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Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to review the regulations surrounding the sale of potent medications such as (a) finasteride, (b) dutasteride, and (c) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors vi

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to review the regulations surrounding the sale of potent medications such as (a) finasteride, (b) dutasteride, and (c) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors vi

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    There are no current plans to review the legal avenues of online prescribing and the dispensing of prescription-only medications.Decisions about what medicines to prescribe are made by the doctor or healthcare professional responsible for that part of the...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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