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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Potential effects on performance of prescription and or over the counter drugs.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. MHRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
Advice on best practice for reviewing individuals in substance misuse treatment.
A review on the extent of medication errors and recommendations to reduce medication-related harm in England.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Report a problem ('adverse incident') with a medical device or medicine to MHRA using the Yellow Card Scheme
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (7 March 2024) approved the medicine ganaxolone (Ztalmy) as the first anti-seizure medication in the UK to treat cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) deficiency disorder (CDD).
A serious shortage protocol (SSP) has been issued across the UK for Utrogestan® 100mg capsules today (19 May 2023).
The most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation.
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