ethinyloestradiol Approved condition. ncj D-Norgestrel with ethinyloestradiol. . Approved condition. ncr Nortriptyline hydrochloride ncx Noscapine linctus, B.P.C... ndd Nux vomica acid mixture, B.P.C. ndg Nux vomica alkaline mixture, B.N.F. ndj Nux vomica elixir, B.N.F. ndp Nux vomica extract, liquid, B.P. nds Nux vomica tincture, B.P. ndv Nystatin Except sterile powder. oad Oestradiol Except in any topical application. oag Oestradiol benzoate injections and nasal preparations oai Oestradiol benzoate with oestradiol phenyl propionate, testosterone pro­ pionate, testosterone phenylpropio­ nate, and testosterone isocaproate injection oah Oestradiol benzoate with oestradiol valerate, norethisterone acetate and testosterone enanthate for injection oal Oestradiol valerate tablets oaj Oestrone Except in any topical application. oak Oestrone pessaries, suppositories, and nasal preparations oao Oily cream, B.P. oav Oleic acid oaz Olive oil (a) On the prescription of a practi­ tioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 ml). (c) Maternity hospital. oba Opiate squill linctus, B.P.C. obd Opiate sq uilllinctus for infants, B.P. C. obf Opipramol hydrochloride .. 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. oca Orange peel infusion ocd Orange spirit, compound, B.P.C. oce Orange syrup ocg Orange tincture och Orciprenaline sulphate ocf Orciprenaline sulphate aerosol in- haler oci Orphenadrine citrate tablets and in- jection ocj Orphenadrine hydrochloride tablets ocn Oxazepam tablets ocm Oxprenolol hydrochloride 958 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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oct Oxybuprocaine hydrochloride eye drops and single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. ocr Oxygen Anaesthetic gases. ocs Oxymel, B.P.C... ocv Oxymel of squill, B.P.C. ocu Oxymetazoline hydrochloride nasal preparations .. oco Oxymetbolone .. Retail Pharmacy -.pecialist. ocw Oxyphenbutazone ocx Oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride tablets ocz Oxyphenonium bromide tablets and long acting tablets oda Oxytetracycline and its salts and esters Except in any topical application unless sueh an application is elsewhere listed in this Tariff. odk Oxytetracycline suppositories, extem­ poraneously pr~pared .. ode Oxytetracycline hydrochloride topi­ cal preparations with or without other pharmaceutical require­ ments, when extemporaneously prepared odj Oxytetracycline with lignocaine in­ jection, RN.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 Pancreatin proprietary preparations as approved hy the Director­ General Hospital Board---specialist. paj Pancuronillm bromide injections pad Papaveretum pae Papaveretum and hyoscine hydro- bromide injection pag Papaverine hydrochloride .. pah Paracetamol pai Paracetamol e1i"ir for infants, RP.C. pak Paracetamol with codeine phosphate tablets pbv Paraffin emulsion with cascara, RN.F. pbm Paraffin, hard pbp Paraffin, liquid pbs Paraffin, liquid emulsion, n.p.c. pcd Paraffin liquid, light pbz Paraffin liquid and magnesium hydroxide emulsion, RN.F. pca Paraffin liquid and phenolphthalein emulsion, RN.F. pcg Paraffin, white, soft pcj Paraffin, yellow, soft 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 959

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pcm Paraffin ointment, B.P. 1963 pas Paraldehyde pav Paraldehyde draught, B.P.C. paz Paraldehyde enema, B.N.F. pba Paraldehyde injections, B.N.F. pcp Paramethadione .. pda Peanut oil (a) On the prescription of a practi­ tioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 ml). pdj Pempidine tartrate pdp Penicillins with streptomycins for injection, mixed pdz Penicillamine hydrochloride Hospital Board. pef Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, diluted peg Pentaerythritol tetranitrate long act- ing tablets pce Pentagastrin injection Hospital Board-specialist. pei Pentazocine injection and tablets Hospital Board, or on a practitioner's supply order. pep Pentobarbitone sodium pes Pentolinium tartrate pev Peppermint oil .. In combination. pfa Peppermint spirit pfb Peppermint water In combination. pfc Pericyazine 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 pfw Petrolatum red, with titanium coated mica ointment Retail Pharmacy-specialist. pfz Phenacetin pga Phenacetin and caffeine tablets, B.P.C. 1968 .. 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 960 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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phd Phenol and hydrogen peroxide gargle, I N.Z.F. 1953 .. phj Phenol ear drops, B.P.C. phi Phenol gargle, B.P.C. phm Phenol glycerin .. php Phenol, liquefied phs Phenolphthalein phv Phenolphthalein pills, compound phz Phenolsulphonphthalein .. phy Phenoperidine hydrochloride Only on a practitioner's supply order. pia Phenoxybenzamine capsules, B.P. pid Phenoxyethanol pip Phenoxymethylpenicillin capsules .. pij Phenoxymethylpenicillin and its salts Except in any topical application. pir Phenoxymethylpenicillin hydraba- mine Except in any topical application. piv Phenoxymethylpenicillin tablets piz Phensuximide pit Phentermine, and its hydrochloride as long acting capsules .. pjd Phentolamine mesylate pjq Phenylaminosalicylate Hospital Board-specialist. pjg Phenylbutazone capsules, injections, suppositories, and tablets pjj Phenylephrine hydrochloride Except in any proprietary prepara­ tion for oral administration. pjk Phenylephrine hydrochloride with thenyldiamine hydrochloride nasal preparations .. pjl Phenylephrine hydrochloride with zinc sulphate eye drops pjo Phenylmercuric acetate pjp Phenylmercuric nitrate pjt Phenytoin pjv Phenytoin sodium pjw Phenytoin sodium long acting cap­ sules pjz Phenytoin sodium with phenobarbi- tone sodium tablets pka Pholcodine pkd Pholcodine linctus, B.P.C. pke Pholcodine linctus, strong, B.P.C. pkm Phosphoric acid pkz Phthalylsulphathiazole pkr Physostigmine pks Physostigmine salicylate pkt Physostigmine sulphate pjx Physostigmine with pilocarpine eye drops, B.P.C... pld Phytomenadione plh Pilocarpine hydrochloride plj Pilocarpine nitrate plk Pilocarpine nitrate single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. pie Pimozide tablets Hospital Board-specialist. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 961

