{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-no-2-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-no-2-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2937",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-no-2-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 4 of the principal Order",
  "text": "In article 4 of the principal Order (medicinal products that are not prescription only), the following paragraph is substituted for paragraph (1E):—\n“(1E) Notwithstanding article 3(1)(a), a medicinal product shall not be a prescription only medicine by reason that it contains the substance carbenoxolone sodium where—\n(a) the medicinal product is in the form of granules;\n(b) the maximum strength of the carbenoxolone sodium in the medicinal product does not exceed one per cent calculated in terms of weight in weight;\n(c) the medicinal product is sold or supplied in a container or package containing not more than 560 milligrams of carbenoxolone sodium;\n(d) the container or package of the medicinal product is labelled to show a maximum daily dose of 80 milligrams of carbenoxolone sodium and a maximum dose of 20 milligrams of carbenoxolone sodium; and\n(e) the medicinal product is indicated only for treatment by mouthwash, in adults and in children over the age of 12 years;\nand for the purposes of this paragraph “maximum daily dose” means the maximum quantity of the substance carbenoxolone sodium which it is recommended should be used as a mouthwash in a period of 24 hours and “maximum dose” means the maximum quantity of the substance carbenoxolone sodium which it is recommended should be used at any one time.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2937/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:11:21.880629+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."
}