# The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2004, Article 3: Amendment of Schedule 3A to the principal Order


In the table in Schedule 3A to the principal Order (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration)—
(a) for the entry for “Erythromycin”, in column 2, after “External Use” insert “or oral”;
(b) for the entry “Fusidic acid”, in column 2 for “Opthalmic Use” substitute “External Use”;
(c) for the entry “Hycosine butylbromide”, in column 2, after “parenteral” insert “or transdermal”;
(d) for the entry “Hycosine hydrobromide”, in column 2, for “Oral, parenteral or transdermal administration in palliative care” substitute “Oral or parenteral administration in palliative care”;
(e) for the entry “Metronidazole”, in column 2 for “External use or oral” substitute “External use, oral or rectal”;
(f) for the entry “Prednisolone sodium phosphate”, in column 2, after “Aural” insert “or oral”;
(g) in column 1 insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, each of the entries set out in column 1 below, and in column 2 insert, against those entries, the corresponding entries in column 2 below—
Column 1
Column 2
Amitriptyline hydrochloride
Oral
Azithromycin dihydrate
Oral
Carbamazepine
Oral or rectal
Clavulanic acid
Oral
Conjugated oestrogens (equine)
External use
Diclofenac potassium
Oral
Diclofenac sodium
Oral or rectal
Erythromycin ethyl succinate
Oral
Erythromycin stearate
Oral
Estradiol
External use
Estriol
External use
Etonogestrel
Implant
Flumazenil
Parenteral
Gabapentin
Oral
Glucagon hydrochloride
Parenteral
Glucose
Parenteral
Imipramine hydrochloride
Oral
Lignocaine hydrochloride
External use or parenteral
Lymecycline
Oral
Nortriptyline hydrochloride
Oral
Prednisolone
Oral
Salbutamol sulphate
Inhalation
Sodium fusidate
External use
Terbutaline sulphate
Inhalation

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-only-medicines-human-use-amendment-order-2004/article-3
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