‘Extra work for no compensation’: Drop in GPs reporting drug reactions
GPs’ involvement in reporting adverse drug reactions to the TGA has declined massively over the past 20 years, research shows. The analysis of TGA reports…
Tag: Medicines management
‘Overweight or psychotic’: Why this doctor kept prescribing semaglutide for obesity
“Patients need to worry about themselves, not other people’s conditions.” That is the view of Gold Coast psychiatrist Dr Manfred Penzhorn, who was prescribing semaglutide…
Quinapril shortage looms as TGA investigates contamination
Doctors are being urged speak to their patients about alternative blood pressure-lowering treatments to quinapril amid a looming shortage, as the TGA investigates the potential…
Benzodiazepines a ‘high-risk’ treatment for amphetamine use disorder
Benzodiazepine treatment in patients with methamphetamine or amphetamine use disorder is linked to a higher risk of death and hospitalisation than other pharmacotherapies, research shows.…
Doctors told not to prescribe key diabetes drugs to new patients amid supply crisis
The RACGP has told GPs not to start patients on semaglutide or dulaglutide amid an ongoing global supply shortage fuelled by off-label prescribing for weight…
Second diabetes drug added to long list of shortages
A leading endocrinologist says patients with type 2 diabetes may have to revert to older treatments as a global shortage of dulaglutide begins to bite…
Doctors warn against TGA ‘overreach’ in paracetamol crackdown
Doctors have warned the TGA that a blanket ban on teenagers buying paracetamol would be an overreaction, potentially undermining appropriate use of the common analgesic. The…
My patient swears colchicine is a panacea for her three painful conditions
My patient is no stranger to pain, but it seems that, over our past couple of visits, I have eliminated or mitigated all her painful…
Pain management in chronic kidney disease
Joan is a 77-year-old woman with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, orthostatic hypotension, central adiposity, and chronic kidney disease stage 3B without albuminuria. She…
Medicine reviews ‘crucial’ after bariatric surgery
GPs are being urged to consider the need to adjust the dose and formulation of oral medications for patients who have had bariatric surgery as…
