A GP guide to asthma in pregnancy
Asthma is a common chronic disease among women and affects more than one in 10 pregnancies, with the potential to adversely affect the health of…
Tag: Medicines management
PBAC to examine if doctors should prescribe PBS medicines to prisoners
The Federal Government is considering lifting the PBS ban on Australia’s 42,000 prisoners, taking the suggestion to the PBAC’s March meeting. Prisoners have been excluded…
Chronic UTIs and test flaws overlooked in ‘archaic’ guidelines: urologists
UTI guidance is outdated and needs an overhaul to acknowledge chronic UTIs and the limits of culture assessments, urologists say. Adelaide urological surgeon Dr Ashani…
Officials say Veterans’ MATES program axed after ‘losing confidence’ of patients
Department of Veterans’ Affairs officials only learnt second-hand that a program to address polypharmacy among veterans had lost ethics approval, its secretary has told a…
Doctor says she may have been ‘fooled’ by a compounded semaglutide provider
A doctor is warning GPs to be careful when prescribing compounded semaglutide, saying both she and her prescribing doctor appear to have been taken in…
Ozempic maker warns doctors against writing compounded scripts due to ‘potential safety risks’
Semaglutide maker Novo Nordisk has hit back at GPs prescribing compounded versions of its blockbuster drug. Semaglutide (Ozempic) was already under scrutiny for mass off-label…
‘I don’t want to tell families there aren’t any options’: Palliative care’s opioid crisis
Doctors have warned the Australian market will lose around 15 opioid analgesics later in the year, with one palliative paediatrician saying the alternatives may not…
Consider ECG monitoring when prescribing antipsychotics: study
ECG monitoring should be considered in all patients prescribed antipsychotics before and after starting treatment to avert the risk of sudden cardiac death and ventricular…
Dr Nick Coatsworth joins GP telehealth company offering compounded semaglutide for weight loss
The $100 million GP telehealth corporate Eucalyptus has recruited former deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth as a clinical governance adviser. The company recently…
GP clinic’s compounded semaglutide scripts raise TGA alarm
The worldwide semaglutide shortage has sparked an ’emerging trend’ of telehealth platforms offering to prescribe locally compounded versions of the drug to treat obesity, the…
