codeine
Real-time monitoring, not Rx, for codeine: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is calling for the implementation of a national mandatory real-time monitoring system in community pharmacy to address the issue of abuse and dependency related to …
ASMI welcomes Vic real-time monitoring
The Australian Self Medication Industry today welcomed the Victorian Government’s commitment of $300,000 for planning and development of a real-time prescription monitoring system to help reduce the inappropriate use of …
Consumers need codeine access
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed comments made by the Federal Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, acknowledging and supporting the skills of pharmacists to effectively and safely manage the …
Codeine to go script-only?
The TGA is seeking comments on several proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard, including that the Schedule 3 entry for codeine be deleted. It is proposed that the current Schedule …
PSA calls for real-time codeine reporting
The PSA has released a position paper recognising the growing use of OTC analgesics containing codeine in the community, and expressing concern with the rising levels of harm associated with …
PSA resource on OTC codeine overuse
The PSA has produced a leaflet as one of its resources developed in response to increasing reports about the damaging effects of overuse of readily available pain relievers containing codeine. …
Pharmacists worried by OTC codeine
Many pharmacists have real concerns about OTC codeine-based analgesics and are open to alternate options, a new survey reveals. The survey conducted for AFT Pharmaceuticals, makers of Maxigesic (which does …