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Scheduling delegate's final decisions, March 2016
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Scheduling medicines and poisons
17 March 2016
4. Editorials and errata
4.1 Updating names and cross references
Scheduling proposal
The TGA is updating names of ingredients in a number of medicines approved for use in Australia to align with names used internationally. The following changes are part of this process. Further information on these changes is available from the TGA website at: Updating medicine ingredient names
For each ingredient listed below:
- replace each instance of where the old name is used within the schedules with the new name
- include a cross reference from the old name to the new name in the Index.
| Old name used in SUSMP | New name |
|---|---|
| 8-hydroxyquinoline | oxyquinoline |
| acriflavine | acriflavinium chloride |
| amoxycillin | amoxicillin |
| amphotericin | amphotericin |
| chlorbutol | chlorobutanol |
| cholestyramine | colestyramine |
| colaspase | asparaginase |
| di-N propyl isocinchomeronate | di-n-propyl isocinchomeronate |
| ethanolamine | monoethanolamine |
| triethanolamine | trolamine |
| bretylium tosylate | bretylium tosilate |
| butyl aminobenzoate | butamben |
| chlorthalidone | chlortalidone |
| cisatracurium besylate | cisatracurium besilate |
| cyclosporin | ciclosporin |
| delavirdine mesylate | delavirdine mesilate |
| di-iodohydroxyquinoline | diiodohydroxyquinoline |
| disodium etidronate | etidronate disodium |
| disodium pamidronate | pamidronate disodium |
| eformoterol | formoterol |
| ethacrynic acid | etacrynic acid |
| ethinyloestradiol | ethinyestradiol |
| glutaraldehyde | glutaral |
| guaiphenesin | guaifenesin |
| hexachlorophane | hexachlorophene |
| hydroxyurea | hydroxycarbamide |
| indomethacin | indometacin |
| lignocaine | lidocaine |
| methylphenobarbitone | methylphenobarbital |
| oestradiol | estradiol |
| oestriol | estriol |
| oestrogens | estrogens |
| oestrone | estrone |
| oxpentifylline | pentoxifylline |
| pentamidine isethionate | pentamidine isetionate |
| pericyazine | periciazine |
| phenobarbitone | phenobarbital |
| procaine penicillin | procaine benzylpenicillin |
| salcatonin | calcitonin salmon |
| tetracosactrin | tetracosactide |
For the following ingredients, a new cross reference only will be included in the Index:
- new Index entry 'epinephrine', cross referenced to 'adrenaline'
- new Index entry 'norepinephrine', cross referenced to 'noradrenaline