National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations (Amendment)

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STATUTORY RULES.

1963. No. 107.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953-1962.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953-1962.

Dated this thirty-first

day of October , 1963.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Sgd. H. W. Wade

Minister of State for Health.

Amendments of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations.†

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of November, 1963.

First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Schedules.

2. The First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Schedules to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules inserted in their stead:—

 

First Schedule.

Regulation 10.

DRUGS AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS IN THE BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA THAT ARE NOT TO BE SUPPLIED AS, OR USED IN, PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS EXCEPT AS SPECIALLY PROVIDED.

Absorbable Gelatin Sponge.

Acetazolamide.

Acetomenaphthone.

Adrenaline Acid Tartrate.

Alcohol.

Amethocaine Hydrochloride.

Amethocaine Injection.

Amodiaquine Hydrochloride.

Amphetamine.

Amphetamine Sulphate.

Amylobarbitone Sodium Tablets.

Antimony Potassium Tartrate.

Antimony Sodium Tartrate.

Antimony Sodium Tartrate Injection.

Apomorphine Hydrochloride.

Apomorphine Injection.

Azovan Blue.

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine.

Bacitracin.

Bemegride.

Benzhexol Hydrochloride.

Bismuth Oxychloride.

Bismuth Oxychloride Injection.

Bismuth Sodium Tartrate.

Busulphan.

Butobarbitone.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 31st October, 1963.

† Statutory Rules 1960, No. 17, as amended by Statutory Rules 1960, Nos. 90 and 102; 1961, Nos. 59 and 137; 1962, Nos. 34, 101 and 114; and 1963, Nos. 34 and 69.

9808/63.—Price 1s. 9/18.10.1963.

First Schedulecontinued.

Calciferol.

Camphor Water.

Caraway.

Carbachol.

Carbimazole.

Carbon Dioxide.

Carbromal Tablets.

Cardamom Fruit.

Catgut, sterilized surgical.

Cellulose Oxidized.

Chlorcyclizine Hydrochloride.

Chloroxylenol.

Chorionic Gonadotrophin.

Chloroquine Phosphate.

Chloroquine Sulphate.

Chlorothiazide.

Chloroxylenol.

Chlortetracycline Injection.

Cinchocaine Hydrochloride.

Cinnamon.

Cochineal.

Cod Liver Oil.

Colchicine.

Colchicum Corm.

Coriander.

Corticotrophin.

Cresol.

Cresol and Soap Solution.

Cyanocobalamin.

Cyclobarbitone.

Cyclopropane.

Dapsone.

Dexamphetamine Sulphate.

Dextran Injection.

Dextran Sulphate.

Dextran Sulphate Injection.

Dick Control.

Dick Test Toxin.

Diethylcarbamazine Citrate.

Digitalis Leaf.

Dimercaprol.

Diodone Injection.

Diphtheria and Pertussis Vaccine.

Dithranol.

Emetine and Bismuth Iodide.

Emetine Hydrochloride.

Ergometrine Maleate.

Ether Vinyl.

Ethinyloestradiol.

Ethisterone.

Ethopropazine Hydrochloride.

Ethyl Biscoumacetate.

Ethyl Chloride.

Ethylenediamine Hydrate.

Ethyl Oleate.

Gallamine Triethiodide.

Gallamine Injection.

Gentian.

Gentian Compound Infusion.

Ginger.

Halothane.

Hamamelis.

Helium.

Heparin.

Hexamethonium Tartrate.

Hexamethonium Tartrate Tablets.

Hexamethonium Tartrate Injection.

Hexylresorcinol.

Histamine Acid Phosphate.

Human Blood, whole.

Human Red Blood Corpuscles,

   concentrated.

Human Fibrin Foam.

Human Fibrinogen.

Human Gamma Globulin.

Human Gamma Globulin Injection.

Human Serum, dried.

Human Serum, liquid.

Human Plasma, dried.

Human Thrombin.

Hydrocortisone Acetate Ointment.

Hydrocortisone Hydrogen Succinate.

Hydrocortisone Ointment.

Hydrogen Peroxide Solution, strong.

Hydroxychloroquine Sulphate.

Hyoscine Eye Ointment.

Hyoscyamus.

Indigo Carmine.

Iodised Oil Injection.

Iodoxyl.

Iopanoic Acid.

Iopanoic Acid Tablets.

Ipecacuanha.

Ipecacuanha, prepared.

Ipecacuanha and Opium Tablets.

Isoniazid.

Lead Acetate.

Lead Monoxide.

Lemon Peel, dried.

Lemon Peel, fresh.

Leptazol.

Lignocaine and Adrenaline Injection.

Lignocaine Hydrochloride.

Lignocaine Hydrochloride Injection.

Liothyronine Sodium.

Liothyronine Tablets.

Lucanthone Hydrochloride.

Male Fern.

Male Fern Extract.

Maleic Acid.

Mannitol.

Mepacrine Hydrochloride.

Mephenesin.

Mephenesin Injection.

Mercaptofurine.

Mercuric Oxide, yellow.

Mercury.

Mersalyl Acid.

Methadone Hydrochloride.

Methoin.

Methyltestosterone.

Methylamphetamine Hydrochloride.

Methylthiouracil.

Mustine Hydrochloride.

Nalorphine Hydrobromide.

Naphazoline Hydrochloride.

First Schedulecontinued.

Neostigmine Bromide.

Neostigmine Methylsulphate.

Nicotinic Acid.

Nikethamide.

Nikethamide Injection.

Nitrous Oxide.

Nux Vomica.

Oestradiol Benzoate.

Opium.

Opium, powdered.

Orange Peel, dried bitter.

Orange Peel, fresh bitter.

Ouabain.

Oxygen.

Oxytetracycline Dihydrate.

Paramethadione.

Pentamidine Injection.

Pentamidine Isethionate.

Pethidine Tablets.

Phenindamine Tartrate.

Phenindione.

Pheniodol.

Phenolphthalein Tablets.

Phenolsulphonphthalein.

Phytomenadione.

Phytomenadione Capsules.

Picrotoxin.

Poliomyelitis Vaccine.

Potassium Perchlorate.

Prednisone Acetate.

Primaquine Phosphate.

Primidone.

Probenecid.

Procyclidine Hydrochloride.

Procaine and Adrenaline Injection.

Progesterone.

Proguanil Hydrochloride.

Propyliodone.

Propyliodone Injection.

Propyliodone Oily Injection.

Propyl Thirouracil.

Pyridostigmine Bromide.

Pyrimethamine.

Quillaia.

Senna Leaf.

Sesame Oil.

Soda Lime.

Sodium Aminosalicylate Tablets.

Sodium Antimonylgluconate.

Sodium Antimonylgluconate Injection.

Sodium Aurothiomalate.

Sodium Radio-iodide (131I) Injection.

Sodium Radio-iodide (131I) Solution.

Sodium Radiophosphate (32P) Injection.

Sodium Radiophosphate (32P) Solution.

Sodium Stibogluconate.

Sodium Stibogluconate Injection.

Solapsone.

Solapsone Tablets.

Stibophen.

Stramonium Dry Extract.

Sulphadimidine Sodium.

Suramin.

Suxamethonium Bromide.

Suxamethonium Chloride.

Testosterone.

Tetrachloroethylene.

Tetrachloroethylene Capsules.

Thiomersal.

Thiopentone Sodium.

Thiopentone Injection.

Thyroid.

Thyroxine Sodium.

Tolazoline Hydrochloride.

Tolbutamide.

