codeine
MedsASSIST… Who needs it now, right?
It’s more important than ever to keep using MedsASSIST, writes Jarrod McMaugh Access to codeine, and the risks associated with inappropriate use, has been a very contentious topic. It will …
Most plan to keep MedsASSIST
Most pharmacists intend to keep using MedsASSIST between now and February 2018, an AJP poll has found MedsASSIST may not have stopped the TGA from deciding to upschedule OTC preparations …
Poll: Will you keep using MedsASSIST?
Will you keep using MedsASSIST now that codeine is to go S4? Just before Christmas last year, the TGA finally made its long-awaited pronouncement on the future of codeine-containing OTCs. …
Could codeine upschedule be pharmacy’s doing?
Could demotivated pharmacists have ultimately caused the codeine upschedule? asks David Paulmert From the first of February 2018, all over-the-counter codeine-containing products will be removed from their current schedule, and …
What are the biggest issues confronting pharmacy in 2017?
Low wages, lack of jobs, lack of recognition, discounters … what concerns you the most? There are always pressures in pharmacy, whether financial, professional or personal. We’ve heard about concerns …
What you thought about the codeine decision
Poll results reveal overwhelming disagreement regarding the decision, with a small number saying it was a good move Over-the-counter medicines containing codeine will be upscheduled to prescription-only from 1 February …
Poll: What do you think of the codeine decision?
We want to know what you think about the decision to upschedule codeine… have your say here Over-the-counter medicines containing codeine will be upscheduled from 1 February 2018, the TGA announced …
Now we need better pain services: consumer groups
The decision to upschedule codeine medications highlights the need for more effective pain management services, the Consumers Health Forum and Painaustralia say. Both CHF and Painaustralia have opposed making codeine …
Targeted codeine measures should have been tried first
ASMI has expressed disappointment that more targeted measures for codeine-containing medicines currently available OTC were not tried before the TGA decided to upschedule the preparations. The decision comes despite the …
Upschedule ‘missed opportunity’ without real-time recording
Pharmacists are disappointed that a real-time recording system won’t be introduced with codeine upschedule, says PSA The TGA announced products containing codeine will not be able to be sold over …
Pharmacy codeine ‘virtually unmonitored or unregulated’
Rescheduling of over-the-counter codeine products will save lives, the RACGP says In welcoming the TGA’s decision RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel said the RACGP had long supported the up-scheduling of …
What you said: Codeine goes S4
A roundup of thought-provoking comments regarding the TGA’s decision to upschedule products containing codeine There weren’t many positive comments. Pharmacy veteran Ron Batagol said: “This decision by TGA is long …