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Mr. Tony Lloyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department issues in respect of regulating the dispensing of methadone into child-proof bottles. [12290]
Mr. Malone
None. However, the council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has, since 1991, recommended that all dispensed preparations of methadone mixture should be supplied in containers with child-resistant closures. From 1 January 1995, it has been a professional requirement that all liquid medicines dispensed by pharmacists are dispensed in child-resistant containers.