The paper BNF or eBNF section on "Controlled drugs and drug dependence"
http://www.bnf.org/bnf/bnf/current/29424.htm?q=%22schedule%22#_hit (you
should have access within the NHSNet, but may have to log-in from
outside), explains that buprenorphine is a Schedule 3 controlled drug
(not Schedule 2) and therefore not subject to the need to keep registers.
Dr Harry Brown wrote:
> I am currently carrying Temgesic in my medical bag, I don't want to
> carry controlled drugs because of all the red tape, is Temgesic a
> controlled drug for the purposes of carrying in your medical bag or do I
> need to have a controlled drug register?-if so I will stop carrying it!
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Regards,
Stephen
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