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Nurse Prescribing

POMs List

List of Prescription Only Medicines (as at 31 January 2004)
Prescribable by Extended Formulary Nurse Prescribers [see note 1 below]

Drug	Route of administration, use or pharmaceutical form [see note 2 below]
Aciclovir	External
Acrivastine	Oral
Adapalene	External
Alclometasone dipropionate	External
Alimemazine tartrate (trimeprazine tartrate)	Oral
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	Oral [see note 3 below]
Amorolfine hydrochloride	External
Amoxycillin trihydrate	Oral
Aspirin	Oral
Azelaic acid	External
Azelastine hydrochloride	Ophthalmic, nasal
Azithromycin dihydrate	Oral
Baclofen	Palliative care - oral
Beclometasone dipropionate	External, nasal
Betamethasone dipropionate	External
Betamethasone sodium phosphate	Aural, nasal
Betamethasone valerate	External
Budesonide	Nasal
Carbamazepine	Oral, rectal [see note 3 below]
Carbaryl	External
Carbenoxolone sodium	Mouthwash
Cetirizine hydrochloride	Oral
Chloramphenicol	Ophthalmic
Cimetidine	Oral
Cinchocaine hydrochloride	External
Clavulanic acid [potassium clavulanate]	Oral
Clindamycin phosphate	External
Clobetasone butyrate	External
Clotrimazole	External
Codeine Phosphate	Oral
Conjugated oestrogens (equine)	External
Co-Phenotrope	Oral
Cyclizine	Palliative care - parenteral
Dantrolene sodium	Palliative care - oral
Dantron	Oral
Desogestrel	Oral
Desoximetasone (Desoxymethasone)	External
Dexamethasone	Aural
Dexamethasone isonicotinate	Nasal
Diazepam	Palliative care - oral, parenteral and rectal
Diclofenac diethylammonium	External
Diclofenac potassium	Oral
Diclofenac sodium	Oral, rectal
Dihydrocodeine Tartrate	Oral
Domperidone	Palliative care - oral and rectal
Domperidone maleate	Palliative care - oral
Doxycycline hyclate	Oral
Doxycycline monohydrate	Oral
Econazole nitrate	External
Emedastine	Ophthalmic
Erythromycin	External, oral
Erythromycin ethyl succinate	Oral
Erythromycin stearate	Oral
Estradiol	External
Estriol	External
Ethinylestradiol	Oral
Etonogestrel	Implant
Etynodiol diacetate (ethynodiol diacetate)	Oral
Famotidine	Oral
Felbinac	External
Fenticonazole nitrate	External
Fexofenadine hydrochloride	Oral
Flucloxacillin sodium	Oral
Flucloxacillin magnesium	Oral
Fluconazole	Oral
Fludroxycortide (Flurandrenolone)	External
Flumazenil	Parenteral
Flumetasone pivalate	Aural
Flunisolide	Nasal
Fluocinolone acetonide	External
Fluocinonide	External
Fluocortolone hexanoate	External
Fluocortolone pivalate	External
Flurbiprofen	Lozenges
Fluticasone propionate	External, nasal
Fusidic acid	External
Gabapentin	Oral [see note 3 below]
Gentamicin sulphate	Aural
Gestodene	Oral
Glucagon hydrochloride	Parenteral
Glucose	Parenteral
Hydrocortisone	External
Hydrocortisone acetate	External
Hydrocortisone butyrate	External
Hydrocortisone sodium succinate	Lozenges
Hyoscine butylbromide	Palliative care - parenteral, transdermal
Hyoscine hydrobromide	Palliative care - oral, parenteral
Ibuprofen	External, oral
Ibuprofen lysine	Oral
Imipramine hydrochloride	Oral [see note 3 below]
Ipratropium bromide	Nasal
Isotretinoin	External
Ketoconazole	External
Ketoprofen	External
Levocabastine hydrochloride	Nasal and ophthalmic
Levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine) maleate	Palliative care - oral
Levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine) hydrochloride	Palliative care - parenteral
Levonorgestrel	Oral
Lignocaine hydrochloride	External, parenteral
Lithium succinate	External
Lodoxamide trometamol	Ophthalmic
Loperamide hydrochloride	Oral
Loratadine	Oral
Lorazepam	Palliative care - oral and parenteral
Lymecycline	Oral
Mebendazole	Oral
Medroxyprogesterone acetate	Parenteral
Mestranol	Oral
Metoclopramide hydrochloride	Palliative care - oral and parenteral
Metronidazole	External, oral, rectal
Metronidazole benzoate	Oral
