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(1) This Order may be cited as the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 16th September 1997 except for article 2(c) which shall come into force on 16th September 1998.
(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997.
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In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies substances which if included in medicinal products make those products prescription only medicines and exemptions from restrictions on the sale and supply of prescription only medicines)
(a) in the entry for “Carbenoxolone Sodium”, there is substituted for “506mg” in column 5, “560mg”;
(b) the entry for “Terfenadine” is amended by the deletion of the entries “120mg (MDD)” in column 4 and “Container or package containing not more than 1,200mg of Terfenadine” in column 5; and
(c) there are inserted in column 1 and, as the case may be, columns 2, 3 and 5, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in column 1, each of the entries set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, together with the corresponding text in columns 2, 3 and 5 respectively of that Schedule.
Frank Dobson,
Secretary of State for Health
12th August 1997Win Griffiths,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Welsh Office
20th August 1997Sam Galbraith,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,The Scottish Office
26th August 1997Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
D. C. Gowdy,
Permanent Secretary
20th August 1997.
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(c)


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Substance Maximum strength Route of administration, use or pharmaceutical form Treatment limitations Maximum quantity
Aspirin 
(1) 325 mg 
(1) Non-effervescent tablets and capsules
(2) All preparations other than non-effervescent tablets or capsules  
(1) The quantity sold or supplied in one container or package shall not exceed 32
 The quantity of non-effervescent tablets, capsules or a combination of both sold or supplied to a person at any one time shall not exceed 100
Paracetamol 
(1) 120 mg 
(1) Non-effervescent tablets and capsules for use in children aged less than 12 years  
(1) The quantity sold or supplied in one container or package shall not exceed 32
 The quantity of non-effervescent tablets, capsules or a combination of both sold or supplied to a person at any one time shall not exceed 100
 
(2) 500 mg 
(2) Non-effervescent tablets and capsules for use in adults and children not less than 12 years
(3) All preparations other than non-effervescent tablets and capsules  
(2) The quantity sold or supplied in one container or package shall not exceed 32
 The quantity of non-effervescent tablets, capsules or a combination of both sold or supplied to a person at any one time shall not exceed 100