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Code Reference I Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability --7------~------pH Pindolol plm Piperazine and its salts plv Piperazine citrate elixir, B.N.F. plz Piperazine phosphate and senna ex- tract, standardised pml Pituitary (posterior lobe) insufflation pmm Pituitary (posterior lobe) powdered pig Pivampicillin hydrochloride Except in any topical application. pmo Pizotifen pmv Podophyllum resin . . . . pmz Podophyllin compound paint, B.N.F. pna Polawax pmx Poldine methylsulphate pmu Poloxalkol paediatric drops pmy Polyestradiol phosphate Retail Pharmacy-specialist. pnd Polymyxin B sulphate For injection only. pne Polymyxin B sulphate proprietary ear solution pnb Polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye drops pni Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate proprietary eye drops pne Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate and gramicidin as pro­ prietary eye drops pnf Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate as proprietary lotions and powders pnl Polymyxin B sulphate with neomycin sulphate and gramicidin propriet­ ary skin cream pnq Polymyxin B sulphate with zinc baci- tracin proprietary dusting powder pwb Polynoxylin gel and ear drops pns Polysorbate 80, B.P.C. pnk Polythjazide pob Polyvinyl alcohol eye drops poc Potassium acid phosphate png Potassium acid tartrate pnj Potassium bicarbonate pmm Potas~ium bromide pog Potassium bromide and belladonna mixture for infants, B.N.F. poj Potassium chlorate Except lozenges. pom Potassium chlorate and phenol gargle, B.P.C. poq Potassium chloride Except soluble tablets of 500 mg. pos Potassium chloride and sodium chloride injection, B.N.F. pou Potassium chloride long acting tablets pot Pota~sium chloride and dextrose in- jection, B.N.F. pov Potassium citrate poz Potassium citrate mixture, B.N.F. ppa Potassium citrate and belladonna mixture for infants, B.N.F. ------962 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164·

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ppd Potassium citrate and hyoscyamus mixture, B.P.C. ppg Potassium citrate mixture for infants B.N.F. pph Potassium gluconate ppm Potassium hydroxide ppp Potassium hydroxyquinoline sulphate ppv Potassium iodide ppz Potassium iodide ammoniated mix- ture, B.N.F. pqb Potassium para-aminobenzoate Hospital Board-specialist. pqd Potassium perchlorate pqj Pota,sium permanganate .. pqk Potassium tablets, effervescent, B.P.C. 1968 .. poa Potassium with chloride, effervescent tablets pqh Practolol "(>rb Prednisolone acetate with neomycin sulphate and polymyxin B sulphate proprietary eye drops .. Retail Pharmacy-speciaIist. pqs Prednisolone acetate with neomycin sulphate and polymyxin B sulphate proprietary topical application pqm Prednisolone and its salts and esters .. Hospital Board-specialist. pqp Prednisolone and its salts and esters, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements as proprietary eye preparations ap­ proved by the Director-General .. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. pqq Prednisolone and its salts and esters, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutical requirements as proprietary ear or throat prepara­ tions approved bv the Director­ General pqw Prednisolone pivalate for intra­ articular injection Hospital Board -specialist. pqn Prednisolone sodium phosphate for use as an enema pql Prednisolone sodium phosphate sup- positories prc Prednisolone steaglate tablets pqo Prednisolone tablets pqr Prednisolone with neomycin hydro­ chloride and Surfen eye ointment Retail Pharmacy-specialist. pqi Prednisolone with phenylephrine hydrochloride and naphazoIine nitrate nasal spray pqz Prednisone Hospital Board-specialist. pqy Prednisone tablets .. pre Prilocaine with or without adrenaline hydrochloride .• pra Primaquine phosphate prd Primidone .. prq Probenecid prj Procainamide hydrochloride 1~74/164 Drug Tariff 1974 963

