Chiropodists

With effect from 17 November 2006: Updated legal provisions for chiropodists/podiatrists to sell, supply and administer medicines (new additions shown in bold).

  POM P GSL
Sale/Supply Co-dydramol 10/500 tablets (amount sufficient for 3 days treatment to max of 24 tablets)
Amorolfine hydrochloride cream where the maximum strength of the Amorolfine in the cream does not exceed 0.25 per cent by weight in weight
Amorolfine hydrochloride lacquer where the maximum strength of the Amorolfine in the lacquer does not exceed 5 per cent by weight in volume
Topical hydrocortisone where the maximum strength of the hydrocortisone in the medicinal product does not exceed 1 per cent by weight in weight
Silver sulfadiazine
Amoxicillin
Erythromycin
Flucloxacillin
Tioconazole 28%
(Conditions: Registered podiatrists only. Medicine must be pre-packed and sale or supply must be in the course of their professional practice. Must hold certificate of competence in the use of the medicines)		 The following pharmacy medicines for external use:-

Potassium permanganate
Ointment of heparinoid and hyaluronidase;
9.0% Borotanic complex
10.0% Buclosamide
3.0% Chlorquinaldol
1.0% Clotrimazole
10.0% Crotamiton
5.0% Diamthazole
1.0% Econazole
1.0% Fenticlor
10.0% Glutaraldehyde
0.4% Hydrargaphen
Ibuprofen (amount sufficient for 3 days treatment where max dose is 400mg, max daily dose 1,200mg and max pack size is 3,600mg)
2.0% Mepyramine
2.0% Miconazole
2.0% Phenoxyporpan
20.0% Podophyllum
10.0% Polynoxylin
70.0% Pyrogallol
70.0% Salicylic acid
0.1% Thiomersal
Terbinafine
Griseofulvin 1%
(Conditions: Registered podiatrists only. Medicine must be pre-packed and supply must be in the course of their professional practice)

 a) any GSL
medicine

(Subject to usual GSL conditions: medicine must be pre-packed and supplied from premises which can be locked to exclude the public)

b) any GSL medicines for external use.

(Conditions: medicine must be pre-packed and supply must be in the course of their professional practice)
Administer

Bupivacaine
Bupivacaine with adrenaline
Lignocaine
Lignocaine with adrenaline
Mepivacaine
Prilocaine
Adrenaline (Epinephrine) Inj BP
Methylprednisolone
Levobupivacaine Hydrochloride
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride

(Conditions: Registered podiatrists only. Must hold certificate of competence in the use of analgesics)

    

Medicines which may be sold, supplied or administered by means of a specific exemption may be purchased wholesale.


Page last modified: 17 November 2006