Legal requirements

Question 1

What are the legal requirements of what is needed on a dispensed item label?

Answer 1

It is a legal requirement for the following to appear on dispensed medicinal product labels:

Name of the patient
Name and address of the supplying pharmacy
Date of dispensing
Name of the medicine
Directions for use
Precautions relating to the use of the medicin

Question 2

where does the prescribers address need to be to dispense a schedule 2 or 3 CD.

Answer 2

UK

Question 3

If a private prescription states repeat but no number how many times can it be dispensed?

Answer 3

Twice unless oral contraceptive which can be repeated 5 times meaning dispensed 6

Question 4

Which schedules of drugs are repeatable and which arent?

Answer 4

schedule 2 and 3 arent repeatable
schedule 4 and 5 are repeatable

Question 5

What are the restrictions if a schedule 4 CD is repeatable?

Answer 5

The first dispensing must be made within 28 days of the appropriate date but the following there is no time limit for the remaining repeats. Clinical judgement should be taken into consideration.