NPS MedicineWise

NPS MedicineWise provides practical tools, evidence-based information, and educational activities, to help improve how medicines and medical tests are prescribed and used.

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Specialist Updates Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

Some pointers on acute ankle and knee injuries

24th October 2016
Provided by NPS MedicineWise ACUTE ankle and knee injuries are often painful and uncomfortable, and are common…
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Specialist Updates General Medicine

The COACH Program - what's new?

12th April 2016
THE COACH Program is a telephone-based health coaching service operating across all Australian states to consumers with, or…
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Specialist Updates General Medicine

Low back pain: when to order imaging

21st March 2016
LOW back pain is the third most common health complaint seen by Australian GPs.1When evaluating acute low back pain, a key…
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Smart Practice

Weighing up the evidence for online CBT

9th March 2016
META-ANALYSES show that e-mental health programs using internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) are associated…
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Smart Practice

Herbal flu remedy linked to allergy risk

24th February 2016
THE TGA has warned of the potential risk of allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, linked to the herbal ingredient Andro…
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Smart Practice

8 tips for tapering benzodiazepines

8th February 2016
IS TAPERING necessary for all patients discontinuing benzodiazepines?1. For patients taking benzodiazepines at therapeutic…
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Smart Practice

Prescribing for gout: a second option

20th November 2015
FEBUXOSTAT is subsidised under the PBS for second-line therapy in people with chronic symptomatic gout.1,2Consider…
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