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prp Procaine hydrochloride pro Procaine hvdrochloride with adrena­ line inje~tion .. prs Procaine penicillin prw Procarbazine hydrochloride Retail Pharmacy-specialist. prz Prochlorperazine, its salts and esters psd Procyclidine hydrochloride psg Proflavine hemisulphate .. psj Proflavine solution-tablets, B.N.F. psm Progesterone psp Proguanil hydrochloride tablets psv Promazine hydrochloride .. pta Promethazine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. 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 theoclate ptg Promulsin ptj Promulsin wax .. ptm Propamidine isethionate ophthalmic solution pto Propanidid Only on a practitioner's supply order. ptn I, 2-Propanediol diacetate with acetic acid and benzethonium chloride ear drops ptp Propantheline bromide ptr Propranolol hydrochloride ptz Propyl hydroxybenzoate .. pua Propylene glycol puj Propylthiouracil .. pum Protamine sulphate injection pun Prothionamide .. Retail Phannacy-speciaJist. put Protriptyline hydrochloride tablets puu Proxymetacaine hydrochloride eye­ drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. puo Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride tab­ lets and elixir .. pus Psyllium puv P~milio pine oil .. puy Pvrantel embonate puw Pyrazinamide Retail Pharmacy-specialist. pvd Pyridostigmine bromide pvg Pyridoxine hydrochloride .. pvj Pyrimethamine .. pvm Pyroxylin qaj Quillaia extract, liquid, B.P.C. qam Quillaia tincture, B.P.C. .. qap Quinalbarbitone sodium .. qar Quinestradol capsules qaq Quinidine bisulphate long acting

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qas Quinidine sulphate qba Quinine bisulphate qbd Quinine dihydrochloride .. qbg Quinine hydrochloride qbm Quinine sulphate raa Radiographic preparatory substances Bulk supply order of a private hos­ pital, or practitioner's supply order of a radiological specialist, or other practitioner's prescrip­ tion when necessarY. rag Raspberry juice concentrated, B.P.C. In combination. . raf Raspberry syrup, B.P.C... In combination. raj Rauwolfia (total alkaloids) ram , Rauwolfia (alkaloids fraction) 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. rbd Rhubarb and soda ammoniated, mix­ ture, B.N.F. .. rbj Rhubarb mixture, compound, B.N.F. rbm Rhubarh mixture, compound, for infants, B.N.F. rbs Rhubarb powder, compound, B.P.C. rb:!: Rhubarb tincture, compound, B.P. rea Riboflavine rcb Rifampicin, for the treatment of tuberculosis Retail Pharmacy-specialist. rcc Rolitetracycline and its nitrate for in­ jection rcj Rose bengal single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. rce Rose water In combination. red Rosemary oil In combination. rcg Rothera's reagent (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. saa Saccharin and saccharin elixir In combination. sam Sal butamol aerosol inhaler san Salbutamol sulphate syrup and tablets sad Salicylic acid saf Salicyhc acid and sulphur ointment, B.P.C. saj Salicylic acid collodion, 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. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 965

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say Salicylic acid and mercuric chloride lotion, B.P.C. saz Salicylic acid and sulphur cream, B.P.C. sba Saline mixture, B.P.C. 1968 sbc Saline single dose eye drops Only on a practitioner's supply order. sbj Scarlet red sbm Senega infusion •. sbp Senega extract, liquid, B.P.G. sbs Senega tincture, B.P.C. sbv Senna fruit sca Senna leaf scg Senna extract, liquid, B.P.C. sch Senna extract, standardised scs 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. sdk Simple eye ointment, B.N.F. sdi Simple ointment, B.P. sdo Simple syrup In combination. sdn Soap, soft In combination. sdp Soap, solution, ethereal sdv Soap liniment, B.P.C. sdw Soap solution, compound, N.Z.F. 1953 .. sdz Soap spirit, industrial In combination. sdy Soap spirit, potash, industrial In combination. seg Sodium acid phosphate sbb Sodium acid phosphate with sodium phosphate enema sej Sodium alginate sep Sodium aminosalicylate and isoniazid cachets B.N.F. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. seq Sodium aminosalicylate and isoniazid granules B.N.F. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. sev Sodium aurothiomalate .. sez Sodium benzoate sfd Sodium bicarbonate sf" Sodium bicarbonate ear drops, B.N.F. sfg Sodium bicarhonate mixture for in- fants, B.N.F. .. sfj Sodium bicarbonate tablets, com- pound, B.P. sfm Sodium bromide sfp Sodium calciumedetate sfw Sodium carboxymethycellulose In combination. sIX 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- ___-.:_...!p::::o::::u::::n:::d:!,~B:::.:..N:.:.F:..:... ___..:.:. __...... :..:.....:...... _____--=..:..... ___.. __... _ 966 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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sfy Sodium chloride, with potassium chloride, calcium chloride, and magnesium chloride eye drops Retail Pharmacy-specialist. sgj Sodium citrate •. sgm Sodium citrate mixture, B.N.F. sgl Sodium citrate with sodium lauryl sulphoacetate and sorbitol enema sgc Sodium citro-tartrate effervescent granules, B.P.C. 1949 .. sgf Sodium cromoglycate capsules for oral and nasal inhalation sgo Sodium cyclamate In combination. sgn Sodium fluoride .. sgp Sodium fluoride tablets exceeding 2.2 mg .. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. sgv Sodium hydroxide shb Sodium hypochlorite solution sha Sodium iodide .. shd Sodium lactate injection, compound, B.P•.. Intravenous fluids. shg Sodium lactate injection, B.N.F. Intravenous fluids. shj Sodium lauryl sulphate shm Sodium metabisulphite shs Sodium nitroprusside (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. sht Sodium nitroprusside with amino­ acetic acid diagnostic tablets (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. shz Sodium phosphate sic Sod i u m polyhydroxyaluminium monocarbonate hexitol complex tablets sie Sodium polystyrene sulphonate Hospital Board-specialist. sig Sodium potassium tartrate sij Sodium salicylate sim Sodium salicylate mixture, B.N.F. sip Sodium salicylate mixture, strong, B.N.F. siv Sodium sulphate siz Sodium sulphate, anhydrous sja Sodium sulphite .. sjd Sodium tauroglycocholate sjg Sodium thiosulphate sjl Solution for eye drops, B.P.C. sjj Sorbide nitrate .. sjm Sorbitan derivatives sjn Sorbitol solution In combination. sjp Soyabean oil (a) On the prescription of a prac­ titioner. (b) Midwifery order (100 ml). sjw Spectinomycin Hospital Board-specialist. sjz Spermaceti skv Spiramycin 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 967

