[e-drug] behind-the-counter or "pharmacist only" prescription drugs (6)

["David Newby" <David.Newby@newcastle.edu.au>]

E-DRUG: behind-the-counter or "pharmacist only" prescription drugs (6)
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dear E-druggers,

To follow up on what Beverly Snell wrote, there has been an evaluation
of the scheduling of drugs in Australia, including the Pharmacist Only
and Pharmacy Only schedules. 

It is called the "Galbally Review" and you can find more details at http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/rdpdfr.htm

An important recommendation from this report was a review of the need
for the Pharmacist Only (S3) and Pharmacy Only (S2) schedules to exist
(basically suggesting there may not be any need for 2 schedules and the
two could be combined). As noted in the link above in 1995, after
receiving a report into the cost-benefit analysis of the S3 and S2
schedules, they decided to allow the two schedules to continue for 5
years pending further information from a follow up review. 

This follow up review is currently being supported by a tender from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia; see: 
http://www.guild.org.au/research/content.asp?id=1517

regards

David
Dr David Newby  BPharm PhD
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
School of Biomedical Sciences
RM611 Medical Sciences Building
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan   NSW   2308
Tel: +61 2 49215154
Fax: +61 2 49217903
Mob: 0411126333