Paracetamol (Non-proprietary)

Tablets

⁽¹⁾, paracetamol 500 mg. Net price 20 = 31p. Label: 29, 30

Brands include Panadol® Preparations not available for NHS prescription

Soluble Tablets (= Dispersible tablets) Controlled drug

⁽²⁾, paracetamol 500 mg. Net price 60-tab pack = £4.64. Label: 13, 29, 30

Brands include Panadol Soluble® Preparations not available for NHS prescription

Paediatric Soluble Tablets (= Paediatric dispersible tablets), paracetamol 120 mg. Net price 16-tab pack = 91p. Label: 13, 30

Brands include Disprol® Soluble Paracetamol

Oral Suspension 120 mg/5 mL (= Paediatric Mixture), paracetamol 120 mg/5 mL. Net price 100 mL = 42p. Label: 30

NOTE

BP directs that when Paediatric Paracetamol Oral Suspension or Paediatric Paracetamol Mixture is prescribed Paracetamol Oral Suspension 120 mg/5 mL should be dispensed; sugar-free versions can be ordered by specifying ‘sugar-free'on the prescription

Brands include Calpol® Paediatric, Calpol® Paediatric sugar-free, Disprol® Paediatric, Medinol® Paediatric sugar-free, Paldesic®, Panadol® sugar-free

Oral Suspension 250 mg/5 mL (= Mixture), paracetamol 250 mg/5 mL. Net price 100 mL = 73p. Label: 30

Brands include Calpol® 6 Plus Preparations not available for NHS prescription

, Medinol® Over 6 Preparations not available for NHS prescription

, Paldesic®

Suppositories, paracetamol 60 mg, net price 10 = £9.96; 125 mg, 10 = £11.50; 250 mg, 10 = £23.00; 500 mg, 10 = £9.90. Label: 30

Brands include Alvedon®

NOTE

other strengths available as manufactured specials e.g. 15 mg, 30 mg

DENTAL PRESCRIBING ON NHS

Paracetamol Tablets, Paracetamol Soluble Tablets 500 mg, and Paracetamol Oral Suspension may be prescribed

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⁽¹⁾May be sold to the public provided packs contain no more than 32 capsules or tablets; pharmacists can sell multiple packs up to a total quantity of 100 capsules or tablets in justifiable circumstances; for details see Medicines, Ethics and Practice, No. 30, London, Pharmaceutical Press, 2006 (and subsequent editions as available)

⁽²⁾May be sold to the public under certain circumstances; for exemptions see Medicines, Ethics and Practice, No. 30, London, Pharmaceutical Press, 2006 (and subsequent editions as available)

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