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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-labelling-and-advertising-to-the-public-regulations-1978/schedule-2/part-II",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1978/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Labelling and Advertising to the Public) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-labelling-and-advertising-to-the-public-regulations-1978",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nSystem or part of the body\nPurposes for which advertising is permitted\nRestrictions on permitted advertisements\n1. The gastro-intestinal system.\nRelief of such symptoms as are commonly referred to as indigestion, heart-burn, hyperacidity, dyspepsia, halitosis (bad breath) or flatulence.\nNone.\nSymptomatic relief of colicky pain, stomach ache or nausea.\nNone.\nRelief of occasional or non-persistent diarrhoea or constipation.\nNone.\nPrevention of travel sickness or related symptoms.\nNone.\n2. Liver, biliary system and pancreas.\nNone.\n3. Kidneys and ureters.\nNone.\n4. The nervous system.\nSymptomatic relief of headache including migrainous headache.\nPrevention of migraine.\nTreatment of the condition known as neuralgia.\nThat advertisements consist solely of labelled containers or packages in which, or leaflets with which, a medicinal product is supplied.\n5. The genito-urinary system and mammary glands.\nSymptomatic relief of dysmenorrhea.\nNone.\nRelief of sore nipples during lactation by means of local applications.\nNone.\nContraception by means of the use of spermicidal contraceptives.\nThe restrictions and requirements imposed by regulation 6 of these regulations.\n6. The skin, hair and scalp.\nTreatment, where applied to an external surface of the body, of acne.\nNone.\nPrevention or treatment of dandruff by means of external applications.\nNone.\nTemporary relief of psoriasis by application to an external surface of the body.\nTreatment, where applied to an external surface of the body, of eczema and skin allergies.\nTreatment of hard skin and corns by means of the application of corn plasters or solvents.\nNone.\nPrevention or treatment of contact dermatitis by means of protective applications.\nNone.\nRelief or prevention of common minor skin conditions including dry and chapped skin, cold sores, nettle rashes, pruritus, insect bites and napkin rash.\nNone.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/41/schedule/2/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:42:01.140544+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}