Schedule H
Schedule H is a class of prescription drugs in India appearing as an appendix to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 introduced in 1945. These are drugs which cannot be purchased over the counter without the prescription of a qualified doctor.The manufacture and sale of all drugs are covered under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules. It is revised at times based on the advice of the Drugs Technical Advisory Board, part of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization[1] in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The most recent schedule H (2006) lists 536 drugs from abacavir to zuclopenthixol.[2]
However, enforcement of Schedule H laws in India is lax, compared to the more restrictive Schedule X, for which a mandatory documentation trail must be maintained.[3]
List
A partial list of Schedule H drugs in India are:
- Acebutolol Hydrochloride
- Aclarubicin Inj
- Actilyse
- Acyclovir
- Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
- Alclometasone Dipropiponate
- Allopurinol
- Alphachymotrypsin
- Alprazolam
- Amantadine Hydrochloride
- Amikacin
- Amiloride Hydrochloride
- Amineptine
- Aminoglutethimide Tab
- Aminosalicylic Acid
- Amiodarone Hydrochloride
- Amitriptyline, its salts
- Amoscanate
- Amoxapine_
- Amrinone Lactate
- Analgin
- Androgenic, Anabolic, Oestrogenic and Progestational Substances
- Antibiotics
- Aprotinin
- Organic Compound of Arsenic for injection.
- Articaine Hydrochloride
- Astemizole
- Atenolol
- Atracrium Besylate Injection
- Auranofin
- Azathioprine
- Barbituric acid, its salts, derivative of
- Barbituric acid, their salts
- Bacampicillin
- Benserazide Hydrochloride
- Betahistine Dihydrochloride
- Bethanidine Sulphate
- Bezafibrate
- Biclotymol
- Biperiden Hydrochloride
- Bitoscanate
- Bleomycin Oil Suspension
- Bromhexine Hydrochloride
- Bromocriptine Mesylate
- Budesonide
- Bupivacaine Hydrochloride
- Bupropion Hydrochloride
- Buspirone
- Captopril
- Carbidopa
- Carbocisteine
- Carboplatin Injection
- Carboquone
- Carisoprodol
- L.Carnitine
- Cefadroxyl
- Cefatoxime Sodium
- Cefazolin Sodium
- Ceftazidime Pentahydrate
- Ceftizoxime Sodium Sterile
- Cefuroxime
- Cefuroxime Axetil
- Centbutindole
- Centchroman
- Chest on Cold Total
- Ciclopirox Olamine
- Clindamycin
- Cimetidine
- Cinnarizine
- Ciprofloxacin HCL Monohydrate/lactate
- Chlordiazepoxide, its salts
- Chlormezanone
- Chlorpromazine, its salts
- Chlorzoxazone
- Clavulanic Acid
- Clidinium Bromide
- Clobetasol Propionate
- Clobetazone 17-Butyrate
- Clofazimine
- Clofibrate
- Clonidine Hydrochloride
- Clopamide
- Clostebol Acetate
- Clotrimazole
- Codeine, its salts and derivatives
- Colchicine
- Corticosteroids, their esters, their derivatives and their dosage forms.
- Cotrimoxazole
- Cyclanadelate
- Cyclosporin Oral Solution
- Danzol
- Dapsone, its salts and derivatives
- Desogestrol
- Dextranomer
- Dextropropoxyphene, its salts
- Diazepam
- Diazoxide
- Diclofenac Sodium
- Digoxine
- Dilazep Hydrochloride
- Diltiazem
- Dinoprostone
- Diphenoxylate, its salts
- Disopyramide
- Domperidone
- Dopamine Hydrochloride
- Dothiepin Hydrochloride
- Doxapram Hydrochloride
- Doxepin Hydrochloride
- Econozole
- Enalapril Maleate
- Enfenamic Acid
- Epinephrine, its salts
- Epirubicine Inj.
- Ergot, alkaloids of, whether hydrogenated or not, their homologues, any salt of any substance
- falling within this item.
- Estradiol succinate
- Estramustine Phosphate Capsule.
- Ethacridine Lactate
- Ethambutol Hydrochloride
- Ethamsylate
- Ethinyloestradiol
- Ethionamide
- Etomidate
- Etoposide Cap. & Inj.
- Farmotidine
- Flavoxate Hydrochloride
- Flufenamic acid, its salts, its esters, their salts
- Flunarizine Hydrochloride
- Flupenthixol
- Fluphenazine Enanthate and Decanoate
- Flurazepam
- Flurbiprofen
- Flutamide
- Fluoxetine Hydrochloride
- Garabpin
- Galanthamine Hydrobromide
- Gallamine, its salts, its quaternary compound
- Gemfibrozil
- Genodeoxycholic Acid
- Gliclazide
- Glucagon
- Glycopyrrolate
- GlydiazinamideGuanethidine
- Gugulipid
- Halogenated Hydroxyquinolines
- Haloperidol
- Heparin
- Hepatitis B. Vaccine
- Hyaluronidase
- Hydrocortisone 17-Butyrate
- Hydrotalcite
- Hydroxyzine, its salts
- Ibuprofen
- Imipramine, its salts
- Indapamide
- Indomethacin, its salts
- Insulin Human
- Interferon Alpha Inj.
