A customer requests one product containing 60 mg pseudoephedrine and a separate product containing 15 mg ephedrine in the same transaction. Both

Question

A customer requests one product containing 60 mg pseudoephedrine and a separate product containing 15 mg ephedrine in the same transaction. Both quantities are below the individual statutory pack-content limits. What should the pharmacist do?

Accepted Answer

Decline the combination because pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products cannot be sold in one transaction

Answer

Reclassify both as patient-request emergency POM supplies and record the nature of the emergency

Answer

Sell both after recording the purchaser’s details and quantities in the controlled-drug register

Answer

Sell both because the sum of their active ingredients is below the lower of the two statutory ceilings

Answer

Sell both after the purchaser signs a declaration that neither product will be used to make stimulants

Pseudoephedrine sale restriction — GPhC CRA MCQ

A customer requests one product containing 60 mg pseudoephedrine and a separate product containing 15 mg ephedrine in the same transaction. Both quantities are below the individual statutory pack-content limits. What should the pharmacist do?