Schedule 4 Prescription Only Medicine (Humans) or Prescription Animal Remedy (Animals)Edit
Schedule 4 (S4) drugs and poisons, otherwise known as prescription only medicines, are substances and preparations for therapeutic use that:
Requires professional medical, dental, or veterinary management or monitoring
Are for ailments or symptoms that require professional medical, dental, or veterinary diagnosis or management
May require further evaluation for safety or efficacy
Are new therapeutic substances
No drugs under schedule 4 need to be authorised by the health department
One's doctor may call the health department to get a drug approved that is not listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) so that the purchase price can be subsidised under the scheme
Not all drugs can be authorised for the (PBS)
Some states have subsets of Schedule 4 with additional requirements (see below). Schedule 4 medicines cannot be advertised directly to the public.
Examples include:
Adrenaline
Amoxicillin
Co-codamol preparations comprising 16–30 mg codeine per 500 mg paracetamol
Ephedrine
Ergotamine
Fluticasone
Isotretinoin
Methoxyflurane
Pseudoephedrine in large doses
Salmeterol
Tramadol
Tretinoin
Trimethoprim
All benzodiazepines except flunitrazepam and alprazolam
All:
SSRIs (e.g. Fluoxetine, Citalopram),
SNRIs (e.g. Duloxetine, Milnacipran),
TCAs (e.g. Imipramine, Mirtazapine) and
MAOIs (e.g. Selegiline, Moclobemide).
Antipsychotic drugs (e.g. Aripiprazole, Quetiapine)