TGA targets websites listing medicinal cannabis prescribers
Two websites that list medicinal cannabis prescribers say the TGA has accused them of illegally advertising prescription medicines. The TGA has sent warning letters to…
Rachel Fieldhouse
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Four GPs admit breaches of Medicare’s 30/20 rule for phone consults: PSR
The PSR has reported its first cases of doctors repaying Medicare rebates after breaching the 30/20 rule on phone consults. Introduced in October 2022, the…
‘Untreatable’ STI increasingly common among urban patients, says sexual health expert
Antimicrobial resistance has created another “untreatable” STI, Mycoplasma genitalium, which is increasingly common in Australia, doctors say. Melbourne sexual health physician Professor Catriona Bradshaw said…
Risk of addiction higher in month after opioid initiation compared with long-term use, Aussie research suggests
Patients who have initiated opioids in the previous month are at a higher risk of an opioid use disorder diagnosis compared with patients who have…
Benefits of antidepressants ‘unclear’ for chronic pain in older patients: Aussie study
Antidepressants are widely prescribed to patients aged 65 and older for chronic pain but there is little evidence of benefits, Australian researchers say. Their meta-analysis…
Breaking news: Federal Government shelves its MBS care plan reforms
The Federal Government has apparently shelved until next year its plan to scrap the $130 MBS item for team care arrangements and equalise the rebates…
Mark Butler bullish that Shingrix supplies will cover expanded NIP listing
Another 215,000 patients are now eligible for free shingles vaccination as the government assures GPs it has bought enough of the recombinant vaccine Shingrix to…
GP raised in religious sect says her experience helped her understand family violence and control
“I was in a very controlling religious sect in my adolescence and early adulthood where every decision had to go through a male. “After I…
Recreational use of prescription stimulants at new peak, research finds
People who use illicit stimulants are increasingly turning to diverted ADHD drugs, a national survey suggests. Some 54% of people who regularly used ecstasy or…
Doxycycline ‘morning after pill’ cuts STI rates by 80%: largest real-world study
Prescribing doxycycline as a morning after pill significantly reduces chlamydia and syphilis incidence following condomless sex between men, according to the largest real-world study so…
