List of Excluded Medicinal Items – Active ingredient prescribing

This List of Excluded Medicinal Items (LEMI) contains medicines which have been excluded from the legal requirements of active ingredient prescribing. Clinical software systems will default to brand name only for items on the LEMI.

Products containing four or more active ingredients

Active Ingredient Name

Brand

Principle

ALL PHARMACUETICAL BENEFITS CONTAINING 4+ active ingredients

Excluded from AIP legislation

Products listed under the ‘various’ section of the PBS or RPBS

Active Ingredient Name

Brand

Principle

Non-absorbed treatments

Iodosorb Powder

Excluded from AIP legislation

Bandages

Bandage Tubular

Excluded from AIP legislation

Tapes

Leukoplast

Excluded from AIP legislation

Dressings

Nexcare Tegaderm Transparent

Excluded from AIP legislation

glucose indicator urine diagnostic strip, 50

Diastix

Excluded from AIP legislation

glucose and ketone indicator urine diagnostic strip, 50

Keto-Diastix

Excluded from AIP legislation

Vaccine and allergenic extracts

Ocular lubricants and ophthalmological preparations

Dermatological preparations – Topical emollients and washes

Auricular Preparations

Active Ingredient Name

Brand

Principle

Carbamide peroxide 6.5% ear drops, 12 mL

Ear Clear for Ear Wax removal

For practicality

Docusate sodium 0.5% ear drops, 10 mL

Waxsol

For practicality

Treatments of haemorrhoids, constipation and other

Active Ingredient Name

Brand

Principle

zinc oxide 10.75% + peru balsam 1.88% + benzyl benzoate 1.25% ointment, 50 g

Anusol Ointment

For practicality

zinc oxide 300 mg + peru balsam 50 mg + benzyl benzoate 33 mg suppository, 12

Anusol Suppositories

For practicality

sodium citrate dihydrate 450 mg/5 mL + lauryl sulfoacetate sodium 45 mg/5 mL + sorbitol 3.125 g/5 mL enema, 4 × 5 mL

Micolette

For practicality

sodium citrate dihydrate 450 mg/5 mL + lauryl sulfoacetate sodium 45 mg/5 mL + sorbitol 3.125 g/5 mL enema, 12 × 5 mL

Micolette

For practicality

Acetic acid 0.94% + oxyquinoline sulfate 0.025% + ricinoleic acid 0.75% vaginal gel, 100 g

Aci-Jel Balance Vaginal Gel

For practicality

Vitamins, minerals, nutritional food products and trace elements

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