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Summary Medicines regulations
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Medicine RegulationsLegal Highs
Not illegal- no monitoring body
Herbal, synthesised or counterfeit
Not medicinal so not monitored
Medicinal Products
Treat or prevent disease
Can be used to diagnose
They restore, correct or modify physiological functions by exerting
pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action
Medicine Control
Protect patients
Legislation covers: manufacturing, development, testing, wholesaler,
prescriber and supplier
Legislation
1968 Medicines Act- Prohibits dealing medication but exemptions made
to allow licensed people to sell and manufacture in certain cases as well
as healthcare professionals.
1971 Misuse of Drugs Act- Controls dealing of harmful drugs
1995 Medicines for Human Use Act- license and labelling (replaces part of
MA68)
2012 Human Medicines Regulations- consolidates medicine regulations
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