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ska Spirit ear drops, B.N.F. 1971 skj Spirit methylated, denatured (S.V.M. coloured) Available only on a bulk supply order for a licensed hospital. skd Spirit, methylated, industrial (Methylated spirit W.P.) (M.S.W.P.) (a) In combination with other drugs when prescribed by a prac­ titioner for an individual patient. (b) In small quantities, up to 300 ml, when prescribed by a practitioner for an individual patient. (c) Not available on a 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 practitioner's prescriptions for individual patients. ske Spirit methylated, industrial (acetone free) B.P.C. (a) In combination with other drugs when prescribed by a practi­ tioner for an individual patient. (b) In small quantities, up to 300 ml, when prescribed by a practitioner for an individual patient. (c) Not available on a 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 practitioner's prescriptions for individual patients. skm Spirit, surgical, RP.C. (a) In small quantities, up to 300 ml, when prescribed by a practitioner for an individual patient. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order for a licensed hospital. (c) Not available on a 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 .. . . sky Squill opiate linctus, paediatric, B.N.F. sib Squill syrup, B.P.C. sla Squill, tincture, RP.C.

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sld Squill, vinegar of, B.P.C. slf Stanolone Retail Pharmacy~pecialist •• slg Starch slm Stearic acid sly Stilboestrol slz Stilboestrol diphosphate Retail Pharrnacy~pecialist. 8ma Stilboestrol dipropionate smd Stilboestrol pessaries, B.P.C. smm Stramonium and potassium iodide mixture, B.N.F. 1971 smv Stramonium tincture, B.P. sng Streptokinase and streptodornase .. Except oral tablets. snh Streptomycin mixture for infants, B.P. snm Streptomycin sulphate Except in any skin preparation. snv Strychnine hydrochloride .. soe Succinylsulphathiazole sof Succinylsulphathiazole mixture for infants, B.P.C. soj Sugar .. In combination. sop Sulkowich's reagent (a) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (b) Not available on a bulk supply order. SOy Sulphacetamide sodium " sow Sulphacetamide sodium eye ointment Not exceeding 10 percent strength. soz Sulphadiazine spd Sulphadimethoxine spg Sulphadimidine . . , spm Sulphadimidine mixture for infants, B.N.F. spp Sulphadimidine sodium .. sps Sulphafurazole and derivatives SPy Sulphaguanidine sqd Sulphamethizole sqe Sulphamethoxazole sqf Sulphamethoxydiazine syrup and tablets sqg Sulphamethoxypyridazine and de- rivatives sqs Sulphaphenazole sqv Sulphapyridine sqz Sulphapyridine sodium srb Sulphasalazine suppositories and tablets srd Sulphathiazole sre Sulphinpyrazone .. srm Sulphonamides, triple, mixture } As approved by the Director­ srp Sulphonamides, triple, tablets General. srr Sulphur lotion, B.P.C. .. .. srs Sulphur lotion, compound, B.N.F. srv Sulphur, precipitated . .. . . srz Sulphur, sublimed srt Sulphur with phenol and titanium dioxide cream . . . . ssa Sulphurated potash ssg Sulphuric acid, dilute, B.P.C. ssh Sulthiame 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 969

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ssj Suppositories, extemporaneously pre- Limited to pharmaceutical require­ pared ments within this Tariff. sss Suxamethonium bromide ssv Suxamethonium chloride .. ssz Suxethonium bromide taa Talc, purified tab Talc dusting powder, B.P.C. 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 tak Tar with triethanolamine lauryl­ sulphate and fiuoresein sodium solution tan Tar, coal with wool fat, and mineral oil solution taz Tartaric acid tba Tartrazine solution, compound, B.P.C. tbb Terbutaline sulphate tbc Terbutaline sulphate aerosol inhaler tbg Terpin hydrate 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 tby Tetrabenazine tbt Tetrabromophenol blue diagnostic sticks Only in packs of 50. tca Tetrachloroethylene tfc Tetracosactrin Hospital Board. td Tetracosactrin, long acting Hospital Board. tch Tetracycline and its salts and esters Except in any topical application unless such an application is else­ where listed in this Tariff. tct Tetracycline and nystatin capsules .. tcv Tetracycline and procaine injection tcl Tetracycline eye drops tcn Tetracycline eye ointment tcg Tetracycline hydrochloride and am- photericin Except in any topical application. tco Tetracycline hydrochloride topical preparations with or without other pharmaceutical requirements when extemporaneously prepared tcp Tetracycline suppositories, extem­ poraneously prepared .. tda Tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride nasal preparations .. tdp Theohroma oil .. tdv Theophylline tdu Thiabendazole tablets tdw Thiambutosine .. Hospital Board. tdj Thiamine hydrochloride Except tablets exceeding 50 mg each. 970 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

