codeine
No jail for forging script after overdose death
A pharmacist who supplied a man who later overdosed with zopiclone and codeine has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention and 200 hours’ community work. Terrence Wong, also known …
MedsASSIST hits two million recorded transactions
Monitoring system for medicines containing codeine has reached a significant milestone More than two million transactions involving OTC medicines containing codeine have been recorded by pharmacists participating in the MedsASSIST …
Codeine decision an opportunity as most take up MedsASSIST
The TGA’s long-awaited decision on the scheduling future of currently-OTC codeine-containing medicines – whatever that decision may be – will be an opportunity for pharmacy, says a pain expert. Joyce …
Aussies ignorant on opioid addiction, but not pharmacists
A huge proportion of Australians believe negative stereotypes about people with opioid addictions, but pharmacists are, for the most part, a significant exception. So says Bee Ismail, CEO of ScriptWise, …
Suspended after net pharmacy ‘infiltrated by addicts’
A British pharmacist has been suspended for 12 months and his wife given a warning after an internet pharmacy business was allowed to be “infiltrated by addicts” seeking Codeine Linctus. …
Codeine decision date unknown
The long-awaited decision on the rescheduling of codeine-containing medicines may not be revealed anytime soon. In response to questions from AJP Daily, a Department of Health spokesperson said: “The TGA …
Four reasons codeine should be S4 – but Guild disagrees
A pain specialist and researcher says there’s no evidence of benefit from current codeine-containing OTC products – and that “we can’t have a drug of abuse available over the counter”. …
Codeine recording not mandatory: Guild reminder
The Guild has issued a reminder to pharmacists in this week’s edition of Forefront that codeine recording is not mandatory While the Guild is encouraging pharmacies to use MedsASSIST, State …
Pharmacy compared to North Korea
Australia’s pharmacy sector has been compared to North Korea in an article which attacks both the sale of OTC codeine-containing preparations and regulations governing pharmacy. The article, Why can Aussies …
Poll results: pharmacy supports MedsASSIST
The AJP’s poll on codeine monitoring tool MedsASSIST have shown that Australian pharmacy strongly supports the program. Last week we asked, “Is your pharmacy using MedsASSIST?” after posters in our …
Why I’m losing codeine sales
If you’re not using MedsASSIST, you’re helping neither patients nor pharmacy, writes Samantha Kourtis Since MedsASSIST was rolled out and I decided to use it in my pharmacy, I’ve experienced …
Poll: Is your pharmacy using MedsASSIST?
Is your pharmacy using MedsASSIST? With the TGA yet to make its final decision on codeine – which its website says will be made after this month – some codeine-containing …