Codeine to become prescription only

Medicines

5 Oct 2015

All codeine-containing analgesics will change from Schedule 3 to Schedule 4 from June 2016, the TGA says.

The interim decision by the TGA’s Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling is based on the assessment on many issues including risk of dependence and adverse events compared to safer products also available over-the-counter.

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