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Listed medicine ingredients and requirements for their use have been updated in the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 2) 2022 - external site, which commenced on 1 March 2022. This determination replaces the previous instrument, the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 1) 2022.
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A complete list of the 39 changed ingredients is below.
Changed ingredients
| Substance name | Change |
|---|---|
| Euglena gracilis whole cell dry | Addition |
| Aluminium magnesium silicate | Change |
| Andrographis paniculata | Change |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Change |
| Artemisia frigida | Change |
| Artemisia pallens | Change |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Change |
| Benzalkonium chloride | Change |
| Cassia fistula | Change |
| Change of name from 'Cistus ladaniferus' to 'Cistus ladanifer' | Change |
| Concentrated squid omega-3 triglycerides | Change |
| Dibasic magnesium phosphate trihydrate | Change |
| Dried magnesium sulfate | Change |
| Green lipped mussel | Change |
| Green lipped mussel dried | Change |
| Green lipped mussel oil | Change |
| Heavy magnesium oxide | Change |
| Light magnesium oxide | Change |
| Magnesium chloride 4.5-hydrate | Change |
| Magnesium chloride hexahydrate | Change |
| Magnesium hydrogen phosphate | Change |
| Magnesium hydroxide | Change |
| Magnesium oxide | Change |
| Magnesium phosphate pentahydrate | Change |
| Magnesium phosphate tribasic | Change |
| Magnesium sulfate dihydrate | Change |
| Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate | Change |
| Magnesium sulfate monohydrate | Change |
| Magnesium sulfate trihydrate | Change |
| Magnesium trisilicate | Change |
| Oyster | Change |
| Oyster shell | Change |
| Pyridoxal 5-phosphate | Change |
| Pyridoxal 5-phosphate monohydrate | Change |
| Pyridoxine hydrochloride | Change |
| Sepia | Change |
| Spray-dried glucose syrup | Change |
| Spray-dried liquid glucose | Change |
| Squid oil | Change |