Doctors vent frustrations over repeated MHT patch shortages
Months-long shortages of oestrogen patches have left doctors “annoyed” and have added to their workload when prescribing menopausal hormone therapy, a leading GP says. A…
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TGA tightens Ozempic advice (again) as global shortage bites
The TGA is once again urging doctors against initiating patients on semaglutide, less than three months after relaxing its prescribing advice, as limited supply struggles…
TGA secures alternatives for kids on liquid morphine
The TGA has secured three alternative oral liquid morphine products to compensate for the dwindling supply of Ordine, which is expected to run dry by…
Warning over turmeric and curcumin supplements after patient dies
The TGA has issued a safety warning over supplements containing turmeric and curcumin, after receiving 18 reports of liver problems linked to the complementary medicines,…
Are pharma-funded awareness campaigns a blind spot in prescription advertising rules?
For almost a decade, US men were faced with TV, online ads and billboards about the risks of low testosterone or ‘low T’, as it was…
Call to switch anti-epileptic tablet to powder amid global recall
The TGA has urged doctors prescribing the anti-epileptic vigabatrin to switch patients to oral powder sachets when issuing new scripts amid a national shortage of…
PBAC to consider semaglutide listing for weight loss
Novo Nordisk has applied for PBS funding for its subcutaneous weight loss drug Wegovy as a severe obesity treatment. The product contains the GLP-1 receptor…
TGA issues $1.3 million in fines over medicinal cannabis ads in a year
The TGA issued $1.3 million in fines for illegal medicinal cannabis advertising last financial year, with six different companies and one individual health practitioner coming…
Calls to ration emergency diabetes drug amid supply crisis
GPs are being advised to ration emergency glucagon kits and identify patients with type 1 diabetes with existing prescriptions in the wake of a critical…
Liquid morphine discontinuation could leave kids with ‘poorly managed pain’
Doctors are preparing to lose access to liquid morphine, with the only brand registered in Australia, Ordine, to be withdrawn from sale early next year.…
