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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.
Guidance for pharmacists on prescriptions issued in EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Information and documents on Public Health England’s review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines.
Legal requirement for the sale of veterinary medicines on the internet and the VMD Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS).
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
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.
Report of the review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines.
NHS Business Services Authority contact number for ordering prepaid prescriptions for 3 or 12 months at a cheaper rate than single prescriptions
Advice for healthcare professionals on the reclassification of codeine linctus to a prescription-only medicine (POM), following a public consultation.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
People are urged to seek advice from healthcare professionals if they feel they have become dependent on or addicted to codeine linctus.
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).
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
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