Trichloroethylene.

Tryparsamide.

Tuberculin, old.

Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative.

Tubocurarine Chloride.

Tubocurarine Injection.

Typhoid-Paratyphoid A and B and Cholera Vaccine.

Typhoid-Paratyphoid A and B Tetanus Vaccine.

Yellow Fever Vaccine.


Second Schedule.

Regulation 10 (3).

DRUGS AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS THAT ARE PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS ONLY WHEN PRESCRIBED FOR USE IN A DETERMINED FORM OR IN ALLOWABLE COMPOUNDS.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Allowable Compounds (if any).

Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

Prednisolone B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

 

Prednisone B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

 

Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P. with Magnesium Carbonate B.P.

Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P. .....

Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P. with Light Magnesia B.P.

 

Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Magnesium Hydroxide B.P.

 

Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P. with Kaolin Light B.P. and Pectin

 

Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P. with Magnesium Hydroxide

 

Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P.

Aluminium Powder ..............

Aluminium Powder with Zinc Oxide B.P. and Liquid Paraffin B.P.

Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P. .......

Vitamin A with Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P., Riboflavine B.P., Nicotinamide B.P., Ascorbic Acid B.P. and Vitamin D

Ascorbic Acid B.P. ..............

Vitamin A with Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P., Riboflavine B.P., Nicotinamide B.P., Ascorbic Acid B.P. and Vitamin D

Bendrofluazide .................

Benethamine Penicillin ............

Benethamine Penicillin with Procaine Penicillin B.P. and Benzylpenicillin Sodium B.P.

Benzalkonium Chloride ...........

Benzathine Penicillin B.P. ..........

Procaine Penicillin B.P. with Benzylpenicillin B.P. and Benzathine Penicillin B.P.

Benzylpenicillin B.P. .............

Fortified Procaine Penicillin Injection B.P.

 

Benzylpenicillin B.P. with Procaine Penicillin B.P. and Streptomycin Sulphate B.P.

 

Procaine Penicillin B.P. with Benzylpenicillin B.P. and Benzathine Penicillin B.P.

Benzylpenicillin Sodium B.P. .......

Streptomycin Sulphate B.P. with Benzylpenicillin Sodium B.P.

 

Benethamine Penicillin with Procaine Penicillin B.P. and Benzylpenicillin Sodium B.P.

Betamethasone Phosphate ..........

Bismuth Subnitrate B.P.C. .........

Resorcinol B.P. with Bismuth Subnitrate B.P.C, Zinc Oxide B.P., Starch B.P., Cade Oil B.P., Wool Fat B.P., Sodium Metabisulphite, Water, Hard Paraffin B.P. and Yellow Soft Paraffin B.P.

Butabarbital Sodium .............

Carbromal B.P. .................

Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P. with Carbromal B.P.

Chloramphenicol B.P. ............

Chloramphenicol B.P. with Borate Buffer and Sterile Distilled Water

 

Chloramphenicol B.P. with Propylene Glycol B.P.

 

Chloramphenicol B.P. with Liquid Paraffin B.P. and White Soft Paraffin B.P.

 

Chloramphenicol B.P. with Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P.


Second Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Allowable Compounds (if any).

Chlorhexidine Diacetate ...........

Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride B.P. ...

Chlortetracycline Calcium ..........

Chlortetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. ...

Chlortetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. with Liquid Paraffin B.P. and White Soft Paraffin B.P.

Clemizole .....................

Cortisone Acetate B.P. ............

Cyclizine Hydrochloride ...........

Cyclizine Hydrochloride with Caffeine B.P. and Ergotamine Tartrate B.P.

Demethylchlortetracycline Hydrochloride

Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate ....

Dextrochlorpheniramine Maleate ......

Dicyclomine Hydrochloride .........

Dienoestrol B.P. .................

Diethyl Dithiolisophthalate .........

Diiodohydroxyquinoline B.P. ........

Diphtheria Vaccine B.P. ...........

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine B.P.

 

Diphtheria and Tetanus Vaccine B.P.

Diphtheria and Tetanus Vaccine B.P. ...

Ergotamine Tartrate B.P. ...........

Ergotamine Tartrate B.P. with Caffeine B.P.

 

Ergotamine Tartrate B.P. with Caffeine Citrate B.P.C. and Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride B.P.

 

Ergotamine Tartrate B.P. with Caffeine B.P. and Meclozine Hydrochloride B.P.

 

Ergotamine Tartrate B.P. with Caffeine B.P. and Cyclizine Hydrochloride

Erythromycin B.P. ...............

Ethotoin ......................

Ferrous Aminoacetosulphate ........

Ferrous Succinate ................

Glucose Indicator ................

Gramicidin ....................

Gramicidin with Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. and Neomycin Sulphate B.P.

Griseofulvin ...................

Guanethidine Sodium .............

Haemophilus Influenza Bacterial Serum

Hamamelis Dry Extract ............

Hamamelis Dry Extract with Zinc Oxide B.P. and Theobroma Oil B.P.

Hexocyclium Methyl Sulphate .......

Hydrocortisone B.P. ..............

Hydrocortisone Acetate B.P. .........

Hydrocortisone Acetate B.P. with Neomycin Sulphate B.P.

Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate .....

Isoprenaline Hydrochloride .........

Isopropamide Iodide ..............

Levallorphan Tartrate .............

Levallorphan Tartrate with Pethidine Hydrochloride B.P.

Lofenalac .....................

Meclozine Hydrochloride B.P.C. ......

Mercuric Oxide Eye Ointment B.P. ....

Methazolamide .................

Methscopolamine Bromide .........

Methyclothiazide ................

Methylphenobarbitone B.P.C. ........

Methylprednisolone ..............

Minafen ......................

Naphazoline Nitrate B.P. ...........

Antazoline Hydrochloride B.P. with Naphazoline Nitrate B.P.


Second Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Allowable Compounds (if any).

Neomycin Sulphate B.P., Eye Drops ....

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Bacitracin B.P., Neomycin Sulphate B.P. and Paraffin Base

 

Neomycin Sulphate B.P. with Bacitracin B.P and Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P

 

Neomycin Sulphate B.P. with Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. and Gramicidin

Nicotinamide B.P. ................

Vitamin A with Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P. Riboflavine B.P., Nicotinamide B.P., Ascorbic Acid B.P. and Vitamin D

Oestrone .......................

Oleandomycin ...................

Tetracycline with Oleandomycin

Oleoresin Capsicum ...............

Bile Salts with Cascara Sagrada B.P., Phenolphthalein B.P. and Oleoresin Capsicum

Oxyphencyclimine Hydrochloride ......

Oxyphenonium Bromide ............

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. .....

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. with Liquid Paraffin B.P. and White Soft Paraffin B.P.

Papaveretum B.P.C. ...............

Papaveretum B.P.C. with Hyoscine Hydrobromide B.P.

Papaverine Hydrochloride ...........

Pancreatin B.P. ..................

Pempidine Tartrate ................

Pentolinium Tartrate B.P. ............

Pentolinium Tartrate B.P. with Ephedrine B.P.

Pethidine Hydrochloride B.P. .........

Pethidine Hydrochloride B.P. with Hyoscine Hydrobromide B.P.

 

Pethidine Hydrochloride B.P. with Levallorphan Tartrate

Pertussis Vaccine B.P. ..............

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine B.P.

 

Diphtheria and Pertussis Vaccine B.P.

Phenoxymethylpenicillin B.P. .........

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Benzathine Salt)

Phenoxymethylpenicillin Calcium B.P.

