Will Australia follow the UK in making the pill OTC?
Allowing the sale of one contraceptive-pill formulation available without a script in British pharmacies has been dubbed 'a momentous occasion'.
Can computer alerts when patients fail to fill their scripts help GPs?
The hope is that this may prevent deterioration or relapse of patients with mental health conditions.
Can the My Health Record be the ‘source of truth’ for aged care prescribing?
Experts advise tracking medication to prevent misadventures in polypharmacy, but it is only utilised by 3% of facilities.
Statin deprescribing ‘ups event rates’ in elderly
A population-based study in patients with polypharmacy shows an increased risk of death.
Panel releases first Australasian guidance on vulval lichen sclerosus
The multidisciplinary consensus statement deviates from overseas advice in advocating long-term maintenance therapy.
Atopic dermatitis: Baricitinib ‘shows long-term efficacy’
An extension study shows response to the oral janus kinase inhibitor can be maintained for 16 months in about half of responders.
Neonatal seizures: Ceasing AEDs pre-discharge ‘safe for most’
The largest observational study to date provides reassurance, US researchers say.
Odds of hep C recurrence ‘low’ after achieving SVR, even in high-risk groups
Patients treated with direct-acting antivirals are more likely to acquire a new infection than relapse, data show.
ED doctors are using the My Health Record… definitely, maybe
Is this the peer-reviewed evidence we've been waiting for?
First-in-class drug for heart failure best in severe disease: study
Fewer than 12 patients with very low ejection fraction need to be treated to prevent an event including death, investigator says.
