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The OTC Drugs
Database includes all drugs included in the schedules II and III of the above
regulation, as well as most off-schedules products, that is products that can
be sold outside pharmacies and that are listed in the database as out schedule
that «hors annexe» products. The
database is available freely to pharmacists and other users as a public
service.
One must note
that drug scheduling in Québec is not the same as in Canadian jurisdictions.
Thus, a product can be in schedule III according to NDSAC, and in schedule II
in Québec, or the opposite. In the same manner, inscription in the NDSAC
database does not included inscription in our «Base
MVL».
The update of
the database is done weekly, with the help of drug manufacturers and
wholesalers (see below). The Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec wishes to thank
them for providing us with the correct information about their products. We
rely on them to keep on providing this information on a timely manner.
The
Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec is the only owner of this data base, for which
he assumes all building and updating expenses. Since the Ordre des
Pharmaciens
relies of outside sources (that is drug manufacturers or wholesalers), the
Ordre cannot guarantee that all products on the market are included in the
database, neither that there are no mistakes in it. Therefore, the regulation
itself is the only official source about drug scheduling in Québec, and the
Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec denies all responsibility about such mistakes.
Anyone finding an error or an omission in database should contact us without
delay.
Warning:
ensuring that drugs (including natural health products) offered on the Canadian
market are safe, effective and of high quality is the responsibility of Health
Canada
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and not of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec. The fact that a drug or a
natural health product can be found on this database is by no means an opinion
about the value of that drug or product, neither a judgment about its use in
any clinical situation. For all questions on that matter, the customer is
invited to speak to his or her pharmacist.
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User’s guide to the OTC Drugs Database Page
Search
for a product :
The search
tool is on the bottom left of the page. It’s possible to search by product’s
brand name or by DIN. It’s sufficient to give only the first letters of the
name, which will bring you all products with those letters.
Getting
a report
The search
tool is on the upper left of the page. Several kind reports are available, and
all can be printed. Each report gives the drug’s name, its pharmaceutical form,
it’s strength, Identification number, Drug caution code, UPC code, sizes and
comments (if available).
It’s possible,
by choosing the appropriate tab, to produce reports by schedule, by
pharmaceutical form, by pharmacological class, by ingredient, by manufacturer.
This will bring
you to a second page, where you will be asked to specify the information
needed. To only get recent changes, just give the first and last dates.
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Adding a new product or changing data on a product.
For a new
product, you give the requested information;
For a size
addition or any other modification, you can search the product by using its
brand name or its identification number (DIN-DINHM-NPN);
If you cannot
find an ingredient or a concentration, you can, if needed, leave a comment (see
space reserved for this use);
Give all the
requested information and click on OK;
The demand
will be transferred to be classified. After 7 to 10 days the product will be
available on the OTC Drugs Database;
IMPORTANT :
For sizes or ingredients, do not forget to click on update at the end of
each line, otherwise when you send the data, nothing will show.
If you need help,
please contact me at 514-284-9588 #304 or 1-800-363-0324
Danielle Boulais
basemvl@opq.org |
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