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Hydrabamine Salt)

Phenoxymethylpenicillin Potassium B.P.

Pipenzolate .....................

Polydimethylsiloxanes .............

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. ..........

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Mucilage of Methylcellulose and Distilled Water B.P.

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Bacitracin B.P., Neomycin Sulphate B.P. and Paraffin Base

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Ophthalmic Phosphate Buffer

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Acetic Acid B.P. and Propylene Glycol B.P.

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Neomycin Sulphate B.P. and Bacitracin B.P.

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Tetracycline Hydrochloride

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Neomycin Sulphate B.P. and Gramicidin

 

Polymyxin B. Sulphate B.P. with Chloramphenicol B.P.

Prednisolone B.P. .................

Prednisolone B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

 

Prednisolone B.P. with Liquid Paraffin B.P. and White Soft Paraffin B.P.


Second Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Allowable Compounds (if any).

Prednisolone Disodium Phosphate ......

Prednisone B.P. ..................

Prednisone B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

Procaine Hydrochloride B.P. .........

Procaine Hydrochloride B.P. in Normal Saline

 

Tetracycline and Procaine Injection B.P.

Pyrazinamide ...................

Pyridine Aldoxime Methiodide ........

Pyrimido-Pyrimidine ..............

Pyrrolidino-Methyl-Tetracycline .......

Rauwolfia Alkaloids ...............

Roserpine B.P. ..................

Riboflavine B.P. .................

Vitamin A with Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P., Riboflavine B.P., Nicotinamide B.P., Ascorbic Acid B.P. and Vitamin D

Sobee ........................

Sodium Chloride B.P. with Potassium Chloride B.P. and Hydrated Calcium Chloride B.P. in Water for Injection B.P.

Sodium Chloride B.P. with Potassium Chloride B.P., Hydrated Calcium Chloride B.P., Water for Injection B.P. and Dextrose B.P.

Compound Sodium Lactate Injection B.P.

Compound Sodium Lactate Injection B.P. with Dextrose B.P.

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate B.P. .........

Emulsifying Wax B.P.

Streptomycin Sulphate B.P. ..........

Benzylpenicillin B.P. with Procaine Penicillin B.P. and Streptomycin Sulphate B.P.

 

Benzylpenicillin Sodium B.P. with Streptomycin Sulphate B.P.

 

Streptomycin Sulphate B.P., with Normal Saline

Sulphadimidine B.P. ...............

Sulphadiazine B.P. with Sulphamerazine B.P. and Sulphadimidine B.P.

Sulphamerazine B.P. ..............

Sulphadiazine B.P. with Sulphamerazine B.P. and Sulphadimidine B.P.

 

Sulphadiazine B.P. with Sulphamerazine B.P. and Sulphathiazole

 

Sulphadiazine B.P. with Sulphamerazine B.P. and Sulphacetamide

Sulphacetamide ..................

Sulphadiazine B.P. with Sulphamerazine B.P. and Sulphacetamide

Sulphathiazole ...................

Sulphadiazine B.P. with Sulphamerazine B.P. and Sulphathiazole

Tacrine .......................

Tacrine with Morphine

Terpineol B.P. ...................

Solution of Chloroxylenol B.P.

Tetanus Vaccine B.P. ..............

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine B.P.

Tetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. .......

Tetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. with Nystatin

 

Tetracycline and Procaine Injection B.P.

 

Tetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. with a buffering agent

 

Tetracycline Hydrochloride B.P. with Liquid Paraffin B.P. and White Soft Paraffin B.P.

Tetracycline ....................

Tetracycline with Oleandomycin

Thenalidine ....................

Thenalidine with Calcium Lactate B.P. and Calcium Gluconate B.P.

Theobroma Prepared B.P.C. ..........

Calcium Gluconate B.P. with Sucrose B.P., Vanillin B.P. and Theobroma Prepared B.P.C.

Triamcinolone ...................

Trifluoperazine ..................

Tricyclamol Chloride ..............

Tripelennamine Hydrochloride ........

Troxidone B.P. ..................

Typhoid Para-Typhoid A and B Vaccine B.P.

Typhoid Para-Typhoid A, B and C Vaccine B.P.


Second Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Allowable compounds (if any).

Viomycin Pantothenate ...........

Viomycin Sulphate and Viomycin Pantothenate

Viprynium Embonate .............

Concentrated Vitamin A Solution B.P.

Concentrated Vitamins A and D Solution B.P.

Concentrated Vitamin D Solution B.P.

Concentrated Vitamins A and D Solution B.P.

Vitamin D ....................

Vitamin A with Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P., Riboflavine B.P., Nicotinamide B.P., Ascorbic Acid B.P. and Vitamin D

Yellow Mercuric Oxide B.P. ........

Mercuric Oxide Eye Ointment B.P.


Third Schedule.

Regulation 11.

PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS ADDITIONAL TO PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS IN THE BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA.

Acetazolamide Sodium.

Acetohexamide.

Acetyl-Sulphamethoxypridazine.

Aconite Liniment, B.P.C.

Acriflavine, B.P. 1948.

Acrylic Rosin.

Adrenaline Hydrochloride Solution, B.P. 1953.

Adrenaline Mucate.

Agar, B.P.C.

Aloes Pill, B.P. 1948.

Aloin, B.P. 1953.

Aloxidone.

Aluminium Acetate Solution, B.P.C.

Aluminium Powder.

Amaranth Solution, A.P.F.

Amaranth Solution, B.P.C. 1954.

Amidopyrine, B.P.C. 1954.

Ammonium Acetate, Strong Solution, B.P. 1953.

Ammonium Bicarbonate, B.P. 1953.

Ammonium Bromide, B.P.C.

Amphotericin B.

Ampicillin.

Androstanolone.

Aniseed Water, concentrated, B.P.C.

Aniseed Spirit, B.P.C. 1949.

Aromatic Ammonia Spirit, B.P. 1953.

Aurothioglucose.

Balsam of Peru, B.P.C.

Beeswax, Yellow, B.P.C.

Belladonna Suppository, B.P. 1948.

Bendrofluazide.

Benzalkonium Chloride.

Benzoinated Lard, B.P.C. 1954.

Benzol (Commercial).

Benzylpenicillin in Oil.

Bephenium Hydroxynaphthoate.

Betamethasone.

Betamethasone Phosphate.

Bismuth Glycollylarsanilate.

Bismuth Subgallate, B.P.C.

Bismuth Subnitrate, B.P.C.

Bretylium Tosylate.

Brown Snake Antivenene.

Buchu Concentrated Infusion, B.P.C. 1954.

Butabarbital Sodium.

Butyl Aminobenzoate, B.P. 1953.

Caffeine Citrate, B.P.C.

Cajuput Spirit, B.P. 1948.

Calamine Cream, A.P.F.

Calcium Aurothiomalate.

Calcium Di-Oxytetracycline.

Calcium Aminosalicylate, B.P.C.

Calcium Phosphate, B.P. 1953.

Caluma Concentrated Infusion, B.P. 1948.

Calumba Tincture, B.P. 1948.

Camphor Water, concentrated, B.P.C. 1949.

Capsicum Ointment, B.P.C.

Capsicum Tincture, B.P.C.

Caramiphen Hydrochloride.

Caraway Oil, B.P.C.

Carbinoxamine Maleate.

Cardamom Aromatic Tincture, B.P.C.

Carmine Solution, A.P.F.

Catechu Tincture, B.P.C.

Cetyl Alcohol Compound.

Charcoal.

Chlorambucil.

