3.6) Scheduling of medicines

Question 1

Medicines in SA are controlled thru

Answer 1

Medicines and Related substances Act 101 of 1965

Question 2

Name the body responsible for managing medicine

Answer 2

SAPHRA

Question 3

SAPHRA is responsible for

Answer 3

registration and scheduling of medicine

Question 4

About what does SAHPRA advice the minister

Answer 4

on scheduling status of specific medicines depending on the risks they pose or risks posed to the medicine

Question 5

Define Scheduled substance according to Act 101 of 1965

Answer 5

means any medicine or other substance prescribed by the minister under section 22A

Question 6

A medicine schedule number is

Answer 6

its a number given to pharmaceutical products based on their benefits and risk.
*the lower the risk the lower the medicine schedule

Question 7

How does Medicine scheduling help people

Answer 7

saves and protects them from accidentally becoming addicted

Question 8

How does medicine scheduling help medicine

Answer 8

it protects the medicine from risks.

Question 9

Section 22A of Act 101 deals with

Answer 9

control of medicine and scheduled substances

Question 10

Pharmacists assistants in Act 101 refer to

Answer 10

all categories of PSP

Question 11

Types of medicine schedules

Answer 11

1. unscheduled medicines
2. OTC medicines
3. Prescription only
4. Controlled and strictly controlled medicines

Question 12

Law on unscheduled medicines

Answer 12

they may be sold in an open shop

Question 13

What does open shop mean

Answer 13

any shop that you can buy S0 medicine from

Question 14

Egs of S0 medicines

Answer 14

Aspirin
Vitamins
some topical creams

Question 15

Define OTC

Answer 15

medicines that can be sold to a patient without prescription

Question 16

OTCs can be referred to as

Answer 16

PIT: Pharmacist-initiated therapy

Question 17

Law required when selling S1 or S2 medicines

Answer 17

pharmacists and PSPs need to write down the name of the patient as well as the name and quantity of the medicine dispensed whenever they sell S1 or 2

Question 18

Egs of S1 and 2 medicines

Answer 18

cold and flu remedies
antihistamines
anti-inflammatories

Question 19

Why are S1 and S2 scheduled

Answer 19

bcos a patient should be consulting the pharmacist or PSP about the best treatment for their condition based on things like other medication they might be using, patients weight and age, allergies and other complicating factors

Question 20

What is a prescription medicine

Answer 20

Any medicine classified as S3,4,5,6,

Question 21

What is needed to get a prescription medicine

Answer 21

a person needs a prescription from a MP, dentist or allied health professiona

Question 22

By law, how many times can S3,4 and unspecified S5 medicines be repeated

Answer 22

6 months
*after that, patient must return to MP to determine whether disease profile has changed and whether medicine is still appropriate

Question 23

A specified S5 medicine can be prescribed

Answer 23

once on a repeat prescription for 6 months

Question 24

Reason for S5 rescription being repeated for 6 months

Answer 24

its a habit forming medicine and has potentially harmful side effects

Question 25

What happens if a patient requires S5 medicine for longer than 6 months

Answer 25

they need to go to a psychiatrist and a recod must be kept of all purchases for specified S5 medicines

Question 26

Prescription of S6 medicines

Answer 26

One month at a time with the quantity to be dispensed written in numbers and words

Question 27

When should a pharmacist balance the record

Answer 27

on the last day of every quarter.

Question 28

S7 medicines are

Answer 28

controlled medicines

Question 29

S8 medicines are

Answer 29

strictly controlled medicines