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tdz Thiethylperazine malate injection tdx Thiethylperazine maleate .. tdy Thiocarlide Retail Pharmacy-specialist. teb Thioguanine tablets Hospital Board-specialist. tea Thiomersal teg Thiopentone sodium Only on a practitioner's supply order. teh Thiopropazate hydrochloride tablets tei Thioproperazine mesylate Hospital Board-specialist. tek Thioridazine hydrochloride tel Thioridazine hydrochloride long acting tablets .. thj Thiotepa Retail Pharmacy-specialist. ten Thiothixene tablets Except in any strength elsewhere listed in this Tariff. teo Thiothixene tablets 30 mg Hospital Board-specialist. teq Thiothixene oral concentrate Hospital Board-specialist. tem Thymol tep Thymol glycerin, compound, B.P.C. tev Thyroid tez Thyroid (fresh gland) tablets tfa Thyroxine sodium tfb Tiemonium iodide injection and tablets tfd Titanium dioxide tfg Titanium dioxide paste, B.N.F. tfh Tolazamide tablets tfj Tolazoline hydrochloride .. tfm Tolbutamide tfn Tolnaftate solution tfS Tolu linctus for infants, compound, B.N.F. tfv Tolu solution, B.P.C. tfw Tolu syrup, B.P.C. tga Tragacanth In combination. tdg Tragacanth, powder, compound, B.P. tgg Tragacanth mucilage, B.P. tgh Tranylcypromine sulphate tgi Triamcinolone acetonide eye oint- ment Retail Pharmacy-specialist. tgo Triamcinolone acetonide with neo­ mycin sulphate and gramicidin eye ointment .. Retail Pharmacy-specialist. tgj Triamcinolone and its salts and esters as tablets and injections not else­ where included in this Tariff Hospital Board-specialist. tgs Triamcinolone acetonide for intra­ articular or intradermal injection tgk Triamcinolone acetonide with or without neomycin sulphate or halquinol as proprietary skin preparations .. tgt Triamcinolone acetonide with nystat­ in, neomycin sulphate and grami­ cidin proprietary skin preparations tgu Triamterene 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 971

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tgx Triamterene with hydrochloro- thiazide tgl Trichlormethiazide tgm Trichloroacetic acid tgp Trichloroethylene (a) Not exceeding 25 m!. (b) Not available on a practitioner's supply order. (c) Not available on a bulk supply order. the Trichloroethylene for anaesthetic purposes Only on a practitioner's supply order. tgw Trichloroethylene vitreliae tgr Triclofos sodium syrup and tablets tha Triethanolamine thb Trifluperidol hydrochloride injection and tablets 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 thq Trimipramine and its salts and esters thx Triple syrup, B.P.C. 1949 tia Triprolidine hydrochloride Except in any topical application. tib Triprolidine hydrochloride long act- ing tablets tiv Trisodium edetate tid Trisulphonamide mixture for infants, B.N.F.1960 tgc Troleandomycin Except in any topical application. tie Tropicamide eye drops Hospital Board-specialist. tig Troxidone tij Trypan blue tir Trypsin Except oral tablets. tis Tuaminoheptane sulphate tip Tu bocurarine chloride tiz Turpentine liniment, B.P. tja Turpentine oil, B.P.C. tjb Tyloxapol eye drops uaa Undecenoic acid uad Urea vab Vancomycin hydrochloride Hospital Board. yam Vanillin In combination. yap Vasopressin and its salts and esters as an injection vay Verapamil injection and tablets Hospital Board-specialist. vau Vinblastine sulphate Retail Pharmacy-specialist. vat Vincristine sulphate Retail Pharmacy-specialist. vav Viomycin and its salts Retail Pharmacy-specialist. vaw Viprynium embonate suspension and tablets vaz Vitamin A vba Vitamin A solution, concentrated, B.P.C. vbd Vitamin A acetate tablets .. 972 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

SCHEDULE-continued PART II-continued Availabiliry-continued

Code Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability Reference I

vbg Vitamin D solution concentrated, B.P.C. vbj Vitamin A and D capsules, B.P.C... vbm Vitamin A and D solution containing 25,000 i.u. A and 2,500 Lu. D in I gram vbp Vitamin A and D solution, concen­ trated, B.P.C. vbr Vitamin A and D with ascorbic acid powder vbs Vitamins A, D, and C solutIon vbt Vitamin B complex injection as approved by the Director-General Only on the bulk supply order of a licensed hospital. vca Vitamin B tablets, compound, B.P.C. vcb Vitamin B tablets, compound, strong, B.P.C. vbv Vitamins capsules, B.P.C ... vbz Vitamins tablets (B.P.C. capsule strength) waa Warfarin sodium wad Water, purified .. In combination. waf Water for injections warn White liniment, B.P.C. wap Wild cherry syrup, B.P.C. was Wool alcohols, B.P.C. wat Wool alcohols ointment, B.P. way Wool fat, B.P.C. waz Wool fat, hydrous, B.P. .. wbb Wool fat, hydrous, with mineral oil solution wba Wool fat ointment, hydrous, B.N.F•.. xfg Xylometazoline hydrochloride nasal preparations .. xfh Xylometazoline hydrochloride with antazoline sulphate sterile eye drops and nasal preparations zaa Zinc chloride . . . . zad Zinc oxide zag Zinc oxide, colloidal zae Zinc oxide with 2-ethoxyethyl-p- methoxycinnamate ointInent Retail Pharmacy-specialist. zaj Zinc and castor oil ointment, B.N.F. zam Zinc and coal tar paste, RN.F. zap Zinc and ichthammol cream, B.P.C. zaz Zinc and salicyclic acid paste, RP•.. zbd Zinc cream, B.P. zbg Zinc gelatin, B.P.C. 1968 zbm Zinc ointment, B.P. zbp Zinc paste, compound, B.P. zbs Zinc, starch, and talc dusting powder, B.P.C. zbv Zinc stearate zbz Zinc stearate dusting powder, B.N.F. zca Zinc sulphate ...... zcd Zinc sulphate eye drops, B.N.F. zcg Zinc sulphate and adrenaline eye drops, B.P.C... 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 973

