Other Notices
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 |