Opium and opiates
Group of substances
Listed in the Consolidated Schedules as “Opium and opiates and any salt…”
No structure available
Opium and opiates is a group of substances, so there is no single molecule to show.
Background
Listing
- Schedules
- Schedule 6, conditions apply
- Exceptions reach
- Schedule 2
- Source
- Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026
Registered medicines
The ingredient index links no registered medicine to Opium and opiates (register of 13 September 2026).
Counted through the register's ingredient index, which does not reach every record.
Regulatory status
Where S6 sits on the scale
Prescription-only, no repeats without a new prescription.
Schedule 6 covers the most tightly controlled ordinary prescription medicines. Every dispensing needs its own new prescription; nothing can be repeated on the same script. When prescribed, the quantity must be written out in both figures and words. 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 S6, 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.
Consolidated Schedules listings for Opium and opiates
S6: Opium and opiates
- compound, derivative or preparation of opium or opiates, whether obtained directly or indirectly by extraction from material or substances obtained from plants, or obtained independently by chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, except mixtures containing 0,2 percent or less of morphine, calculated as anhydrous morphine. (S2)
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, lines 10354 to 10357
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.