Chloramine, B.P.C.

Chlorazanil.

Chlorhexidine Diacetate.

Chlorobenzol Disulphonamide.

Chloroform Water, concentrated, B.P.C.

Chlorotrianisene, B.P.C.

Chlorpheniramine Maleate.

Chlorpropamide.

Chlortetracycline Calcium.

Chlorthalidone.

Spirit of Cinnamon, B.P.C. 1949.

Clemizole Hydrochloride.

Clemizole Tannate Syrup.

Cloves, Concentrated Infusion, B.P.C. 1954.

Cloxacillin.

Cochineal Tincture, B.P. 1948.

Coconut Oil, B.P.C. 1949.

Codeine, B.P.C. 1954.

Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, B.P. 1953.

Colchicine Salicylate.

Colistin.

Colocynth and Hyoscyamus Pill, B.P.C.

Colocynth, B.P.C.

Compound Effervescent Powder, B.P. 1953.

Creosote, B.P. 1953.

Crude Coal Tar.

Cudbear Tincture, A.P.F. 1947.

Cyclizinc Hydrochloride.

Cyclopenthiazide.

Cyclophosphamide.

Cycloserine.

Cycrimine Hydrochloride.

Cymogran.

Cyproheptadine.

Darrow’s Solution.

Death Adder Antivenene.

Demecarium Bromide.

Demethylchlortetracycline Hydrochloride.

Desferrioxamine.

Deslanoside.

Dexamethasone.

Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate.

Dextran Iron.

Dextrin Iron.


Third Schedulecontinued.

Dextrochlorpheniramine Maleate.

Dichlorphenamide.

Dicyclomine Hydrochloride.

Diethyl Dithiolisophthalate.

Diloxanide Furoate.

Digitoxin, B.P.C.

Dihydroergotamine.

Dihydromorphinone Hydrochloride, B.F.C. 1949.

Diphenylpyraline Hydrochloride.

Diphtheria Toxoid Purified.

Dipyridamole.

Disodium Diethylstilboestrol Diphosphate.

Disodium Dihydrogen Versenate.

Dithiazanine Iodide.

Dyflos, B.P.C.

Ecothiopate Iodide.

Ephedrine Sulphate, B.P.C. 1954.

Ergot Liquid Extract, B.P.C. 1954.

Erythrityltetranitrate, B.P.C. 1949.

Erythromycin Glucoheptonate.

Erythromycin Propionate.

Erythromycin Stearate.

Ethionamide.

Ethosuximide.

Ethotoin.

Ethoxzolamide.

Ethylidene Dicoumarin.

Ethylnoradrenaline.

Ferric Hydroxide.

Ferrous Aminoacetosulphate.

Ferrous Phosphate Compound Syrup, B.P.C.

Ferrous Phosphate with Quinine and Strychnine Syrup, B.P.C.

Ferrous Succinate.

Fludrocortisone Acetate.

Fluoxymesterone.

Formyl-Tetrahydropteroyl Glutamic Acid.

Framycetin Sulphate.

Fructose, B.P. 1948.

Gall with Opium Ointment, B.P.C.

Gelsemium Tincture, B.P.C.

Gentian Violet.

Glucagon Hydrochloride.

Glucose Indicator.

Glucose Liquid, B.P. 1953.

Glutethimide, B.P.C.

Glycerophosphates Compound Syrup, A.P.F.

Gramicidin.

Griseofulvin.

Guanethidine Sodium.

Guanethidine Sulphate.

Haemophilus Influenza Bacterial Serum.

Hamamelis Dry Extract.

Heparin Retard.

Hexachlorophene, 3% with Entsufon.

Hexachlorophene, 3% with Lissapol.

Hexachlorophene, 1.5% with Soap Solution.

Hexachlorothiazide.

Hexocyclium Methyl Sulphate.

Hexoestrol.

Honey, Purified, B.P.C.

Hydrocalciferol.

Hydrocyanic Acid Dilute, B.P.C. 1954.

Hydroflumethiazide.

Hydroxocobalamin.

Hypophosphorous Acid Dilute, B.P.C.

Insulin Injection (Specially Purified).

Insulin Isophone (N.P.H.).

Insulin Isophane (N.P.H.), (Specially Purified).

Insulin Special P (Pig).

Iodochlorhydroxyquinoline.

Iodoform B.P.C.

Iodoform Suppository, B.P. 1948.

Ipomoea Resin.

Iron Aminote.

Iron Carbonate Saccharated, B.P.C.

Iron Oxide Saccharated.

Iron Carbohydrate Complex.

Iron Phosphate Compound Syrup, B.P.C.

Isoprenaline Hydrochloride.

Isopropamide Iodide.

Isothipendyl Hydrochloride.

Kanamycin Sulphate.

Lavender Oil, Spike, B.P.C.

Lemon Syrup, neutral, A.P.F.

Levallorphan Tartrate.

Levorphanol Tartrate, B.P.C.

Liothyronine.

Lissapol, N 100.

Lobelia Ethereal Tincture, B.P.C.

Lofenalac.

Magenta, B.P.C.

Magnesium Bicarbonate Solution, B.P. 1948.

Mebhydrolin.

Mecamylamine.

Mecholyl Chloride.

Medroxyprogesterone Acetate.

Meclozine Hydrochloride, B.P.C.

Mephentermine Sulphate.

Mercaptomerin Sodium.

Mercuric Chloride, B.P. 1953.

Mercurous Chloride Ointment, B.P. 1948.

Mercury Compound Ointment, B.P.C.

Metaraminol.

Metformin.

Methazolamide.

Methdilazine Hydrochloride.

Methenamine Mandelate.

Methenolone Acetate.

Methenolone Oenanthate.

Methicillin.

Methotrexate.

Methoxamine Hydrochloride, B.P.C.

Methscopolamine Bromide.

Methyclothiazide.

Methyl Androstanolone.

Methyl Atropine Nitrate.

Methylcellulose, A.P.F.

Methylcellulose Mucilage, A.P.F.

Third Schedulecontinued.

Methyldopa.

Methyl Prednisolone.

Methyl Prednisolone Acetate.

Methylandrostenediol.

Methylphenobarbitone, B.P.C.

Metronidazole.

Milk Powder, Synthetic.

Minafen.

Mitomycin.

Myrrh, B.P.C.

Myrrh Tincture, B.P.C.

Nandrolone Decanoate.

Nandrolone Phenylpropionate.

Nicoumalone.

Niclosamide.

Nitrofurantoin.

Nitromin.

Nitrous Ether Spirit, B.P.C.

Norethandrolone.

Nux Vomica Extract, Dried, B.P. 1953.

Nystatin.

Oestradiol Dipropionate.

Oestrone.

Oleandomycin.

Oleoresin Capsicum.

Orange Peel Infusion Concentrated, B.P. 1948.

Orange Peel Infusion Concentrated, Compound, B.P.C.

Orciprenaline.

Ox-Bile Extract, B.P. 1948.

Oxymel, B.P.C.

Oxymel of Squill, B.P.C.

Oxymesterone.

Oxyphencyclimine Hydrochloride.

Oxyphenonium Bromide.

Oxytocin Nasal Spray.

Pancreatin 4, U.S.N.F. XI.

Para-Aminosalicyclic Acid.

Paraben Ophthalmic Phosphate Buffer, A.P.F.

Paraben Ophthalmic, Vehicle, A.P.F.

Paracetamol.

Paramethasone Acetate.

Papaveretum, B.P.C.

Pectin.

Pempidine Tartrate.

