Monitored medicines in Canberra Script
Monitored medicines include:
- all controlled medicines
- medicines declared by the ACT Minister for Health to be a monitored medicine.
These medicines have been declared due to evidence of harms including deaths with their use in the Australian community.
Controlled medicines are listed under Schedule 8 of the Commonwealth Poisons Standard.
All monitored medicines and controlled medicines are included in Canberra Script.
Chief Health Officer (CHO) approval is required to prescribe controlled medicines.
CHO approval is not required to prescribe prescription only (schedule 4) monitored medicines that appear in Canberra Script.
Medicines monitored in Canberra Script
| Category | Medicine |
|---|---|
| Opioids | Including but not limited to buprenorphine, codeine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, pethidine, tapentadol, tramadol |
| Benzodiazepines | Including but not limited to alprazolam, flunitrazepam, bromazepam, clobazam, clonazepam, diazepam, lorazepam, midazolam, nitrazepam, oxazepam, temazepam |
| Other sleeping aids | Zolpidem, zopiclone |
| Stimulants | Dexamfetamine, lisdexamfetamine, methylphenidate |
| Other | Ketamine, medicinal cannabis, pregabalin, quetiapine, gabapentin, all other Schedule 8 medicines not listed above |