β¨ Medicines Classification
30 JANUARY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
(d) salts or oxides of elements listed in the notice.
Unless specific reference is made otherwise, every reference
to a medicine applies:
(i) if the medicine is in an injection or eye preparation,
to any concentration of that medicine; and
(ii) if the medicine is not in an injection or eye
preparation, only if the concentration of the medicine
or the concentration of the total active principles of
the medicine is greater than 10 milligrams per litre
or per kilogram.
Where any reference is modified by a statement of the
strength of the medicine, the strength is calculated using
the free acid, base, alcohol or element unless specifically
stated otherwise.
Schedule 1
Prescription Medicines
Acepromazine
Adenosine; for injection
Amethocaine; for internal use; for external use in medicines
containing more than 10%; for ophthalmic use except
when used in practice by a registered optometrist
Amylocaine
Aristolochic acid; at all strengths
Atomoxetine
Atropa belladonna; except when specified elsewhere in the
Schedule
Atropine; except when specified elsewhere in the Schedule;
except when used as an antidote in a device designed
for self-injection; except in medicines containing 100
micrograms or less per litre or per kilogram
Atropine methonitrate
Benorylate
Benzocaine; for internal use; for external use in medicines
containing more than 10%
Benzydamine; for internal use
Bexarotene
Butacaine
Butyl aminobenzoate; except in medicines for dermal use
containing 2% or less
Cinchocaine; for ophthalmic use; for external use in
medicines containing more than 0.5%
Clindamycin
Colestyramine
Darbepoetin
Datura spp; except for oral use when specified elsewhere in
the Schedule; except in datura stramonium or datura
tatula for smoking or burning
Dextrorphan
Dicyclomine
Digoxin-specific antibody fragment
Diperodon
Drotrecogin
Duboisia leichhardtii; except when specified elsewhere in
the Schedule
Duboisia myoporides; except when specified elsewhere in
the Schedule
Etidocaine
Ezetimibe
Folic acid; for injection
Folinic acid; for injection
Glatiramer acetate
Guaiphenesin; except for oral use in medicines containing
2% or less or 200 milligrams or less
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Homatropine
Hyoscine; except when specified elsewhere in the Schedule
Hyoscine butylbromide; except when specified elsewhere in
the Schedule
Hyoscyamine; except when specified elsewhere in the
Schedule
Hyoscyamus niger; except when specified elsewhere in the
Schedule
Hypromellose; for injection
Insulins
Levetiracetam
Levosimendan
Lignocaine; for oral use except in throat lozenges containing
30 milligrams or less per dose form; for ophthalmic use
except when used in practice by a registered optometrist;
for injection except when used as a local anaesthetic in
practice by a registered nurse or podiatrist or by a dental
therapist; for external use in medicines containing more
than 10%
Nicoumalone
Nitrofurazone
Nux vomica
Podophyllum emodi; for internal use; for external use for the
treatment of anogenital warts; for other external use in
medicines containing more than 20% of podophyllin
Podophyllum peltatum; for internal use; for external use for
the treatment of anogenital warts; for other external use
in medicines containing more than 20% of podophyllin
Podophyllotoxin; for internal use; for external use for the
treatment of anogenital warts; for other external use in
medicines containing more than 1%
Pramocaine
Pregnenolone
Prilocaine; for injection except when used as a local
anaesthetic by a dental therapist; except when specified
elsewhere in the Schedule
Propantheline
Protamine sulfate
Quinisocaine
Sabadilla; except when specified elsewhere in the Schedule
Strychnos spp
Thiomesterone
Vardenafil
Schedule 2
Restricted Medicines
Erythryl tetranitrate
Hyoscine butylbromide; for oral use in medicines containing
not more than 10 milligrams per dose form and in packs
containing not more than 20 tablets or capsules
Mannityl hexanitrate
Podophyllum emodi; for external use for the treatment of
warts other than anogenital warts in medicines containing
20% or less and more than 10% of podophyllin
Podophyllum peltatum; for external use for the treatment of
warts other than anogenital warts in medicines containing
20% or less and more than 10% of podophyllin
Podophyllotoxin; for external use for the treatment of warts
other than anogenital warts in medicines containing 1% or
less and more than 0.5%
Prochlorperazine; in packs containing not more than
10 tablets for the treatment of nausea associated with
migraine or, when sold by pharmacists or nurses
accredited to sell levonorgestrel for emergency
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