Penicillin Benethamine.

Penicillinase.

Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate.

Penthienate.

Pertussis Prophylactic (Haemagglutinin Aluminium Phosphate Adsorbed).

Phenazone, B.P.C.

Phenazopyradine Hydrochloride.

Phenethicillin.

Phenformin.

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Benzathine Salt).

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Hydrabamine Salt).

Phensuximide.

Phenylbutazone.

Phenylmercuric Dinaphthylmethane Disulphonate.

Phenytoin.

Pholcodine, B.P.C.

Pholcodine Citrate Syrup, B.P.C.

Phthalylsulphacetamide.

Physostigmine Alkaloid.

Pipenzolate.

Pituitary (Posterior Lobe).

Polydimethylsiloxanes.

Polythiazide.

Potash Sulphurated, B.P.C.

Potassium Chlorate, B.P.C.

Prednisolone Disodium Phosphate.

Prednisolone Sodium Hemisuccinate.

Prednisolone Trimethylacetate.

Prophenpyridamine Maleate.

Prophenpyridamine Para-Aminosalicylate.

Propylthiouracil, B.P.C.

Protamine Sulphate.

Protoveratrines A.

Pyrazinamide.

Pyridine Aldoxime Methiodide.

Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, B.P.C.

Pyrrolidino-Methyl-Tetracycline.

Quassia Tincture, B.P. 1948.

Quillaia Tincture, B.P.C.

Quinethazone.

Rauwolfia Alkaloids.

Red Back Spider Antivenene.

Red Syrup.

Rheomacrodex, 10% in Dextrose.

Ristocetin.

Salicylamide.

Salicylazosulphapyridine.

Senega Concentrated Infusion, B.P.C.

Senna Compound Mixture, B.P.C.

Senna Fruit Extract.

Senna Leaf Concentrated Infusion, B.P.C.

Siberian Fir Oil, B.P.C. 1949.

Silver Picrate, B.P.C. 1949.

Silver Protein Mild, B.P.C.

Soap Curd, B.P.C.

Soap, Hard. B.P.C.

Sobee.

Sodium Calcium Edetate.

Sodium Carbonate Exsiccated, B.P.C.

Sodium Folate.

Sodium Lactate.

Sodium Nitrite, B.P.C.

Sodium Oleate Acid.

Sodium Tauroglycocholate.

Sorbolene, A.P.F.

Spearmint Oil.

Spiramycin.

Spironolactone.

Squill Syrup, B.P.C.

Squill Tincture.

Squill Vinegar, B.P. 1948.

Stearic Acid, B.P.C.

Strophanthus Tincture, B.P. 1948.

Strychnine, B.P.C.

Sulfinpyrazone.

Sulphacetamide.

Sulphadiazine Sodium.

Sulphadimethoxine.

Third Schedulecontinued.

Sulphamethoxydiazine.

Sulphamethoxypyridazine.

Sulphafurazole.

Sulphamethizole.

Sulphaphenazole.

Sulphathiazole.

Sulphapyridine, B.P.C.

Sulphuric Acid Dilute, B.P.C.

Sulthiame.

Surgical Cement.

Sustanon.

Syntocinon.

Tacrine.

Taipan Antivenene

Talc Purified, B.P.C

Testosterone Oenanthate

Tetanus Toxoid, Purified Aluminium Phosphate Adsorbed.

Tetracycline.

Thenalidine Tartrate.

Theobromine, B.P.C.

Theobroma Prepared, B.P.C.

Thiacetazone.

Thiambutosine.

Thioridazine Hydrochloride.

Thyrotrophin.

Tiger Snake Antivenene.

Tretamine.

Triamcinolone.

Triamterene.

Triaziquone.

Tricyclamol Chloride.

Triethanolamine, B.P.C.

Triethanolamine Trinitrate.

Triethylene Thiophosphoramide.

Trifluoperazine.

Trimeprazine Tartrate.

Trimetaphan Camphorsulphonate.

Trinitrophenol, B.P.C.

Triprolidine Hydrochloride.

Vadrine.

Valerian Ammoniated Tincture, B.P.C.

Vancomycin Hydrochloride.

Vasopressin Tannate in Oil.

Velactin.

Veriloid.

Viomycin Pantothenate.

Viomycin Sulphate.

Viprynium Embonate.

Vitamin A.

Vitamin D.

Vitamin K.

Volatile Bitter Almond Oil, B.P. 1953.

Warfarin Sodium.

Fourth Schedule.

Regulation 12.

ADDITIVES.

Acetone, B.P.C.

Alcohol, B.P.

Amethocaine Hydrochloride, B.P.

Bacitracin, B.P.

Carmine Solution, A.P.F.

Cod Liver Oil, B.P.

Oil of Caraway, B.P.C.

Oil of Citronella, B.P.C.

Xylene, B.P.C. 1949.

 

 

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Fifth Schedule.

Regulation 14.

PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS THE PRESCRIBING OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Acetylsalicylic Acid Tablets B.P.

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Soluble Acetylsalicylic Acid Tablets B.P.

Compound Acetylsalicylic Acid Tablets A.P.F.

Compound Acetylsalicylic Acid Tablets B.P.C.

Soluble Compound Acetylsalicylic Acid Tablets

Acrylic Resin ....................

Ileostomy or colostomy conditions

Amphotericin B ...................

Systemic fungal infections

Ampicillin ......................

Any disease or condition in a pateient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Androstanolone ...................

Mammary carcinoma

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steroid therapy

Aneurine Hydrochloride Tablets B.P. ....

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Ascorbic Acid Tablets B.P. ...........

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Bemegride Injection B.P. ............

As an antidote to barbiturate and other hypnotic poisons

Benzol (Commercial) ...............

Ileostomy or colostomy conditions

Betamethasone

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection except Addison’s disease or other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia

Busulphan Tablets B.P. ..............

The leukaemias

Calciferol Tablets B.P. ..............

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

 

With the written authority of the Director-General—

 

Hypoparathyroidism

 

Chronic hypoparathyroid tetany

 

Vitamin D-resistant rickets

Calciferol Solution B.P. .............

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years or in a pensioner

Calcium Para-Aminosalicylate B.P.C. ....

Tuberculosis

Calcium Gluconate Effervescent Tablets

Hypoparathyrodism

Caramiphen Hydrochloride ...........

Parkinsonism

Chlorambucil ....................

Malignant lymphoma and related conditions

Chloramine B.P.C, Tablets or Powder

Ileostomy or colostomy conditions

Chloramphenicol Capsules B.P. ........

Bacillary dysentery that is resistant both to the Sulphonamides and Streptomycin Sulphate

 

Bacterium coli meningitis, if other forms of treatment are unsuccessful

 

Granuloma inguinale

 

Friedlander bacillus infections

 

Haemophilus influenza infections

 

Lymphogranuloma venereum

 

Salmonella infections

 

Staphylococcal infections

 

Typhoid fever

 

Typhus and other rickettsial diseases

 

Urinary tract infections due to gram negative bacilli that are resistant to the Sulphonamides


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Chloramphenicol B.P., Injection .....

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Chloramphenicol Capsules

Chloramphenicol B.P., Oral Suspension

A disease or condition, specified in this column in relation to Chloramphenicol Capsules, in a child under the age of twelve years

Chlorotrianisene B.P.C. ...........

Carcinoma of the prostate

Chlorpheniramine Maleate Oral Linctus

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride B.P. ...

