salbutamol
The OTC top 10
Have you ever wondered what are the biggest selling over-the-counter products around the country? There’s some surprises when you look at the top 10 best sellers 1. Sugar… The biggest …
PSA updates guidelines for salbutamol, terbutaline inhalers
Pharmacists key to supporting asthma patient to move away from relievers and toward preventers, PSA leader says Updated treatment guidelines for pharmacists supplying salbutamol and terbutaline inhalers to patients with …
Salbutamol update
PDL has issued advice on salbutamol and changes to the S3 supply requirements PDL has spoken with many pharmacists impacted by the changes to S3 supply requirements for salbutamol inhalers …
Downscheduling welcomed
Downscheduling of migraine treatments begins on 1 Feb The Pharmacy Guild of Australia welcomed the confirmed decision to down-schedule the migraine treatments sumatriptan and zolmitriptan to S3, or pharmacist-only, medicines. …
‘Unprecedented’ demand for inhalers
Salbutamol inhalers are in very short supply, pharmacists report, but TGA reassures these are temporary local issues that will be corrected with new limits on sales and orders Ventolin and Asmol …
‘The blue inhaler is a killer,’ says expert
There is “mounting evidence” that it’s time to reduce reliance on short-acting beta2 agonists, say experts A recent controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found treatment …