Miconazole	Dental lacquer
Miconazole nitrate	External
Midazolam	Palliative care - parenteral
Minocycline	Oral
Minocycline Hydrochloride	Oral
Mizolastine	Oral
Mometasone furoate	External, nasal
Nedocromil sodium	Ophthalmic
Nefopam hydrochloride	Oral
Neomycin sulphate	Aural
Neomycin undecenoate	Aural
Nitrofurantoin	Oral
Nizatidine	Oral
Norethisterone	Oral
Norethisterone acetate	Oral
Norethisterone enanthate	Parenteral
Norgestimate	Oral
Norgestrel	Oral
Nortriptyline hydrochloride	Oral [see note 3 below]
Nystatin	External, local mouth treatment, vaginal
Oxytetracycline dihydrate	Oral
Paracetamol	Oral
Penciclovir	External
Piroxicam	External
Prednisolone	Oral
Prednisolone hexanoate	External
Prednisolone sodium phosphate	Aural, oral
Ranitidine hydrochloride	Oral
Salbutamol sulphate	Inhalation
Silver sulphadiazine	External
Sodium cromoglycate	Ophthalmic
Sodium fusidate	External
Streptodornase	External
Streptokinase	External
Sulconazole nitrate	External
Terbinafine hydrochloride	External
Terbutaline sulphate	Inhalation
Tetracycline hydrochloride	Oral, external
Tretinoin	External
Triamcinolone acetonide	Nasal, aural, oral paste, external
Trimethoprim	Oral
Tuberculin PPD	Parenteral
Vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria	Parenteral
Vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria And Tetanus	Parenteral
Vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria And Tetanus For Adults And Adolescents	Parenteral
Vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria For Adults And Adolescents	Parenteral
Vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria, Tetanus And Pertussis	Parenteral
Vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria,Tetanus Toxoid And Pertussis (Acellular Component)	Parenteral
Vaccine, BCG	Parenteral
Vaccine, BCG Percutaneous	Parenteral
Vaccine, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib)	Parenteral
Vaccine, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) with Diphtheria, Tetanus And Pertussis	Parenteral
Vaccine, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Diphtheria, Tetanus And Acellular Pertussis	Parenteral
Vaccine, Hepatitis A	Parenteral
Vaccine, Hepatitis A With Typhoid	Parenteral
Vaccine, Hepatitis A, Inactivated, With Recombinant (DNA) Hepatitis B	Parenteral
Vaccine, Hepatitis B	Parenteral
Vaccine, Influenza	Parenteral
Vaccine, Live Measles, Mumps And Rubella (MMR)	Parenteral
Vaccine, Meningococcal Group C Conjugate	Parenteral
Vaccine, Meningococcal Polysaccharide A and C	Parenteral
Vaccine, Pneumococcal Parenteral	Parenteral
Vaccine, Poliomyelitis, Live (Oral)	Oral
Vaccine, Rubella, Live	Parenteral
Vaccine, Tetanus, Adsorbed	Parenteral
Vaccine, Typhoid, Live Attenuated (Oral)	Oral
Vaccine, Typhoid, Polysaccharide	Parenteral
Water for Injections	Parenteral

Note 1: further information about the development of nurse prescribing and a guide to implementation
of Extended Formulary Nurse Prescribing can be found on www.doh.gov.uk/nurseprescribing

Note 2: Full details are contained in the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 but for
convenience extracts of the definitions of relevant terms are set out below:

"external use" means application to the skin, hair, teeth, mucosa of the mouth, throat, nose, ear, eye,
vagina or anal canal when a local action only is intended and extensive systemic absorption is unlikely
to occur; and references to medicinal products for external use shall be read accordingly except that
such references shall not include throat sprays, throat pastilles, throat lozenges, throat tablets, nasal
drops, nasal sprays, nasal inhalations or teething preparations;

"parenteral administration" means administration by breach of the skin or mucous membrane;

Note 3: restricted to palliative care

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