SCHEDULE-continued PART I1-continued Availabiliry-continued

Code Reference Pharmaceutical Requirement Availability

zcm Zinc sulphate lotion, B.P.C. . • zcp Zinc sulphate and zinc chloride mouthwash, B.P.C. zco Zinc sulphide lotion, B.N.F. zcs Zinc undecenoate zcv Zinc undecenoate dusting powder, B.N.F. .. zcz Zinc undecenoate ointment, B.N.F. zda Zinc undecenoate and undecenoic acid dusting powder

PART III

Manufacturers Abbott Laboratories, U .S.A. Abbott Laboratories Ltd., England. Abbott Laboratories (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Abbott Laboratories Pty. Ltd., Australia. Alcon Universal Ltd., Canada. Alcon Universal Ltd., U.S.A. Alcon Laboratories (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Australia. AlIen and Hanburys Ltd., England. Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Canada. Allergan Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A. Ames Company, Australia. Ankerfarm S.p.A., Italy. Armour Pharmaceutical Company, England. AjB Astra, Sweden. A/S Alfred Benzon, Denmark. Assia Chemical Laboratories, Israel. Astra Pharmaceuticals (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Ayerst Laboratories Inc., U.S.A. Ayerst Laboratories Pty. Ltd., Australia. A. C. Barnes and Co. Ltd., U.S.A. Bayer Pharma Pty. Ltd., New Zealand. BDH Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia. BDH Chemicals Ltd~, England. BDH (Ireland) Ltd., Eire. BDH South Africa (Pty.) Ltd., South Africa. Booker-BDH Ltd., Guyana. Booker-BDH Ltd., Jamaica. Booker-BDH Ltd., Trinidad. 974 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

SCHEDULE-continued PART Ill-continued Manufacturers-continued The British Drug Houses Ltd., England. The British Drug Houses (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Australia. The British Drug Houses (Canada) Ltd., Canada. Beecham Research Laboratories, England. Behringwerke AG., West Germany. Berk Pharmaceuticals Ltd., England. Biological Laboratories Ltd., New Zealand. Boehringer Ingelheim Pty. Ltd., Australia. Boehringer Mannheim G.m.b.H., West Germany. C. H. Boehringer Sohn, West Germany. The Boots Company Ltd., England. Bristol Laboratories International S.A., Panama. Bristol Laboratories Pty. Ltd., Australia. Bristol-Myers Company International Division, U.S.A. British Schering Ltd., England. Brocades-Stheeman and Pharmacia, Holland. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., Canada. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., England. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (Aust.) Ltd., Australia. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (India) Private Ltd., India. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (Pakistan) Ltd., West Pakistan. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (Singapore) Ltd., Singapore. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (U.S.A) Inc., U.S.A. Burroughs Wellcome (Pty.) Ltd., South Mrica. Deutsche Wellcome G.m.b.H., West Germany. Gayoso Wellcome S.A, Spain. Laboratorios Burroughs Wellcome do Brazil S.A., Brazil. N.V. Wellcome S.A., Belgium. ' Wellcome Italia S.p.A, Italy. Wellc(!)me Philippines Inc., Philippines. Wellcome Reagents Ltd., England. Calmic Ltd., Canada. Calmic Ltd., England. Calmic (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Calmic (Pty.) Ltd., South Mrica. Camden Chemical Co. Ltd., England. Carlo Erba, Italy. Cedona Haarlem Pharm. Fabriek, Holland. The Central Pharmacal Co., U.S.A. Ciba-Geigy A.G., Switzerland. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, U.S.A Ciba-Geigy Limited, Australia. Ciba-Geigy Limited, France. Companhia Industrial Produtora d'antibiotics, Portugal. Couvreur International, Belgium. Cox-Continental Ltd., England. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Australia. Crookes Laboratories Ltd., England. Dale Laboratories Ltd., New Zealand. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 975

