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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