# The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order further amends the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 (the principal Order) which specifies descriptions and classes of prescription only medicines, that is to say medicinal products which (subject to exemptions) may be sold or supplied by retail only in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriate practitioner and which may be administered only by or in accordance with the directions of such a practitioner.
The amendments made by this Order are as follows—
Article 2 amends Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Order.
Article 2(a) substitutes the words Inosine Pranobex for the words Inosine Franobex in the list of substances which render medicinal products a prescription only medicine.
Article 2(b) alters the circumstances in which a medicinal product containing the substance Podophyllum Resin is excluded from being a prescription only medicine.
Article 3 amends Part IV of Schedule 1 to the principal Order.
Article 3(a) and (b) insert the names and product licence numbers of two medicinal products that are not prescription only medicines.
Article 3(c) deletes the name and product licence number of a medicinal product from the said Part IV.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1250/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-no-2-order-1987/note
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