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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 265 No 7118 p539
October 14, 2000 News

Famotidine goes GSL

Famotidine tablets became available for sale outside pharmacies on October 4. Sales are limited packs containing no more than 12 tablets with a maximum dose of 10mg and a maximum daily dose of 20mg (PJ, May 20, p745).
The maximum pack size of general sale list products containing bisacodyl rose from 10 to 20 tablets and products containing no more than 1 per cent heparinoid in packs of up to 20g to became GSL.
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment (No 2) Order 2000 [SI 2526] and The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000 [SI 2494], The Stationery Office, London.