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Schedule 8

Substances of dependence

Schedule 8 · Medicines and Related Substances Act

What it means

Highest control — benzodiazepines, strong opioids, buprenorphine, methadone, and other dependence-risk medicines.

Controls

Strict prescription limits; central recording; short supply periods.

Claim note: Insurers frequently query long-term use, sedation, driving, and safety-critical work — pair script history with functional limits and any employer fitness-for-work letters.

Examples

Benzodiazepines
Zolpidem / zopiclone
Buprenorphine
Methadone
Strong opioids

Atlas medications on this schedule

Cross-linked from Clinical Atlas — click to open the medicine or therapy detail page.

Ativan (lorazepam) lorazepam · medicine Imovane (zopiclone) zopiclone · medicine Methadone methadone · medicine Rivotril (clonazepam) clonazepam · medicine Stilnox (zolpidem) zolpidem · medicine Suboxone (buprenorphine + naloxone) buprenorphine · medicine Valium (diazepam) diazepam · medicine Xanor (alprazolam) alprazolam · medicine

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