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Phenergan now prescription-only?

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  • 29-01-2020 5:10pm
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    mr_fegelien
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭


    What was the reasoning for this? Last year I was able to get the tablets of x25 (25mg) Phenergan or the (100ml) bottle but now only the bottle is available but with less of the active ingredient and more expensive, €10.

    Was this a money making move by the HPRA? It annoys me a bit because this is available OTC in other countries


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    echo beach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    Unfortunately there is a lot of abuse of Phenergan which lead to the tablets being reclassified.
    Everyone suffers because of a minority.


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    mr_fegelien
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭mr_fegelien


    echo beach wrote: »
    Unfortunately there is a lot of abuse of Phenergan which lead to the tablets being reclassified.
    Everyone suffers because of a minority.

    Well I know it's popular for potentiating opioids (codeine, morphine diamorphine/heroin) and even getting rid of the nausea.

    It's a shame cause they really worked.


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    locum-motion
    Registered Users Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    mr_fegelien wrote: »
    What was the reasoning for this? Last year I was able to get the tablets of x25 (25mg) Phenergan or the (100ml) bottle but now only the bottle is available but with less of the active ingredient and more expensive, €10.

    Was this a money making move by the HPRA? It annoys me a bit because this is available OTC in other countries

    Phenergan tablets have been prescription only for years.


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    mr_fegelien
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭mr_fegelien


    locum-motion wrote: »
    Phenergan tablets have been prescription only for years.

    Then why was I able to get it in a pharmacy at Drogheda? Must have been a mistake.


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    locum-motion
    Registered Users Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    mr_fegelien wrote: »
    Then why was I able to get it in a pharmacy at Drogheda? Must have been a mistake.

    You should not have been able to get it without prescription.
    I assure you, it is most definitely prescription only.


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    locum-motion
    Registered Users Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    There used to be a 10mg tablet, which I think might have been available without prescription.
    It’s gone off the market since 1999, though.


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