- Intralipid (intravenous Fat Emulsion)
- Iohexol Sterile Solution
- Iopamidol Sterile Solution
- Iopromide
- Iron Preparation for parenteral use
- Isocarboxazid
- Isoflurane
- Isonicotinic acid hydrazine and other hydrazine detivatives of isonicotinic acid, their
- derivatives, their salts.
- Isosorbide Dinitrate
- Isosorbide Mononitrate
- Isozsurprine
- Ketamine Hydrochloride
- Ketoconazole Acetate
- Ketoprofen
- Labetalol Hydrochloride
- Levarterenol, its salts
- Levodopa
- Lidoflazine
- Lithium Carbonate
- Lofepramine Decanoate
- Loperamide
- Lorazepam
- Loxapine
- Mebendazole
- Mebeverine Hydrochloride
- Medroxy Progesterone Acetate Tablets
- Mefenamic Acid, its salts its ester, their salts
- Megestrol Acetate
- Meglumine Iocarmate
- Melagenina Lotion
- Mephenesin, its esters
- Mephentermine
- Mesterolone
- Methicillin Sodium
- Methocarbamol
- Metoclopramide
- Metoprolol tartarate
- Metrizamide
- Metronidazole
- Mexiletine Hydrochloride
- Mianserin Hydrochloride
- Miconazole
- Minocycline
- Minoxidil
- Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride
- Mometasone Furoate
- Morphazinamide Hydrochloride
- Narcotic Drugs listed in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychtropic Substances Act 1985.
- Nadolol
- Nalidixic Acid
- Naproxen
- Naroxim Expectorant
- Natamycin
- Netilmicin Sulphate
- Nicergoline
- Nifedipine
- Nimustine Hydrochloride
- Nitrazepam
- Nitroglycerin Injection
- Norethisterone Enanthate Injection
- Norfloxacin
- Ofloxacin
- Orphenadrine, its salts
- Orthoclone Sterile
- Oxazepam
- Oxazolidine,its salts
- Oxethazaine Hydrochloride
- Oxolinic Acid
- Oxprenolol Hydrochloride
- Oxyfedrine
- Oxymetazoline
- Oxyphenbutazone
- Oxytocin
- Ozothine
- Pancuronium Bromide
- Para amino benzene sulphonamide its salts and derivatives.
- Para amino Salicylic acid, its salts, its derivatives
- D-Penicillamine
- Pentazocine
- Pentoxiflylline
- Pepleomycin Injection.
- Phenelzine, its salts
- Phenothiazine, derivatives of and salts of its derivatives
- Phenobarbital
- Phenylbutazine, its salts.
- Pimozide
- Pindolol
- Piracetam
- Piroxicam
- Pituitory gland, the active principles of, not otherwise specified in this Schedule and their
- salts
- Polidocanol Injection
- Polyestradiol Phosphate Injection
- Praziquantel
- Prednimustine Tablets
- Prednisolone Stearoylglycolate
- Prenoxdiazin Hydrochloride
- Promazine Hydrochloride
- Propafenon Hydrochloride
- Propranolol Hydrochloride
- Protristyline Hydrochloride
- Pyrazinamide
- Pyrvinium, its Salts
- Quinidne Sulphate
- Ranitidine
- Rauwolfia alkaloids, their salts,derivatives of the alkaloids of rauwolfia, their salts
- Reproterol Hydrochloride
- Rosoxacin
- Salbutamol Sulphate
- Salicylazosulphapyridine
- Satranidazole
- Septopal Beads & Chains
- Serratio Peptidase
- Sisomicin Sulphate.
- Sodium Cromoglyate
- Sodium Hyaluronate Solution
- Sodium and Meglumie Iothalamates
- Sodium Valproate
- Sotalol
- Spectinomycin Hydrochloride
- Spironolactone
- Sucralfate
- Sulphadoxine
- Sulphamethoxine
- Sulphamethoxypyridazine
- Sulphaphenazole
- Sulprostone Injection
- Teratolol Hydrochloride
- Terbutaline Sulphate
- Terfenadine
- Terizione
- Testosterone Undecoanoate
- Tiaprofenic Acid
- Timolol Maleate
- Tinazoline
- Tinidazole
- Thiacetazone
- Thiopropazate, its salts
- Tobramycin
- Tranylcypromine, its salts
- Trazodone
- Tretinoin
- Trifluperazine
- Trifluperidol Hydrochloride
- Trimetazidine Dihydrochloride
- Trimipramine
- Tripotassium Dicitrate Bismuthate
- Urokinase
- Vasopressin
- Vecuronium Bromide Injection
- Verapamil Hydrochloride
- Xipamide
- Zidovudine Cap
References
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- ^ "DRUGS AND COSMETICS (2ND AMENDMENT) RULES, 2006" (PDF). Department of Health. New Delhi: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of GoI in The Gazette of India (extraordinary) Part-II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide G.S.R. 160(E), dated 16th March, 2006. 16 March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2015.[dead link]
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