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

 

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, late-stage malignancy

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, the treatment of a mental disorder in a person who has been discharged from an approved hospital at which he received treatment for a mental disorder and who is living in a place remote from an approved hospital

 

The treatment of a mental disorder in a person who has, after treatment for a mental disorder, been discharged from an approved hospital if a medical officer of the hospital gives a certificate certifying that that person received treatment at the hospital and may require further treatment with Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride, Trifluoperazine or Thioridazine Hydrochloride

Chlortetracycline Capsules B.P. ......

As an alternative to the Penicillins in a person sensitive to the Penicillins

 

Actinomycosis

 

Amoebiasis

 

Bacterial endocarditis (Streptococcus faecalis), acute and sub-acute

 

Bacillary dysentery that is resistant both to the Sulphonamides and Streptomycin Sulphate

 

Bronchiectasis

 

Brucellosis

 

Chancroid

 

Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas

 

Granuloma inguinale

 

Friedlander bacillus infections

 

Leptospirosis

 

Lymphogranuloma venereum

 

Muscoviscidosis

 

Pneumonia that is resistant both to the Penicillins and the Sulphonamides

 

Pre-operative prophylaxis

 

Primary atypical pneumonia

 

Psittacosis

 

Puerperal infections

 

Rat-bite fever (Spirillum minus)

 

Staphylococcal infections

 

Trachoma that is resistant to the Sulphonamides

 

Typhus and other rickettsial diseases

 

Urinary tract infections due to gram negative bacilli that are resistant to the Sulphonamides

 

Whooping cough (Haemophilus pertussis)

Chlortetracycline Calcium .......

A disease or condition, specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules, in a child under the age of twelve years

Chlortetracycline B.P. Granules


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Clemizole Tannate Syrup ............

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Cloxacillin ......................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Compound Codeine Phosphate Oral Tablet B.P.

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Compound Codeine Phosphate Soluble Oral Tablet B.P.

Codeine Phosphate B.P. with Acetylsalicylic Acid B.P. Soluble Oral Tablet

Codeine Phosphate B.P. with Acetylsalicylic Acid B.P. Oral Tablet

Codeine Phosphate B.P. with Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P. and Phenacetin B.P. Oral Tablet

Codeine Phosphate B.P. with Acetylsalicylic Acid B.P. and Phenacetin B.P. Oral Tablet

Codeine Phosphate B.P. with Acetylsalicylic Acid B.P., Phenacetin B.P. and Caffeine B.P. Oral Tablet

Cod Liver Oil, B.P. ...............

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years or in a pensioner

Cod Liver Oil Emulsion B.P. 1953

Colistin ........................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

 

With the written authority of the Director-General—

Corticotrphin Injection B.P. ...........

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Corticotrophin Gelatin Injection B.P.

Corticotrophin Zinc Hydroxide Injection B.P.

Hypsarrhythmia

Salaam convulsions

 

The treatment of side effects of corticosteroid therapy

Cortisone Injection B.P. .............

With the written authority of the Director-General—

 

Anaemia, acquired haemolytic

 

Addison’s disease or other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia

 

Adrenalectomy, total

 

Adrenogenital syndrome

 

Behcet’s syndrome

 

Cranial arteritis

 

Cushing’s syndrome, including hyperadrenocorticalism

 

Dermatitis, acute exfoliative, associated with drug therapy

 

Dermatomyositis

 

Encephalomyelitis

 

Guillain-Barre syndrome

 

Hamman-Rich syndrome—diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

 

Hansen’s disease

 

Hepatitis, progressive or continuing, proven by biopsy or biochemistry

 

Hodgkin’s disease

 

Idiopathic hypercalcaemia

 

Keratoplasty


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Cortisone Injection B.P.—continued.

The leukaemias

 

Lymphosarcoma and follicular lymphoma

 

Metastatic breast carcinoma

 

Nephritis, type II.

 

Nephrosis or nephrotic syndrome

 

Neuro-myelitis optica

 

Optic neuritis following removal of tumor of the brain

 

Panhypopituitarism

 

Pemphigus

 

Periarteritis nodosa

 

Progressive transverse myelitis

 

Pseudohermaphroditism

 

Purpura, Henoch’s

 

Purpura, thrombocytopenic

 

Reticulum cell sarcoma

 

Rheumatic carditis, acute

 

Sarcoidosis

 

Scleroderma

 

Severe reactions of the skin and mucosa following X-ray therapy

 

Splenic neutropenia and agranulocytosis

 

Status asthmaticus

 

Steroid therapy prior to operation in patients under steroid therapy

 

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

 

Still’s disease in a child under the age of sixteen years

 

Sympathetic ophthalmitis

 

Systemic lupus erythematosus

 

Temporal arteritis

 

Tropical and non-tropical sprue and all forms of mal-absorption associated with those diseases

 

Ulcerative colitis proven by sigmoidoscopy or radiological report

 

Uveitis, posterior

Cortisone Tablets B.P. ..............

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Cyanocobalamin Injection B.P. (other than 1,000 microgramme strength)

Established megalocytic anaemias

Cyanocobalamin Injection B.P., 1,000 microgramme strength

Neuroblastoma

Cymogran ......................

With the written authority of the Director-General, phenylketonuria

Cycloserine .....................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Demethylchlortetracycline Hydrochloride

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules

Deoxycortone Acetate B.P. ..........

Addisons’s disease

Total adrenalectomy

Deoxycortone Acetate Injection B.P.

Deoxycortone Acetate Implant B.P.

Desferrioxamine ..................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Dexamethasone ...................

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection except Addison’s disease or other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Dextrochlorpheniramine Maleate Syrup

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Dicyclomine Hydrochloride, Oral Syrup

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Dienoestrol B.P., Cream .............

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Dienoestrol Tablets B.P. .............

Carcinoma of the prostate

 

Mammary carcinoma

 

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Diethyl Dithiolisophthalate ...........

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Diiodohydroxyquinoline B.P., Vaginal Tablet

Trichomonal and monilial vaginitis

Diiodohydroxyquinoline B.P., Compound Effervescent Gynaecological Pessary

Trichomonal and monilial vaginitis

Dihydrostreptomycin Sulphate Injection B.P.

As an alternative to Streptomycin Sulphate in a person who is being treated for a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Streptomycin Sulphate and who is allergic to Streptomycin Sulphate

Diloxanide Furoate ................

Amoebic dysentery

Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride B.P., Elixir

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Disodium Diethylstilboestrol Diphosphate

Carcinoma of the prostate

Ephedrine Hydrochloride with Phenobarbitone, Elixir

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Erythromycin B.P. ...............

A disease or condition in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules

Erythromycin Tablets B.P. .........

Erythromycin Glucoheptonate

Erythromycin Propionate ..........

Erythromycin B.P., Oral Sachet

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules in a child under the age of twelve years

Erythromycin B.P., Oral Suspension

Erythromycin Stearate, Oral Suspension

Ethinyloestradiol Tablets B.P. .........

Turner’s syndrome

 

Pre-menopausal castration syndrome

 

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Ethionamide .....................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Ethisterone Tablets B.P. .............

Turner’s syndrome

 

Habitual abortion

 

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Ethosuximide, Oral Syrup ............

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Ferric Hydroxide Colloidal Solution

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Ferrous Aminoacetosulphate Syrup

Ferrous Gluconate Elixir ...........

Ferrous Succinate Syrup ...........

Ferrous Sulphate Oral Drops

Fludrocortisone Acetate..............

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Fluoxymesterone ..................

Mammary carcinoma

Folic Acid B.P. ................

