Why fasting during Ramadan is safe for most patients with diabetes
Most patients with diabetes should be able to fast safely during Ramadan, says an endocrinologist leading a novel Ramadan preparation clinic. The clinic, managed by…
Tag: Medicines management
Relaxing script monitoring laws for palliative and aged care patients ‘a welcome change’
Prescribing opioids or benzodiazepines to aged care residents or palliative patients would no longer require logging in to script monitoring software under a Queensland Government…
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…
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UTI guidance is outdated and needs an overhaul to acknowledge chronic UTIs and the limits of culture assessments, urologists say.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…
