All codeine containing products will require a prescription from 1st Feb 2018
For a while now it has been known that all codeine containing products will require a doctor’s visit from the 1st of February 2018 (Video here), and that date is now fast approaching. The TGA made the announcement in December 2016 (read here). Before May 2010, codeine was S2 (Pharmacy Only) and could be purchased off the shelf and in large boxes of 72's. Oh how times have changed. So for 7 years and 9 months codeine containing products became S3 (Pharmacist only) requiring (d