SCHEDULE-continued PART Ill-continued Manufacturers-continued Damancy and Co. Ltd., England. Denver Chemical Manufacturing Co., U .S.A. Dista Products (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Dista Products Ltd., England. Dista Products (N.Z.) and Company, New Zealand. Dolder S.A., Switzerland. AjS Dumex Ltd., Denmark. Duncan, Flockhart, and Co. Ltd., England. Ego Laboratories Pty. Ltd., Australia. Paul B. Elder Co. Inc., U.S.A. Eli Lillyand Company, England. Eli Lillyand Company, U.S.A. Eli Lilly (Australia) and Company, Australia. Eli Lilly (N.Z.) and Company, New Zealand. Endo Laboratories Inc., U.S.A. Essex Laboratories Pty. Ltd., Australia. Ethnor Pty. Ltd., Australia. Eurand S.p.A., Italy. Evans Medical Ltd., England. Farbenfabriken Bayer A.G., West Germany. Fawns and McAllan Pty. Ltd., Australia. FBA Pharmaceuticals (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Ferrosan, Sweden. Fisons Pharmaceuticals Ltd., United Kingdom. C.B. Fleet Co., Inc., U.S.A. Charles E. Frosst and Co., Canada. Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Japan. Glaxo Benelux S.A., Belgium. Glaxo Benelux S.A., Holland. Glaxo Benelux S.A., Luxembourg. Glaxo Laboratories Ltd., England. Glaxo Laboratories (India) Private Ltd., India. Glaxo Laboratories (Ireland) Ltd., Eire. Glaxo Laboratories (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Glaxo Laboratories (Pakistan) Ltd., Pakistan. Glaxo Mustahzarlari A.S., Turkey. Glaxo Pharmazeutika G.m.b.H., West Germany. Glaxo-Allenburys (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Glaxo-Allenburys (Canada) Ltd., Canada. Glaxo-Allenburys (Ceylon) Ltd., Ceylon. Glaxo-Allenburys (East Mrica) Ltd., Kenya. Glaxo-Allenburys (Ghana) Ltd., Ghana. Glaxo-Allenburys (Malaysia) Ltd., Malaysia. Glaxo-Allenburys (Nigeria) Ltd., Nigeria. Glaxo-Allenburys (S.A.) Pty. Ltd., South Africa. Glaxo-Evans S.A., Switzerland. Glaxo-Vidhyasom Ltd., Thailand. Laboratories Glaxo-Evans, France. Laboratori Glaxo S.p.A., Italy. Laboratorios Glaxo (Argentina) S.A., Argentina. 976 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

SCHEDULE-continued PART III--continued Manufacturers-continued Laboratorios Glaxo (Uruguay) S.A., Uruguay. Laboratorios Glaxo de Colombia S.A, Colombia. Laboratorios Glaxo de Cuba S.A, Cuba. Laboratorios Glaxo de Venezuela G.A., Venezuela. Laboratorios Glaxo-Evans do Brasil S.A, Brazil. Glenwood Laboratories Inc., U.S.A. Australian Hoechst Ltd., Australia. Farbwerke Hoechst AG., West Germany. Hoechst Pharmaceuticals Ltd., India. Halocarbon (Ontario) Ltd., Canada. A.B. Hassle, Sweden. G. S. Herbert Laboratories, U.S.A Horlicks Pharmaceuticals Ltd., England. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., England. Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Ltd., Australia. Jassen Pharmaceutica, Belgium. A. B. Kabi, Sweden. The Karitane Products Society Ltd., New Zealand. Kempthorne Prosser Ltd., New Zealand. Thomas Kerfoot and Co. Ltd., England. Knoll, A.G., West Germany. Knoll Laboratories (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Laboratories Atral SarI., Portugal. Laboratory Services Ltd., New Zealand. Lafayette Pharmacal Inc., U.S.A. Lake and Cruickshank Ltd., U.K. Lederle Laboratories, U.S.A. Leo Pharmaceutical Products Trading Ltd., Denmark. Leo Laboratories Ltd., Ireland. Lepetit Pharmaceuticals, England. Linson Ltd., Eire. Lloyd's Pharmaceutical Ltd., England. Luitpold Werk Chemisch Pharazeutische Fabrick, West Germany. McGaw Ethicals Ltd., New Zealand. . . I McGaw Laboratories Inc., U.S.A. Madland Laboratories, Inc., U.S.A Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A. Paul Maney Laboratories Canada Ltd., Canada. Maws Pharmacy Supplies Ltd., England. May and Baker (M & B) Pty. Ltd., Australia. May and Baker Ltd., England. May and Baker (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Mead Johnson Canada Ltd., Canada. Mead Johnson Laboratories, U.S.A. Mead Johnson Pty. Ltd., Australia. Meiji Seika, Japan. E. Merck, West Germany. Merck Sharp and Dohme, U.S.A...... ! Merck Sharp and Dohme (Australia) Pty; Ltd., Australia. .1 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 977

SCHEDULE--continued PART III~continued Manufacturers'--continued Merck Sharp and Dohme of Canada Ltd., Canada. Merck Sharp and D0hme Ltd., England. Merck Sharp and Dohme International, Bermuda. Merck Sharp and Dohme (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. William S. Merrell Company, Australia. Merrell National Overseas Laboratories, England. Merrell National Overseas Laboratories, D.S.A. Miles Laboratories (Aust.)Pty. Ltd., Australia. Miles Laboratories Ltd., England. Moore Medicinal Products Ltd., England. Mycofarm, Holland. Napp Laboratories Ltd., U.K. Laboratoire Nativelles, France. Nicholas Pty. Ltd., Australia. Nipa Laboratories Ltd., \-Vales. Norgine Ltd., England. Novo Industri A/S, Denmark. Nysco Laboratories, Inc., U .S.A. Oppenheimer and Son Co. Ltd., England. Orbit Chemicals, Australia: N. V. Organon, Holland. Organon (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., Australia. Organon Laboratories Ltd., England. Ortho Pharmaceutical Company; Australia. Ortho Pharmaceuticals Ltd., England .. Paines and Byrne Ltd., England: Parke, Davis and Co;, Australia.' Parke, Davis and Co., England. Parke, Davis and Co., U.S.A. Pfizer Laboratories, Australia. Pfizer Laboratories, U.S.A. Pfizer Ltd., England. J. Pfrimmer and Co., West Germany. Pharmaceutical1-1anufacturing Co., England. Pharmacia International, Sweden. Pharmax Ltd., England.' . N. V. Philips-Duphar, Holland. Pierrel S.p.A, Italy. Protea Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd., Australia. Recherche et Industrie Therapeutiques S.A., Belgium. Reckitt and Colman (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Regent Laboratories Ltd., England. Richardson Merrell S.p.A., Italy. Riker Laboratories, England. Riker La:bordtories, U.S.A. Riker Laboratories Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia. A H. Robins Inc., U.S.A. F. Hoffman - La Roche AG., West Germatiy. Roche Products Ltd., England. Roche Laboratories, U.S.A 978 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