Macrocytic anaemic

Folic Acid Tablets B.P.............

Sprue or the sprue-like syndrome

Formyl-Tetrahydropteroyl Glutamic Acid

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Fusidic Acid ..................


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Griseofulvin ...................

With the written authority of the Director-General—

 

For the treatment of any of the following diseases, the diagnosis of which has been confirmed by pathological report:—

 

Epidermophyton floccosum

 

Microsporum audouni

 

Microsporum canis

 

Microsporum gypseum

 

Trychophyton interdigitale

 

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

 

Trichophyton rubrum

 

Trichophyton schoenleini

 

Trichophyton sulphureum

 

Trichophyton verrucosum

Haemophilus Influenza Bacterial Serum

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Hexachlorophene, 3% with Entsufon

Hexachlorophene, 3% with Lissapol

Hexachlorophene, 1.5% with Soap Solution

Hydrocalciferol .................

Parathyroid deficiency

Hydrocortisone Injection B.P. ........

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate B.P.

With the written authority of the Director-General, ulcerative colitis proven by sigmoidoscopy or radiological report

Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate Injection B.P.

Acute adrenal failure due to a medical or surgical crisis

 

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Hydroxocobalamin Injection, 100 microgramme strength

Established megalocytic anaemia

Hydroxocobalamin Injection, 1,000 microgramme strength

Sub-acute combined degeneration of the cord

 

Neuroblastoma

Isionazid Tablets B.P. .............

Hansen’s disease

 

Tuberculosis

Kanamycin Sulphate ..............

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Levorphanol Tartrate B.P.C. .........

Obstetrical use

 

Severe intractable pain

Liothyronine ...................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Lissapol Deodorant Detergent (Lissapol N100 with Spearmint Oil and Cetrimide)

Ileostomy or colostomy condition

Lofenalac .....................

With the written authority of the Director-General, phenylketonuria

Malt Extract B.P. ................

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years or in a pensioner

Malt Extract with Cod Liver Oil B.P.

Mebhydrolin Suspension ...........

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Medroxyprogesterone Acetate .......

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Mepyramine Maleate Elixir .........

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Mercaptopurine Tablets B.P. ........

Allergic angiitis

 

Periarteritis

 

Systemic lupus erythematosus

 

The leukaemias

Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Methdilazine Hydrochloride Syrup ....

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Methenolone Acetate .............

Senile osteoporosis proven by radiological report

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steroid therapy

Methenolone Oenanthate ...........

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Methicillin ....................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Methotrexate ..................

The leukaemias and neo-plastic disease

Methyl Androstanolone ...........

Mammary carcinoma

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steroid therapy

Methylandrostenediol .............

Senile osteoporosis proven by radiography

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steroid therapy

Milk Powder, Synthetic ...........

With the written authority of the Director-General, galactosaemia

Minafen ......................

With the written authority of the Director-General, phenylketonuria

Mitomycin ....................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Morphine with Tacrine, 30 mg.-15 mg. Oral Tablet

Severe intractable pain

Mustine Injection B.P. ...........

Malignant lymphoma and related conditions Mammary carcinoma

Nandrolone Phenylpropionate

With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steroid therapy

Nandrolone Decanoate ...........

Neomycin Sulphate B.P., in a form other than Eye Drops

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Nicotinamide Tablets B.P. ..........

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Nicotinic Acid Tablets B.P. .........

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Nitrofurantoin ..................

Urinary tract infections

Nitrofurantoin Suspension ..........

Any urinary tract infection in a child under the age of twelve years

Nitromin .....................

Malignant lymphoma and related conditions

Norethandrolone ................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Novobiocin Calcium B.P. .........

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Novobiocin Sodium B.P. ..........

Novobiocin Tablets B.P. ..........

Nystatin ......................

Proven monilia infections

Orciprenaline ..................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Oxymesterone ..................

Senile osteoporosis proven by radiological report

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steriod therapy

Oxytetracycline Tablets B.P.

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules

Oxytetracycline Injection B.P.

Oxytetracycline and Procaine Injection B.P.

Calcium Di-Oxytetracycline ........

A disease or condition, specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules, in a child under the age of twelve years

Oxytetracycline Paediatric Drops

Oxytocin Nasal Spray..............

Induction of labour

Pancreatin B.P. ................

Fibrous disease of the pancreas

Pancreatin Enzyme 4, U.S.N.F. XI.

Pancreatico-duodenectomy

Pancrex 5 ....................

Pancreatic steatorrhea

Para-Aminosalicylic Acid ..........

Tuberculosis

Paracetamol, Oral Suspension .......

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Paramethasone Acetate ..............

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Paraffin Liquid Emulsion B.P. .........

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Pethidine and Levallorphan Tartrate .....

Obstetrical use

Phenoxymethylpenicillin B.P., Oral Suspension

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Benzathine Salt), Oral Suspension

Phenoxymethylpenicillin Calcium B.P., Oral Suspension

Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Hydrabamine Salt), Oral Suspension

Phenoxymethylpenicillin Potassium B.P., Oral Suspension

Benzylpenicillin B.P., with Procaine Penicillin B.P. and Streptomycin Sulphate B.P.

Endocarditis due to Streptococcus faecalis or Streptococcus viridans

Phenacetin ......................

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Phenytoin Sodium B.P., Oral Suspension

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Phytomenadione Injection B.P. .........

Antidote to anticoagulants

Piperazine Citrate B.P., Elixir .........

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Pituitary Posterior Lobe B.P.C., Insufflation

Diabetes insipidus

Polydimethylsiloxanes ..............

Ileostomy or colostomy conditions

Prednisolone Disodium Phosphate ......

With the written authority of the Director-General, ulcerative colitis proven by sigmoidoscopy or radiological report

Prednisolone Tablets B.P. ............

With the written authority of the Director-General—

 

Anaemia, acquired haemolytic

 

Adrenogenital syndrome

 

Behcet’s syndrome

 

Cranial arteritis

 

Cushing’s syndrome, including hyperadrenocorticalism

 

Dermatitis, acute exfoliative, associated with drug therapy

 

Dermatomyositis

 

Encephalomyelitis

 

Guillain—Barre syndrome

 

Hamman-Rich syndrome—diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

 

Hansen’s disease

 

Hepatitis, progressive or continuing, proven by biopsy or biochemistry

 

Hodgkin’s diesease

 

Idiopathic hypercalcaemia

 

Inflammatory conditions of the uveal tract and retina

 

Keratoplasty

 

The leukaemias

 

Lymphosarcoma and follicullar lymphoma

 

Metastatic breast carcinoma

 

Nephritis, type II.

 

Nephrosis or nephrotic syndrome

 

Neuro-myelitis optica

 

Nodular non-suppurative pannicultitis (Christian-Weber disease)


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Prednisolone Tablets B.P.—continued.

Optic neuritis following removal of tumour of the brain

 

Panhypopituitarism

 

Pemphigus

 

Periarteritis nodosa

 

Progressive transverse myelitis

 

Pseudohermaphroditism

 

Purpura, Henoch’s

 

Purpura, thrombocytopenic

 

Reticulum cell sarcoma

 

Rheumatic carditis, acute

 

Sarcoidosis

 

Scleroderma

 

Severe reactions of the skin and mucosa following X-ray therapy

 

Splenic neutropena and agranulocytosis

 

Status asthmaticus

 

Steroid therapy prior to operation in patients under steroid therapy

 

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

 

Still’s disease in a child under the age of sixteen years

 

Sympathetic ophthalmitis

 

Systemic lupus erythematosus

 

Temporal arteritis

 

Tropical and non-tropical sprue and all forms of mal-absorption associated with those diseases

 

Ulcerative colitis proven by sigmoidoscopy or radiological report

 

Uveitis, posterior

Methyl Prednisolone ...............

