Funding

Question 1

Where can you look to see if the medicine is approved?

Answer 1

in two different places
1)Medsafe (under Product application search)
2)NZF ( check the medicines information at the bottom of the page).

Question 2

if a medicine has been discontinued the medicine monograph will remain on NZF for how long?

Answer 2

at least six months.
(so that means there may be a period of time where the medicine is listed on NZF, but it is no longer available to be obtained in NZ)

Question 3

NZF does not contain information on all medicines available OTC why?

Answer 3

frequently changing products
difficult to maintain lists

Question 4

classification of the medicine where this information be found?

Answer 4

can be found in several places
1)Medicines Regulations 1984 Schedule 1
2)Medsafe website Medicines Classification Database
3)NZF

Question 5

Four main classifications of medicines are?

Answer 5

Prescription Only

Restricted/Pharmacist Only

Pharmacy Only

General Sale

Question 6

“Prescription only except when …..” with a series of conditions stated what does it mean?

Answer 6

When the medicine is sold according to those conditions, it is legally a general sale medicine.

Often the conditions will outline a protocol to follow what does it mean?
they will be treated almost the same as restricted/pharmacist only medicines.

One important difference is that they do not need to be sold in a pharmacy - this enables pharmacists to provide these medicines off-site, for example, influenza vaccine.