Hormones
Group of substances
No structure available
Hormones is a group of substances, so there is no single molecule to show.
Background
Listing
- Schedules
- Schedule 2 to 4, conditions apply
- Cross-referenced to
- Schedule 5
- Source
- Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026
Registered medicines
The ingredient index links no registered medicine to Hormones (register of 13 September 2026).
Counted through the register's ingredient index, which does not reach every record.
Regulatory status
Where S2 to S4 sits on the scale
Depends on which listing applies
At the least restrictive, Schedule 2: a pharmacist can sell it directly, without a prescription. At the most restrictive, Schedule 4: prescription-only medicine. The listings below say which applies to which form, strength or pack size.
Schedule S2 to S4, as the Consolidated Schedules list it.
Who may supply: A pharmacist dispensing against a written or verbal prescription from an authorised prescriber; a veterinarian, who may also prescribe, compound or dispense it directly; a medical practitioner or dentist, who may prescribe it and may compound or dispense it directly only if licensed under section 22C(1)(a); manufacturers and wholesalers may supply people who may lawfully possess it; and, for animal treatment, a person practising a para-veterinary profession, on a veterinarian's written or verbal instruction.
Consolidated Schedules listings for Hormones
S4: Hormones (natural or synthetic, including recombinant forms)
- with either hormonal, prohormonal or anti- hormonal action, unless listed elsewhere in the Schedules, and except -
- when specifically intended for emergency postcoital contraception; (S2)
- when intended for oral contraception; (S3)
- insulin; (S3)
- epinephrine; (S2, S3, S4)
- corticotrophin (adrenocorticotrophic hormone; ACTH); (S5)
- Human growth hormone (human somatotropin) - all forms; (S5)
- zeranol, natural estrogen, and progesterone, when intended and registered as a veterinary production improver in terms of the provisions of the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act 36 of 1947).
- BST (Bovine somatropin), when intended and registered as a production improver in terms of the provisions of the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act 36 of 1947).
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, lines 6585 to 6606
S3: Hormones (natural or synthetic, including recombinant forms)
- with either hormonal, prohormonal or anti- hormonal action, unless listed elsewhere in the schedules,
- when intended for oral contraception;
- except when intended for human vaginal use (S2), and
- except hormones when specifically intended for emergency postcoital contraception. (S2, S4, S5)
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, lines 3710 to 3717
S2: Hormones (natural or synthetic, including recombinant forms)
- with either hormonal, prohormonal or anti- hormonal action unless listed elsewhere in the Schedules,
- when intended for human vaginal use, and
- when specifically intended for emergency postcoital contraception. (S3, S4, S5)
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, lines 2083 to 2093
This is an informational summary of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965 and its 2017 General Regulations. It is not medical advice and not legal advice. Always check the medicine's label, which carries the schedule number inside a square border, or ask a pharmacist if you are unsure.