P&GSL - GSL meds Flashcards
3 legal clases of products in UK?
GSL
P
POM
PO
- ‘pharmacy only’
- sale restricted to pharmacies by the manufacturer
- all GSL
- don’t confuse with ‘P’ medicines
- ‘PO’ is NOT a legal classification
Is ‘PO’ a legal classification?
NO
What meds are OTC?
P and GSL
How to find the legal classification?
- BNF
- packaging of the medicinal product
- SPC
- PAGB OTC Directory
When can meds move class?
if they are re-classified by the MHRA
usual move for meds
POM - P - GSL
what can med restrictions include
- indication
- pack size
- strength
- route of administration
recent POM to P switches
sildenafil
desogestrel
topical vaginal oestrogen
Can med move from POM - GSL without being P medicine?
yes
eg. nexium, fexofenadine
diff between P/POM and GSL
GSL do not need to be sold from a registered pharmacy under supervision of a pharmacist
T/F: If a pharmacist prepares a medicine in a pharmacy using GSL ingredients the legal classification of the product is P?
TRUE
because made in the pharmacy
T/F: GSL medicines can be sold from an automatic vending machine located in a pub?
TRUE
T/F: GSL medicines for human use can be sold from a stall at a music festival?
FALSE
can’t close the permesis
T/F: Water for injection is classified as a GSL medicine because water is not a medicine?
FALSE
it’s a POM, all injections are POM
T/F: A medicine for treating threadworms will never be classified as GSL?
FALSE
T/F: GSL medicines may be sold from a car boot in a car boot sale?
FALSE
can’t be closed
T/F: When GSL medicines are sold the pack must be unopened?
TRUE
and made up for sale somewhere else, can’t pre-package then there
T/F: Eye ointments are never classified as GSL?
TRUE
T/F: In a pharmacy, GSL medicines may legally be sold by any member of staff?
TRUE
legally anybody, good practice that thay have had training
T/F: The packaging for GSL medicines will include the letters ‘GSL’ in a rectangle?
FALSE
definition of GSL in HMR 2012
a product that is
- not a POM or a P
- and is covered by a marketing authorisation that the product is to be available on general sale
products that are NOT GSL
- products containing greater than a specified maximum daily dose of vitamin A or vitamin D
- for use as an eye ointment
- for use as an anthelmintic**
- for parenteral administration**
- for use as an enema**
- for use wholly or mainly for irrigation of wounds or of the bladder, vagina or rectum**
- for admin wholly/mainly to children being a preparation of aloxiprin or aspirin**
** = unless the MA classifies them as GSL
How can GSL meds be sold legally?
can only be sold/supplied at a registered pharmacy or anywhere else where the following conditions are fulfilled:
- the premises can be closed to exclude the public
- the product must have been made up for sale in a container elsewhere and not have been opened since then
** if the product is included in Schedule 15 then it must be sold in accordance with the requirements specified in that Schedule
