opioids
The week in review
It’s been a busy and varied week in pharmacy, with opportunities to think about new ways to address existing issues, plus movement on opioids and concern about price gouging We …
‘We have to get this done.’
All states and territories are expected to integrate their real-time prescription monitoring by the end – if not the middle – of 2020, the Health Minister has said Speaking to …
Opioids under review
TGA flags changes to prescription opioid regulations following consultation The TGA has given notice that changes will be made to the pack sizes, dosage and advice supplied with prescription opioids …
World news wrapup: 6 February 2020
Doubt over proposal to fast-track pharmacists as doctors; pharmacist loses licence permanently after allegedly ignoring “red flags;” Walgreens settles civil suit over fake pharmacist UK: Pharmacists could be offered “fast-track” …
Company fined over marketing claims
Mundipharma pays $302,400 in penalties over infringement notices related to marketing claims regarding nine opioid medicines Mundipharma has paid thousands of dollars in penalties in response to 24 infringement notices …
How many transition?
New research shows that more than one in 13 Australians who start using weak opioid pain medications transition to stronger opioids The research, by the Centre for Medicine Use and …
Owner ‘abdicated’ professional obligations, Tribunal finds
A pharmacy owner has been found guilty of professional misconduct after more than 10,000 Endone tablets went missing due to an employee’s actions The pharmacist is the sole owner of …
Robberies highlight fentanyl crisis, says paper
A woman with no prior criminal history robbed a pharmacy with a knife in a desperate bid to obtain fentanyl The Newcastle Herald has reported on the case of Ashleigh …
‘Highest rates of harm were observed with codeine.’
Codeine and oxycodone were the most prevalent opioids related to ambulance attendances for extramedical opioid use over a six-year period, study finds A retrospective study has analysed 9,823 opioid-related ambulance …
Dangerous dispensing went unreported
A pharmacist dispensed S8 medicines to a doctor shopper without a script or authority – and the GP who wrote scripts for the medicines afterwards has been reprimanded The State …
World news wrapup: 21 November 2019
Amazon Pharmacy: it’s here; pharmacists provide emergency meds to stranded shoppers; Purdue Pharma settling on opioid litigation Somerville, Massachusetts: Amazon Pharmacy has arrived, following a rebranding, reports CNN Business. The …
World news wrapup: 14 November 2019
Pharmacy worker snapped pics of colleagues, wrote violent fantasies about them; prolific pharmacy burglars charged; homeless former pharmacist helped by another pharmacist Manchester, England: A pharmacy worker who admitted to …