Poisons Standard 2007
OF POISONS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE 4 OR 8OF POISONS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE 4 OR 8
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OF POISONS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE 4 OR 8
(The following controls apply for the substances shown only when included in Schedule 4 or Schedule 8.)
- Poisons available only from or on the prescription or order of an authorised medical practitioner.
CLOMIPHENE for human use.
CLOZAPINE for human use.
CYCLOFENIL for human use.
DINOPROST for human use.
DINOPROSTONE for human use.
FOLLITROPIN ALPHA (recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone) for human use.
FOLLITROPIN BETA (recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone) for human use.
LUTEINISING HORMONE for human use.
TERIPARATIDE for human use.
UROFOLLITROPIN (human follicle-stimulating hormone) for human use.
- Poisons available only from or on the prescription or order of a specialist physician or a dermatologist and for which the prescriber must, where the patient is a woman of child-bearing age:
(1) ensure that the possibility of pregnancy has been excluded prior to commencement of treatment; and
(2) if the drug is -
(a) acitretin or etretinate, advise the patient to avoid becoming pregnant during or for a period of 24 months after completion of treatment; or
(b) bexarotene, isotretinoin or thalidomide, advise the patient to avoid becoming pregnant during or for a period of 1 month after completion of treatment.
ACITRETIN for human use.
BEXAROTENE for human use.
ETRETINATE for human use.
ISOTRETINOIN for human oral use.
THALIDOMIDE for human use.
- Poisons available only from or on the prescription or order of a medical practitioner authorised by the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Department of Health and Ageing under section 19 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
DRONABINOL (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol).
- Poisons available only from or on the order of a specialist physician and for which the prescriber must, where the patient is a woman of child bearing age:
(a) ensure that the possibility of pregnancy has been excluded prior to commencement of treatment; and
(b) advise the patient to avoid becoming pregnant during or for a period of
1 month after completion of treatment.
TRETINOIN for human oral use.
- Poisons for which possession without authority is illegal (e.g. possession other than in accordance with a legal prescription).