SCHEDULE-continued PART Ill-continued Manufacturers-continued F. Hoffmann La Roche, France. F. Hoffmann - La Roche AG., Switzerland. Roehm and Haas Pharma G.m.b.H., West Germany. Rona Laboratories Ltd., England. Aktieselskabet Rosco, Denmark. Rotary Tableting Corporation, Australia. Roussel Laboratories Ltd., England. Roussel Pharmaceuticals (Pty.) Ltd., Australia. Salmond and Spraggon Ltd., New Zealand. Sandoz Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia. Sandoz Ltd., Switzerland. Scanpharm A/S, Denmark. R. P. Scherer Ltd., England. Schering A G., West Germany. Schering Corporation, U.S.A G. D. Searle and Co. Ltd., England. Servier Laboratories Ltd., England. Sharland and Co. Ltd., New Zealand. Sigma Company Ltd., Australia. Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories, D.S.A. Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd., Australia. Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories Ltd., England. Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Smith, Miller, and Patch (Canada) Ltd., Canada. Smith, Miller, and Patch Inc., U.S.A. Smith and Nephew Pharmaceuticals Ltd., England. Societe Monegasque de Chimie Appliquee, Monaco. E. R. Squibb and Sons Inc., U.S.A E. R. Squibb and Sons Ltd., Canada. E. R. Squibb and Sons Ltd., England. E. R. Squibb and Sons Pty. Ltd., Australia. E. R. Squibb and Sons Ltd., Eire. E. R. Squibb and Sons Corp., Philippines. Squibb, A E. B. E., Greece. Sterling Drug Inc., U.S.A. Sterling Pharmaceuticals (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd., Australia. SterlingjWinthrop Group Ltd., England. Stevens Chemicals Ltd., New Zealand. Stevens Industries Ltd., New Zealand. Syntex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., England. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Japan. Tanebe Seiyaku Co. Ltd., Japan. Tasman Vaccine Laboratory Ltd., New Zealand. Teva Middle East Pharmaceutical and Chemical Works Ltd., Israel. Therapharm Ltd., England. Travenol Laboratories Pty. Ltd., Australia. The Upjohn Company, U.S.A Upjohn Ltd., England. Upjohn Pty. Ltd., Australia. 1974/164 Drug Tariff 1974 979

SCHEDULE-continued PART Ill-continued Manufacturers-continued USV Pharmaceutical Corporation, U.S.A. Vasogen Laboratories Ltd., England. Viobin Corporation, U .S.A. Vitamins Ltd., England. Wall ace Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A. A. Wander Ltd., England. A. Wander Ltd., Switzerland. Ward Blenkinsop and Co. Ltd., United Kingdom. Weiders Farmaseytiske A/S, Norway. William R. Warner and Co. Ltd., Australia. Willam R. Warner and Co. Ltd., England. William R. Warner and Co. Ltd~, New Zealand. Warner-Lambert International, U.S.A. Warner-Lambert Pty. Ltd., Australia. Westminster Laboratories Ltd., England. West-Silten Pharmaceuticals Ltd., England. Wilsons Malt Co. Ltd., New Zealand. Winthrop Laboratories, Canada. Winthrop Laboratories, U.S.A. Keith Woollams Ltd., New Zealand. Wright Layman and Umney Ltd., England. Wyeth Laboratories Inc., U.S.A. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd., Australia. John Wyeth and Brother Ltd., England. John Wyeth and Brother (N.Z.) Ltd., New Zealand. Wyeth-Pharma, West Germany. Zambon S.p.A., Italy. Dated at Wellington this 25th day of June 1974.

R. J. TIZARD, Minister of Health. 980 Drug Tariff 1974 1974/164

EXPLANATORY NOTE This not, is not part of th, Drug Tariff. but is intended to indicau its general qJ'ect. 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 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- Tratk Nat1I4 Official N aTTII Anusol ointment Bismuth subgallate, compound, ointment, as approved by the Director-General. Enuclene Tyloxapol eye drops. Gaviscon Alginic acid with sodium alginate, magnesium trisilicate, aluminium hydroxide gel, dried, and sodium bicarbonate infant powder and tablets. Lanvis (Hospital Board-specialist) Thioguanine tablets. Merbentyl Dospan Dicyclomine hydrochloride long acting tablets.

Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 4 July 1974. This direction is administered in the Department of Health.