The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7278 p768
6 December 2003

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Nurse prescribing extended

Extended formulary nurse prescribers will be able to prescribe six new medicines from 10 December.

They are:

• codeine phosphate for oral administration

• co-phenotrope for oral administration

• diazepam for oral, parenteral or rectal administration in palliative care

• oral dihydrocodeine tartrate

• lorazepam and midazolam, both for oral or parenteral administration in palliative care.

The change is made through the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No 2) Order 2003.