Deregulation of medicines update
It is heartening to see more and more medical products get successfully deregulated from Pharmacy to GSL (General Sales List), and others from Prescription-only (POM) to Pharmacy. For a complete list of the medicines and the exemption criteria, you could refer to the HSA webpage here . Do note that the deregulation for any particular medicine applies not only to the product brand name but it is also SIN (registration number) and packaging-specific . Some recent deregulated items to GSL which is another term for over-the-counter aka no need to register on purchase are: - Fluimucil for phlegm - Nizoral for dandruff control - Kefentech Air (ingredient and strength same as the good 'o Kefentech plaster) for muscle and joint pains - Zyrtec R for allergy, itch and runny nose - Telfast 120mg for allergy, itch and runny nose - Nurofen and its variants for pain, fever - Aleve for pain, fever - Strepsils Chesty Cough lozenge for phelgm - Rhinathiol syrups (except the one with P
