Medicines and Therapies

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt global medicines supply, meaning New Zealand pharmacies were running out of some products last month

A proposal to restrict pholcodine, one of the last cough suppressants available OTC in pharmacy, has been slammed as going too far

Gastrointestinal bleeding and kidney failure are much more commonly experienced by Māori and Pacific patients while taking non-­steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs than Pākehā, new research says

Kaumātua have the ability and desire to control their medicines journey, and value authentic healthcare relationships to support that, a new research paper indicates

Medicinal cannabis company Eqalis has called for the marijuana referendum to be delayed

The head of a group representing manufacturers of OTC medicines says the impending reclassification of codeine-containing products will remove an important pain management option from pharmacies

Some pharmacies are already down to their last packs of funded paracetamol 500mg tablets, after Pharmac announced on Friday that the national stock of the painkiller is about to run dry

As pharmacist prescribers become increasingly popular in New Zealand, Pharmcy Today takes a look at what the varied role entails and finds a lack of funding is stunting its growth. Anna Lee reports 

While paracetamol was the most common substance of enquiry for calls to the National Poisons Centre in 2018, new research reveals most New Zealanders have large quantities of the painkiller stockpiled in their homes.

The experimental COVID-19 decoy drug made by New Zealand researchers has been found in laboratory tests to slash the coronavirus’ infectivity