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State‐based legal requirements for Schedule 8 prescriptions: why so complicated?
Author(s) -
Hua Andy C,
Shen Finna,
Ge Xiaoting
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja14.01587
Subject(s) - library science , schedule , citation , medical prescription , medical library , medical school , operations research , medicine , management , computer science , engineering , medical education , economics , pharmacology
doi: 10.5694/mja14.01587 Medicines and Poisons are strictly regulated because of the high risk of misuse and/or physical and psychological dependence associated with them. They have to be prescribed, dispensed, documented and destroyed in specific ways that are in compliance with each state and territory’s different drug regulations. S8 medicines are under stricter control than Schedule 4 (S4) medicines (other prescription-only drugs), for which requirements have been standardised between states and territories.