With the written autority of the Director General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Prednisolone Tablets

Prednisolone Acetate B.P. ............

With the written authority of the Director-General a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection except Addison’s disease or other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia

Prednisolone B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Prednisolone Sodium Hemisuccinate

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Prednisone Tablets B.P. .............

With the written authority of the Director-General—

 

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection except Addison’s disease or other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia and total adrenalectomy

 

Nodular non-suppurative panniculitis (Christian-Weber disease)

 

Inflammatory conditions of the uveal tract and retina

Prednisone B.P. with Magnesium Trisilicate B.P. and Dried Aluminium Hydroxide Gel. B.P.

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Progesterone Injection B.P. ........

Habitual abortion

Promethazine Hydrochloride B.P., Elixir

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Prophenpyridamine Maleate, Oral Syrup

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Protoveratrines A ...............

Hypertensive crisis

Pyrazinamide .................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Pyridine Aldoxime Methiodide ......

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Oral Tablet, B.P.C.

Peripheral neuritis due to isoniazid therapy

Radiation sickness

Pyridostigmine Injection B.P. .......

Myasthenia gravis

Pyridostigmine Tablets B.P. ........

Myasthenia gravis

Quinethazone ................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Rheomacrodex, 10% in Dextrose

Riboflavine Tablets B.P. ..........

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Ristocetin ....................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Senna Fruit Extract ..............

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Sobee .......................

With the written authority of the Director-General, galactosaemia

Sodium Aminosalicylate B.P.

Tuberculosis

Sodium Aminosalicylate Tablets B.P.

Sodium Folate .................

Macrocytic anaemia

 

Sprue or the sprue-like syndrome

Spiramycin ...................

Staphylococcal infections that are resistant both to the Tetracyclines and to the Penicillins

Spironolactone .................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Stilboestrol B.P. ...............

Carcinoma of the prostate

Stilboestrol Tablets B.P. ..........

Mammary carcinoma

 

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Streptomycin Sulphate B.P. ........

Bacillary dysentery that is resistant to the Sulphonamides

 

Brucellosis

 

Chancroid

 

Endocarditis due to Streptococcus faecalis or Streptococcus viridans

 

Friedlander bacillus infections

 

Haemophilus influenzae infections Plague

 

Pseudomonas pyocyaneus infections

 

Rat-bite fever (Streptobacillus moniliformis)

 

Salmonella infections

 

Surgical conditions of the bowel (pre-operative and post-operative)

 

Surgical conditions of the thoracic organs

 

Tuberculosis

 

Tularaemia

 

Urinary tract infections that are resistant to the Sulphonamides

Streptomycin Sulphate Injection B.P. ..

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Streptomycin Sulphate

Streptomycin Sulphate B.P. with Benzylpenicillin Sodium, B.P.

Endocarditis due to Streptococcus faccalis or Streptococcus viridans

Sulphadimethoxine Suspension

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Sulphadimidine Oral Suspension

Sulphaphenazole Syrup .........

Sulphasalazine .................

Ulcerative colitis


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may he prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Sulthiame .......................

For use where other anti-convulsants have failed

Surgical cement ...................

Ileostomy or colostomy conditions

Sustanon .......................

Castration syndrome

Mammary carcinoma

Testosterone Implants B.P. ...........

Testosterone Oenanthate ............

Testosterone Propionate Injection B.P.

Castration syndrome

Testosterone Propionate B.P.

Kline felter Reifenstein Albright syndrome

Methyltestosterone Tablets B.P.

Mammary carcinoma

Tetracycline with a buffering agent and Amphotericin B

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Tetracycline with Nystatin in a child under the age of twelve years

Tetracycline Capsules B.P. ...........

A disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules

Tetracycline Tablets B.P..............

Tetracycline and Procaine Injections B.P.

Tetracycline Hydrochloride B.P., with a buffering agent—Capsules

Tetracycline Injection B.P. ...........

Tetracycline with Oleandomycin Capsules

Pyrrolidino-Methyl-Tetracycline

Tetracycline with a buffering agent—Oral Suspension

A disease or condition, specified in this column in relation to Chloretracycline Capsules, in a child under the age of twelve years

Tetracycline with a buffering agent—Paediatric Drops

Tetracycline with Oleandomycin—Oral Suspension

Tetracycline with Oleandomycin—Paediatric Drops

Tetracycline with Nystatin.............

Broad spectrum antibiotic therapy of premature infants, of patients under steroid therapy or of cases complicated by intestinal moniliasis

 

A second or repeated course of broad spectrum antibiotic therapy for a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Chlortetracycline Capsules

Thenalidine Tartrate Syrup ............

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Thioridazine Hydrochloride ............

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

 

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, the treatment of a mental disorder in a person who has been discharged from an approved hospital at which he received treatment for a mental disorder and who is living in a place remote from an approved hospital

 

The treatment of a mental disorder in a person who has, after treatment for a mental disorder, been discharged from an approved hospital if a medical officer of the hospital gives a certificate certifying that that person received treatment at the hospital and may require further treatment with Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride, Trifluoperazine or Thioridazine Hydrochloride

Thyrotropin ......................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Tragacanth B.P., Powder .............

Ileostomy or colostomy conditions


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Pharmaceutical Benefit.

Purpose for which, and the Conditions subject to which, the Pharmaceutical Benefit may be prescribed (including any restrictions as to the persons for whose treatment it may be prescribed) for supply under Part VII. of the Act.

Triamcinolone .....................

With the written authority of the Director-General, a disease or condition specified in this column in relation to Cortisone Injection

Triamterene ......................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Triaziquone ......................

Triethylene Thiosphosphoramide ........

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Tretamine .......................

Malignant lymphoma and related conditions

Trifluoperazine ....................

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

 

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

 

With the written authority of the Director-General, the treatment of a mental disorder in a person who has been discharged from an approved hospital at which he received treatment for a mental disorder and who is living in a place remote from an approved hospital

 

The treatment of a mental disorder in a person who has, after treatment for a mental disorder, been discharged from an approved hospital if a medical officer of the hospital gives a certificate certifying that that person received treatment at the hospital and may require further treatment with Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride, Trifluoperazine or Thioridazine Hydrochloride

Trimeprazine Tartrate ................

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Trimetaphan Camphorsulphonate ........

Hypotensive for anaesthesia

Triprolidine Hydrochloride, Elixir ........

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years

Vadrine ........................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Vancomycin Hydrochloride ...........

Velactin .........................

With the written authority of the Director-General, galactosaemia

Veriloid .........................

Hypertensive crisis

Viomycin Sulphate .................

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Viomycin Sulphate and Viomycin Pantothenate Combination

Any disease or condition in a patient receiving treatment in or at an approved hospital

Vitamin A Activity with Aneurine Hydrochloride B.P., Riboflavine B.P., Nicotinamide B.P., Ascorbic Acid B.P. and Vitamin D

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Vitamin A Oral Tablets ...............

Any disease or condition in a pensioner

Concentrated Vitamin A Solution B.P.

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years or in a pensioner

Concentrated Vitamin A and D Solution B.P.

Concentrated Vitamin D Solution B.P.

Tetany

 

Any disease or condition in a child under the age of twelve years or in a pensioner

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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