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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
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.
Information and documents on Public Health England’s review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines.
Guidance for pharmacists on prescriptions issued in EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Legal requirement for the sale of veterinary medicines on the internet and the VMD Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS).
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
Guidance on prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
Report of the review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed 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), working with law enforcement partners, seized more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines with a street value of more than £30 million during 2023.
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
NHS Business Services Authority contact number for ordering prepaid prescriptions for 3 or 12 months at a cheaper rate than single prescriptions
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
Kieron Banks (34) was sentenced today at the Nightingale Court in Wolverhampton for the illegal possession and intent to supply prescription-only medication valued at over £2m following investigations by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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