Hong Kong Regulations

PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 4

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS AS TO PROPORTION OF POISON IN CERTAIN CASES PERMITTED BY REGULATION 14(a)

Name of Poison		Particulars
Alkaloids Aconite, alkaloids of Belladonna, alkaloids of Calabar bean, alkaloids of Coca, alkaloids of Colchicum, alkaloids of Ephedra, alkaloids of Ergot, alkaloids of Gelsemium, alkaloids of Lobelia, alkaloids of Pilocarpus, alkaloids of Pomegranate, alkaloids of Quebracho, alkaloids of, other than the alkaloids of red quebracho Sabadilla, alkaloids of Stavesacre, alkaloids of Veratrum, alkaloids of Yohimba, alkaloids of Antimonial poisons Arsenical poisons Digitalis, glycosides of; other active principles of digitalis Hydrocyanic acid ; cyanides other than ferrocyanides and ferricyanides Insulin Lead, compounds of, with acids from fixed oils Mercury, organic compounds of Nux Vomica Opium Phenols Compounds of a phenol with a metal Pituitary gland, the active principles of Strophanthus, glycosides of Suprarenal gland, the active principles of; their salts; their derivatives; their salts Thyroid gland, the active principles of; their salts	｝	The proportion of any one alkaloid of aconite that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that all the alkaloids of aconite in the preparation were that alkaloid. The same as above, with the substitution for the reference to aconite of a reference to balladonna, calabar bean or such other of the said poisons as the case may require. The proportion of antimony trioxide (Sb2O3) or antimony pentoxide (Sb2O5) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the antimony (Sb) in the poison had been wholly converted into antimony trioxide or antimony pentoxide as the case may be. The proportion of arsenic trioxide (As2O3) or arsenic pentoxide (As2O5) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the arsenic (As) in the poison had been wholly converted into arsenic trioxide or arsenic pentoxide as the case may be. The number of units of activity as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia contained in a specified quantity of the preparation. The proportion of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the cyanides in the poison had been wholly converted into hydrocyanic acid. The number of units of activity as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia contained in a specified quantity of the preparation. The proportion of lead oxide (PbO) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the lead in the poison had been wholly converted into lead oxide. The proportion of organically-combined mercury (Hg) contained in the preparation. The proportion of strychnine contained in the preparation. The proportion of morphine contained in the preparation. The proportion of phenols (added together) contained in the preparation. The proportion of phenols (added together) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the compounds of phenols with a metal had been wholly converted into the corresponding phenols. Either- (a) The number of units of activity as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia contained in a specified quantity of the preparation; or (b) the proportion of pituitary gland, or of anterior or of posterior lobe of the gland, as the case may be, contained in the preparation; or (c) the amount of pituitary gland, or of anterior or of posterior lobe of the gland, as the case may be, from which a specified quantity of the preparation was obtained, together with an indication whether the amount relates to fresh or to dried gland substance. The amount of Standard Tincture of Strophanthus as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia 1948 which possesses the same activity as a specified quantity of the preparation when assayed by the method described in the said Pharmacopoeia. Either- (a) the proportion of Suprarenal of the cortex or of the medulla of the gland, as the case may be, contained in the preparation; or (b) the amount of Suprarenal gland, or of the cortex or of the medulla of the gland, as the case may be, from which a specified quantity of the preparation was obtained, together with an indication whether the amount relates to fresh or to dried gland substance. Either- (a) the proportion of thyroid gland contained in the preparation; or (b) the amount of thyroid gland from which a specified quantity of the preparation was obtained together with an indication whether the amount relates to fresh or to dried gland.