Scheduling is a national classification system that controls how medicines and poisons are made available to the public. Medicines and poisons are classified into Schedules according to the level of regulatory control over the availability of the medicine or poison required to protect public health and safety. The schedule applied to a product impacts on whether it can be advertised to the public and, if it can, the information that needs to be included in the advertising.
To establish whether the product being advertised is, or contains, a Schedule 3 substance:
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Does the packaging have a prominent statement on the front stating it is a “Pharmacist Only Medicine”? If so, it is a Schedule 3 substance.
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You can also confirm whether the product is in Schedule 3 by checking the ingredients against the Poisons Standard.
It is possible for a medical device to contain a schedule 3 substance.