Mercury
No structure available
Mercury could not be matched to a single known compound.
Background
Listing
- Schedules
- Schedule 4, conditions apply
- Exceptions reach
- Schedule 2
- Source
- Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026
Registered medicines
The ingredient index links no registered medicine to Mercury (register of 13 September 2026).
Counted through the register's ingredient index, which does not reach every record.
Regulatory status
Where S4 sits on the scale
Prescription-only medicine.
Schedule 4 covers most ordinary prescription medicines. You need a prescription from an authorised prescriber, such as a doctor or dentist, and a pharmacist dispenses it. Its price, name, pack size and strength can still be told to the public, as long as nothing links it to what it treats.
Schedule 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 Mercury
S4: Mercury
- preparations and mixtures that contain mercury metal and that are intended for medicinal use, except preparations of mercuric oxides containing less than 3 percent of mercury. (S2)
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, lines 7072 to 7073
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.