Medicines and Therapies

Cough syrups and lozenges containing pholcodine have been recalled from pharmacy shelves in Australia and are under review in New Zealand 

Thousands of Kiwi women have signed a petition to Pharmac seeking fully funded oestrogen gels. Paulette Crowley reports

Thousands of Kiwi women have signed a petition to Pharmac seeking fully funded oestrogen gels. Paulette Crowley reports 

PHARMACISTS have been told to dispense only a week’s worth of the anti-anxiety and depression medicine fluoxetine, but a Ranfurly pharmacist says that is worrying some patients and shows the system isn’t working.

A Gisborne pharmacist says Māori on the East Coast have been disproportionately affected by Cyclone Gabrielle due to the high numbers living in rural areas and on the coast 

A Mangawhai pharmacist says free GP visits for people in Northland come just in time - as emergency medicines supply rules end 

Motor Neurone Disease chief executive Scott Arrol says Pharmac’s proposal to stop funding food thickeners is mean-spirited

Thousands of Kiwi women have signed a petition to Pharmac seeking fully funded oestrogen gels 

Over the past 48 years, Keith Crump has tried most of the opportunities a career in pharmacy can offer, but finds himself drawn back to his first love – the psych unit. He talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling

Pharmacist extraordinaire Natalie Gauld is honoured for to be recognised with a New Year Honour her work on improving access to medicines, among her many achievements. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports