pain management
Doctors erupt over Nats codeine announcement
The AMA has accused the Pharmacy Guild of “actively undermining” the TGA over the codeine upschedule Following yesterday’s announcement by NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro that the NSW Nationals supported …
Why upscheduling codeine won’t solve any problem
The rescheduling of OTC codeine-containing analgesics to prescription only won’t reduce misuse or increase patient safety, writes Professor Peter Carroll I believe the TGA’s decision to upschedule OTC codeine-containing preparations …
Codeine rescheduling and its impact on consumer access to medication
Dr Angel Gonzalez takes a look at the implications of the codeine decision Community pharmacies have been facing a growing concern with the problematic use of drugs containing substances with …
Anger ‘likely to grow’ as February approaches
Australians have expressed anger and confusion about codeine on NPS MedicineWise’ Facebook page The cascade of comments came after NPS posted alerting consumers to the upcoming codeine schedule change. NPS …
Don’t upschedule ibuprofen too: ASMI
ASMI has criticised a bid to upschedule ibuprofen to pharmacy-only A proposal was made at the November meeting of the ACMS to reschedule the painkiller to pharmacy-only. But ASMI says …
‘We don’t want those sorts of people in our pharmacy.’
Pharmacists need to get off their “high horses” about pharmacotherapy, according to a pharmacist profiled by the ABC This week ABC News ran a feature on the “opioid addiction crisis” …
Clinical tips: headache and migraine
Karalyn Huxhagen explains why headache needs to be taken seriously The variance of headache that presents to pharmacy results in a variance of cure and ideas for preventions. There are …
Prepare now for life after OTC codeine
It’s time to talk to patients about protecting them from opioid-related harms, writes Debbie Rigby From 1 February 2018 all codeine-based medications will become prescription-only. Low-dose codeine is currently used …
Pharmacist misused oxycodone, alprazolam
A pharmacist who misappropriated OxyNorm and Kalma has been given a formal reprimand by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal The North Melbourne pharmacist suffered a rib injury in 2012, …
Next year’s codeine behaviour forecast
New figures show many will still see pharmacy as their first port of call for pain relief after codeine is upscheduled New research from Sanofi Consumer Healthcare investigated the likely …
Medicines misused
Pharmacists are being encouraged to talk to patients about medicines misuse this week Pharmacists are often the first people to notice when a person is using their medicines incorrectly, says …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week in Australian community pharmacy, with the big issues looming large This week began with the RACGP attacking community pharmacy over OTC codeine, calling on the …