codeine
TGA releases codeine ‘fact sheet’ for consumers
Most people should be able to manage their pain with safer alternative medicines, says TGA The consumer fact sheet called Codeine-containing medicines: Harms and changes to patient access outlines the changes that …
Codeine concerns
Pharmacists share their top concerns about the upcoming schedule change in an AJP poll Readers were asked what they were most worried about once codeine-containing analgesics go prescription-only in February …
Forum: Will there be low-dose codeine after 1 Feb 2018?
This forum thread continues to gain traction among AJP readers: “If the main manufacturers of low-dose Codeine don’t see a market and the generics come to the same conclusion, then …
MedsASSIST: what you said
We take a look at what you had to say about the MedsASSIST decisions AJP‘s comments sections lit up this week as announcements were made first, that MedsASSIST would be …
Pain: ‘the next 11 months are critical’
The lead-up to the codeine upschedule is a critical time for pharmacy, an expert says amid the launch of a new pain professional service Clinical pharmacist Joyce McSwan, pain educator …
Common sense outcome on MedsASSIST: PSA, SHPA
Pharmacy groups have applauded the Health Minister for supporting the continuation of real-time monitoring On Thursday the Pharmacy Guild made a shock announcement that Health Minister Greg Hunt had intervened to …
Hunt intervenes to hold off MedsASSIST shutdown
Greg Hunt has intervened in support of MedsASSIST, prompting the Guild to hold off its shutdown MedsASSIST – the real time recording system developed by the Guild to help reduce …
A painful transition
From February 2018 medicines containing codeine will no longer be available OTC, meaning pharmacists will need to provide alternative medicines and methods of managing pain. Leanne Philpott reports. The TGAs …
Shock and disappointment at MedsASSIST demise
Pharmacists across Australia are expressing disappointment at the discontinuation of MedsASSIST, amid fears of stockpiling The Guild has announced that the decision-making tool will be wound up at 10pm on …
MedsASSIST to be discontinued
The Pharmacy Guild’s real-time recording system will be disabled on Thursday night across Australia MedsASSIST will be discontinued nationally from 10pm on Thursday 30 March 2017. The decision was made …
Codeine handling ‘suboptimal,’ says study
Newly published research has shown that in roughly a quarter of direct product requests for non-prescription combination analgesics containing codeine, pharmacists weren’t involved Researchers from LaTrobe University conducted 145 covert …
GSK to pull its OTC codeine
GSK has announced that it will pull its codeine-containing OTCs, as the Guild talks accessibility with the TGA GSK issued a statement advising that it will not move its S3 …