Department of Health

MEDICINES ACT 1968

EUROPEAN PHARMACOPOEIA: APPROVED SYNONYMS

The Health Ministers, that is to say the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland respectively and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, hereby declare under section 65(8) of the Medicines Act 1968 that the Medicines Commission has approved as a synonym for a name in the left-hand column of the list set out below (being a name at the head of a monograph in the European Pharmacopoeia ), the name or names corresponding to it in the right-hand column of that list, with or without any of the following modifications: (a) a change in the order of the words in the right-hand column, with the addition of a preposition if necessary; (b) the use of square brackets for round brackets and vice versa; (c) the use of the symbol “%” instead of the words “per cent”; (d) the use of the abbreviation “Inj” instead of the word “Injection”. The subject matter of the list set out below shall take effect on 1st January 2000 and is supplementary to the list of Approved Synonyms published in Appendix XXI B of the British Pharmacopoeia 1999.

N-Acetyltryptophan	Acetyltryptophan
N -Acetyltyrosine	Acetyltyrosine
Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate	Ammonium Bicarbonate
d -Camphor	Natural Camphor
Caprylic Acid	Octanoic Acid
Coconut-oil, Refined	Coconut Oil
Codeine Hydrochloride Dihydrate	Codeine Hydrochloride
Detomidine Hydrochloride for   Veterinary Use	Detomidine Hydrochloride
Eleutherococcus	Siberian Ginseng
Fucus	Bladderwrack
Hexamidine Diisetionate	Hexamidine Isetionate
Hypericum	St John’s Wort
Magnesium Aspartate Dihydrate	Magnesium Aspartate
Melissa Leaf	Lemon Balm
Naloxone Hydrochloride   Dihydrate	Naloxone Hydrochloride
Virgin Olive Oil	Olive Oil
Oxfendazole for Veterinary Use	Oxfendazole
Oxytocin Bulk Solution	Oxytocin Concentrated Solution
Passion Flower	Passiflora
Pefloxacin Mesilate Dihydrate	Pefloxacin Mesilate
Solutions for Haemofiltration and   Haemodiafiltration	Solutions for Haemofiltration
Soya-bean Oil, Refined	Soya Oil, Refined Soyabean Oil, Refined
Zinc Acetate Dihydrate	Zinc Acetate
Avian Paramyxovirus 3 Vaccine   (Inactivated)	Avian Paramyxovirus 3 Vaccine, Inactivated