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Patients wary of double dispensing: Guild
Warnings that 60-day dispensing could exacerbate medicines shortages and increase the risk of overdose are causing concerns for some patients Convenience is being heralded as a benefit of the proposed …
Did the paracetamol MR upschedule change overdose rates?
Rescheduling modified release paracetamol to Pharmacist Only did not significantly reduce overdose, researchers write Rose Cairns, Firouzeh Noghrehchi and Nicholas Buckley have examined the impact of the June 2020 decision …
Education key for readers in paracetamol poisoning
We asked readers what measures they supported to help reduce paracetamol poisoning amongst the general public… and there was one standout response Earlier this year, the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced …
TGA interim decision: reduce paracetamol access
Some paracetamol pack sizes should be reduced, and pharmacist input needed on sales of more than 32 tablets or capsules, the TGA says The Therapeutic Goods Administration has published its …
Machine becomes biggest US harm reduction provider
A naloxone vending machine plus the use of the pharmacy workforce could have “amazing” results, a leading Australian pharmacist says after the release of a US study A new study …
How did a four-week-old baby overdose on methadone?
An inquiry into a dispensing error, which saw compounded omeprazole for a baby contaminated with methadone, has found a NZ pharmacist did not dispense methadone safely New Zealand Deputy Health …
Seven ways to reduce paracetamol self-poisoning
If implemented, recommendations from the TGA’s review of paracetamol overdose could mean more oversight and advice from pharmacy, says a leading pharmacist The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced the publication …
Deaths continue downward trend since SafeScript
More than two million red or amber alerts were triggered last year alone, as Victoria sees annual overdose deaths trending downwards for the first time in a decade Overdose deaths …
Pharmacists can play ‘key role’ in reducing overdose numbers
Opioids and benzodiazepines are the most common drugs associated with unintentional drug-induced deaths in Australia, new leading report shows Overdose continues to be a leading cause of death for Australians …
‘They shouldn’t have prescribed the medication.’
A pharmacist prescribed and dispensed propranolol to a woman who later died from an overdose, saying he could not access her medical records because it was the weekend UK media …
‘Overdose hides in plain sight.’
One stakeholder is calling for a national overdose prevention strategy, as a report details the pharmaceutical drugs involved with unintentional drug-related deaths The Penington Institute has released Australia’s Annual Overdose …
The week in review
As the COVID-19 crisis in NSW continues, there’s been plenty happening in the pharmacy sector this week More and more pharmacies were added to the list of COVID-19 exposure sites …