✨ Medicines Classification
406 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 16 12 FEBRUARY 2009
Every reference to a medicine in this notice applies whether the medicine is synthetic in origin or is from biological or mineral sources.
Unless specific reference is made otherwise, every reference applies also to medicines that are:
(a) preparations and admixtures containing any proportion of any substance listed in the notice.
(b) salts and esters of any substance listed in the notice.
(c) preparations or extracts of biological materials listed in the notice.
(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
Abatacept
Agomelatine
Alglucosidase alfa
Aliskiren
Alpha₁-proteinase inhibitor
Amphotericin
Amyl nitrite; except when sold from outlets licensed to sell cyanide paste for the purpose of vertebrate pest control
Anagrelide
Aspirin; for injection; when combined with caffeine, paracetamol or salicylamide
Azacitidine
Azatadine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Azelastine; except in medicines for ophthalmic use containing 0.05% or less
Boron including borax and boric acid; except for internal use in medicines containing 6 milligrams or less per recommended daily dose; except in dermal medicines for use other than paediatric use containing 0.35% or less; except when present as an excipient
Brompheniramine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Brugmansia spp
Butoconazole; except for vaginal use
Cadmium
Chlorpheniramine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Chlorquinaldol
Choline salicylate; except in medicines containing 10% or less and in pack sizes of 15 grams or less
Dabigatran
Dapoxetine
Daptomycin
Darunavir
Dasatinib
Deslorelin
Dexchlorpheniramine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Di-isopropylamine dichloroacetate
Dimenhydrinate; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Dimethoxinate
Diphenhydramine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Diphenylpyraline
Doxylamine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Etidronic acid; except in medicines for external use containing 1% or less
Etravirine
Exenatide
Felbinac; except for external use
Fomivirsen
Fosaprepitant
Furosemide
Galsulfase
Guanidine
Idursulfase
Ipriflavone
Iron; for injection except in parenteral nutrition replacement preparations
Ivabradine
Ixabepilone
Ketoprofen; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule; except for dermal use
Lanthanum
Lapatinib
Laropiprant
Lefetamine
Lenalidomide
Levonorgestrel; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule; except in medicines for use as emergency post-coital contraception when sold by nurses recognised by their professional body as having competency in the field of sexual and reproductive health
Lithium; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule; except when present as an excipient in dermal medicines containing 0.25% or less
Lodoxamide; except in medicines for ophthalmic use
Maraviroc
Mepyramine; except when specified elsewhere in this Schedule
Methyl salicylate; for internal use except when present as an excipient in medicines containing 1.04% or less per dose form
Methotrimeprazine
Miglustat
Natalizumab
Nepafenac
Nicotinic acid except nicotinamide; in medicines containing more than 250 milligrams per dose form
Nilotinib
Olmesartan
Oseltamivir; except when sold by a registered pharmacist between the months of May to September inclusive for the treatment of seasonal influenza to a consumer 12 years of age or more presenting in a pharmacy with early symptoms of influenza
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